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A very happy 5th birthday
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By sarah
from the lord, how the time flies department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 04:08:46 PM PST
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... to the birthday boy for today. Happy Birthday Andrew!
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what to buy for the kid who has everything
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By me
from the for-geeks-only department, Section Social
Posted on Wed May 14, 2008 at 05:35:08 PM PST
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The perfect toy for the kid who has everything - stuffed microbes.
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what to do with your busted front loader
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By me, Section Social
Posted on Sat Apr 26, 2008 at 09:40:49 AM PST
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Our front loader is goners. So we're buying a new one. We might turn the old one into a lampshade.
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I'm an auntie!!!
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By sarah
from the my brother might have done something right department, Section Social
Posted on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 10:49:17 AM PST
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Emma-Lee Aisling Patricia was born at 2:57am this morning, March 27 2008. No other details yet. Stacy went into labour at midnight on Monday, so she and my brother are a bit tired.
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Gung Hey Fat Choy!!
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By sarah
from the anyone going to the parade on Sunday? department, Section Social
Posted on Thu Feb 07, 2008 at 10:55:02 AM PST
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A very happy, healthy and prosperous Year of the Rat to one and all!
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The latest baby is here!
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By sarah
from the naturally, he waited for snow department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 03:55:19 PM PST
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I'm sure everyone probably knows this, but I just got the email. C&P from Eric:
Baby boy was delivered at 11:30-ish am today, 7lbs 11oz. Mom and baby
are doing fine - no we haven't finalized a name yet.
WOOOHOOO! Congratulations Grace, Eric and Megan on the new addition to the family!
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Tis the season for Christmas tree cats
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By me
from the meowing-firs department, Section Social
Posted on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 10:30:36 AM PST
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This is the first year that we've allowed our cats free access to the Christmas tree. In years past, we've blocked off access to the living room when we're not home. The tree's been up for 4 days and it's still standing. Out of curiosity, I thought I'd look around and see what kind of damage cats can do to Christmas trees - the horror!
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Tales from transit ch1
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By sarah
from the ooh baby. every girl on that bus was watching department, Section Social
Posted on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 12:18:57 PM PST
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Hint for the guy wearing the "Chicks think I'm totally hot" Tshirt on the #17 bus this morning:
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Quality of Living Indices for 2007
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By Spike
from the CALGARY? department, Section Social
Posted on Mon Jun 18, 2007 at 09:10:00 AM PST
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The 2007 Quality of Living Indices are out. There's three, one for Cost of Living, one for Quality of Living, and a third for Quality of Living in Health and Sanitation.
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If you are interested in seeing some live jazz for cheap, read on...
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By Graham
from the Thelonius Cannonball Coltraine department, Section Social
Posted on Tue May 22, 2007 at 03:40:47 PM PST
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Gonna try this again under the Social category...
Our Jazz combo is playing a gig!
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Gnooks -- author recs
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By gladys
from the reading department, Section Social
Posted on Wed May 16, 2007 at 10:39:32 PM PST
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This is a pretty cool site: gnooks.
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Not that we're a competitive lot...
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By Spike
from the oh no not again department, Section Social
Posted on Sat Apr 14, 2007 at 10:47:53 PM PST
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Not that we're a competitive lot here, but here's another Flash Game that's pretty innocuous, and yet strangely addictive.
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Yet another joke only cat owners will understand
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By Spike
from the so true, so true department, Section Social
Posted on Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 10:25:35 AM PST
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Despite being a pretty crudely drawn comic, xkcd is probably one of the better ones available on the 'net. Here's a cat-related comic that almost had me cleaning tea off my keyboard. Mental note... No drinking tea while reading comics.
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Math geeks unite
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By Spike
from the math-challenged department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 06:42:11 PM PST
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So i've now seen this same "skill testing mathematical question" on three different contest entry forms. Each time, the person administering the contest told me what the "correct" answer was before I got to the point where I would write it in.
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It's a big one
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By sarah
from the rolling over to one that ends in a zero department, Section Social
Posted on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 10:29:06 AM PST
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A very Happy Birthday to Gladys, who is hopefully at home ordering up a storm on some knitting website rather than braving the drizzle to go in to work. Have a wonderful day!
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Let the February birthdays begin
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By sarah
from the four and heading for forty department, Section Social
Posted on Fri Feb 16, 2007 at 02:37:50 PM PST
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Happy birthday wishes to Don (it's tomorrow I know but I doubt I'll be near a computer) and Megan (what a busy Sunday for you!). And Gung Hey Fa Choi to everyone! May the Year of the Boar/Pig bring health, happiness and wealth to us all.
