The Bolg

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Friday, December 29, 2006

Last Night

After work I headed to my sisters to grab a nap before heading out for the evening's festivities. Once I woke up I headed to Kevin's for a couple drinks and some relaxing before heading downtown for a concert at Phog. Once we got down there we found Phog to already be at capacity so we couldn't get in. As an alternative we went to Aardvarks and partied there for the evening. Once things there wrapped up I headed home for the night.

Last Night...

Went home, I was expecting a package in the mail but there wasn't a notice at the house. I went and checked the mail and there was a drop off key waiting for me. So we got our new camera, looked at that for a while, set up the battery to charge. After that we ate, cleaned up. I watched some tv and installed some more stuff on my computer, and eventually headed off to bed.

Thursday, December 28, 2006

last Night

After work I headed to pick up Alaina for dinner at which point we headed to Casey's for a bite to eat. After dinner we headed back to her place, fixed a couple of things on the computer and then lounged around for a while listening to music. Afterwards I headed off to Brian's for a midweek party... we relaxed for a bit then watched a few episodes of Kenny vs. Spenny before I eventually had to head for home.

Last Night...

Went home, ate. Mar went over to her families place for a girls night. I stayed home and installed my new hard drive. It took a while to do that, then i started the process of reinstalling everything. Mar eventually came home, we watched a bit of tv, then went to bed.

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The Christmas Weekend...

Friday: My cousin was in town, so he came over, we drank and played video games.

Saturday: Mar and I did our grocery shopping early then relaxed for a bit. My cousin came over again and we played some more gauntlet. Mar's sister and brother-in-law showed up for a bit. After they left a couple of my friends who were in town from toronto stopped by for the evening. We visited with them and watched a movie. Followed by more video games.

Sunday: My cousin went home, Mar went to her family's place to visit and go to church. I stayed home to get some things in the future shop boxing day sale online. 3.5hrs later the pages finally loaded successfully so i could check out. I wrapped up some gifts and vacummed in the mean time.

Monday: Christmas. We opened up some presents, then went to my parent's place for supper. Following a delicious meal we opened more presents, then eventually made our way home.

Tuesday: Went to Mar's parent's place, then over to her grand parent's, then back to her parents. We opened more presents had another tasty turkey dinner, then home to relax.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Last Night

After work I headed to my uncles birthday party. After the party I gave him a quick tutorial on how to work the new iPod he got from my Aunt. Following the party I headed to Brian's for one last party before everyone heads out of town for the holidays.

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Went out to pick up a few things, then wrapped some presents. Talked to a friend whose coming into town for xmas, then did some more wrapping and went to bed.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Went out to a dollarstore to pick up a few gift bags. Decided to dress up like a mall santa to see if anyone would fall for it, then went home. Mar's sister came over, she left, we worked out. I watched a bit of tv and then went to bed.

Last Night

After work I waited around for Matt, then we headed to Costco. The empty Shuffle cases turned out to be just that... empty cases. They were all sold out so we left. From there I headed to the mall for a bit to catch up with my cousin. We headed down and grabbed a quick photo with Santa to satisfay our annual requirement to make complete asses of ourselves around the holidays. Following that I headed to Brians to get the evening started (movie plans were cancelled). After we finished preperations for the night we got things started and then headed to Feel Goods to shoot some pool and have a couple drinks.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