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Finally visiting
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By Xander
from the Prodigal-Son-...-of-a-%$#@&! department, Section Social
Posted on Thu Feb 15, 2007 at 03:01:25 PM PST
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Hey guys - I'm finally coming to visit again. I've got the tix booked, the books and magazines planned, and the games narrowed down to about 300 ...
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Calling dibs
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By sarah
from the and they didn't use the name once department, Section Social
Posted on Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 03:49:26 PM PST
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Official dibs call (as in they are already purchased) on copies of "The Chocolatiers' Apprentice" for Megan and Andrew for their birthdays. The book is a fundraiser for the Raise a Reader fund, and is in honour of the 100th year for Purdy's Chocolates. It's a cute little book and a great cause. Although going in to Purdys and only buying books was hard ;-)
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Our knitting blog
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By gladys
from the Obsessed? Nah. department, Section Social
Posted on Fri Jan 26, 2007 at 12:45:43 PM PST
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I keep forgetting to mention it ...
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A bunch of links
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By gladys
from the killing time department, Section Social
Posted on Fri Jan 26, 2007 at 10:26:03 AM PST
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Because I'm now hooked on google reader ... and some neat stuff comes across regularly ...
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Russian car crashes
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By gladys, Section Social
Posted on Thu Jan 25, 2007 at 09:12:16 AM PST
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More crash videos, this time in Russia.
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Some Monday mornings are just better than others
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By sarah
from the I didn't have to bake department, Section Social
Posted on Mon Jan 15, 2007 at 11:35:13 AM PST
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Canucks beat the Leafs 6-1 (five power play goals!) and the pregnant grad student is in labour (6 cm dilated at 9am) so we should have the first offical lab baby in short order . And the snow isn't due until after rush hour. Can't ask for much more than that. :-)
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Happy New Year!
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By sarah
from the what will 2007 bring? department, Section Social
Posted on Mon Jan 01, 2007 at 03:05:53 PM PST
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A very happy, healthy and prosperous 2007 to all of the unnamedsiters! Everyone must have had a good New Years' if I'm the first one posting ;-)
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Now THAT's a swiss army knife!
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By gladys
from the handy department, Section Social
Posted on Sun Dec 17, 2006 at 03:44:06 PM PST
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Here's a collector's item for you ... 2 lbs of swiss army knife.
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People we know in the paper
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By sarah
from the we knew him when... department, Section Social
Posted on Wed Dec 13, 2006 at 05:27:52 PM PST
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There is an article on pgs B2-3 of the Vancouver Sun today about the CNIB, the aging population and how common vision problems are. Included in the article is a nice photo of Steve Barclay and some quotes about devices/technology to help those with vision problem. Nice free publicity for Aroga :-)
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The LSC Tower of Babel
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By sarah
from the everyone knows the tower of babel story, right? department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Dec 12, 2006 at 11:01:02 AM PST
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And the Lord made them all speak in different tongues, and one could not understand the other and chaos resulted...or at least it did in my glass washer training session yesterday.
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Rob's "published"
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By gladys
from the pretty pictures department, Section Social
Posted on Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 02:50:14 PM PST
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Rob sent me a couple of photos yesterday, and I got his okay to send them on to SFU's Media & PR folks.
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Line Rider
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By Markus
from the still-there-when-the-snow-melts-tomorrow department, Section Social
Posted on Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 01:37:34 PM PST
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apparently this was all the rage a couple months ago, but at my age I'm allowed to lag behind the trendy curve. There's this toy, not really a game, since you cannot really win, called Line Rider. Its a toboggan simulator written in Flash. You draw the slope, click go and watch the guy ride the hill. Drawing hills can get old quick, for some at least, but watching the super involved tracks people have posted at You Tube can provide hours of entertainment, for some. Just search with "line rider".
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It's a winter wonderland of snow
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By sarah
from the and to think I was worried about Edmonton... department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 11:33:42 AM PST
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So how is everyone surviving our little bit of winter in November? Everyone have power? Enjoying the white stuff or can't wait for it to go away?
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soup recipe
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By me
from the yummy-goodness department, Section Social
Posted on Mon Nov 06, 2006 at 10:06:17 AM PST
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aka don't-go-food-shopping-with-Markus-otherwise-you'll-end-up-with-too-much-squash Curried Squash Soup recipe
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Happy Halloween
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By me
from the crazed-cat department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Oct 31, 2006 at 01:09:09 PM PST
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Ricky wishes everyone a safe and happy Halloween. Enjoy the picture.
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Happy Birthday Markus!
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By sarah
from the we haven't saluted a birthday in over a month department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Oct 24, 2006 at 10:52:41 AM PST
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Hopefully my daybook is correct on the date, failing that I'm pretty sure I'm close.
Happy birthday Markus!
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Wesbrook made the "Best of Vancouver" list in the Georgia Straight
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By sarah
from the I guess UBC is reaching out to the DTES department, Section Social
Posted on Fri Sep 22, 2006 at 01:14:09 PM PST
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So I'm reading through the "Best of Vancouver" edition of the Georgia Straight and lo and behold I see that the Wesbrook building has been honoured with first place as....
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The Baldry Darwin Awards - part two
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By sarah
from the I hope I'm adopted. Or the postie was cute department, Section Social
Posted on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:29:38 AM PST
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Bloody parents yet again. My dad decided to go backpacking for the long weekend.
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shoes anyone?
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By me
from the can't-have-too-many department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Aug 29, 2006 at 03:26:47 PM PST
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(men/husbands/boyfriends might want to look away)
Ingeldews at Brentwood Mall is having a big sale - lots of shoes for either $19.95 or $9.95 per pair. Most shoes are summer styles but there are some non-summer ones as well. Lots of shoes in the larger sizes too (hint hint Sarah). There is a teeny tiny selection of mens shoes on sale as well.
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My new blog
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By gladys
from the scary stuff department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Aug 15, 2006 at 01:50:27 PM PST
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Well, I've started a blog
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Random cool links
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By Eric
from the Eric department, Section Social
Posted on Thu Jul 13, 2006 at 10:55:45 PM PST
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Some random neat stuff I came across.
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So you're bored in a meeting....
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By Eric
from the Eric department, Section Social
Posted on Thu Jul 13, 2006 at 10:48:16 PM PST
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So you're bored in a meeting - and if they're informal enough, you bring your Nerf gun to shoot down the really rotten ideas.
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Bloody parents
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By sarah
from the some aspects of being an orphan are underrated department, Section Social
Posted on Mon Jun 26, 2006 at 04:46:40 PM PST
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Bloody parents. Or parent in this case. My father was trying to put himself into the running for a darwin award (a bit late since he has bred, a fact which is really starting to scare me. I share chromosomes with this twit).
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They're coming....
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By sarah
from the first sign of summer department, Section Social
Posted on Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 10:53:04 AM PST
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... not quite ready yet, and who knows what all this rain will do to them, but the first local strawberries are starting to show up at Granville Island. It's still a bit early for them to be really nice, but in the meantime you can see if the greengrocers are starting to dump all of the Californian strawberries before the local ones come in. You can cook with the Californian ones. ;-)
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It was twenty years ago today...
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By Spike
from the well, yesterday, actually department, Section Social
Posted on Wed May 03, 2006 at 09:56:54 AM PST
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... That Expo 86 opened. What do you remember most about the fair?
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Friends don't let friends cruise...alone
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By alegna
from the cheaper & closer than Ireland/Australia department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Apr 18, 2006 at 03:06:04 PM PST
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Hi all. Don and I are thinking of doing an Alaskan Cruise in mid-sept. Something to mark our 10th Anniversary. Anyone else interested?
Any better ideas?
I'm pricing Celebrity and Holland America. Looks like 1-2K each, for 7 days, sailng out of Vancouver.
Cheap cruises!
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Which Greek Goddess Are You?
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By alegna
from the back in the saddle department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 08:45:19 AM PST
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Aphrodite here.
Second day at my new job. One of my colleagues has the name Thea, so I went surfing.
I'm curious to see what the guys get; especially you Eric:)
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I'm a sister again
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By sarah
from the the circle of life - lose a sister, gain a brother department, Section Social
Posted on Fri Mar 31, 2006 at 11:00:33 AM PST
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Got the phone call from mother last night. A slightly more standard acquisition, this time from the Nanaimo SPCA.
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(Late) Happy birthday Liz
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By sarah
from the don't have internet at home and forgot yesterday department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Mar 07, 2006 at 10:23:14 AM PST
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And before I forget again, happy birthday to the second of the March birthdays girl.
Happy birthday Liz!
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Happy Birthday Rob!
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By sarah
from the let the March birthdays begin department, Section Social
Posted on Thu Mar 02, 2006 at 10:46:51 AM PST
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And to start off the next round of birthdays:
Happy Birthday Rob!
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Happy Birthday to Gladys!
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By me
from the yet another bday department, Section Social
Posted on Tue Feb 21, 2006 at 09:14:40 AM PST
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We hope that you have a wonderful day!
PS Picture in body of post so make sure you have high speed access.
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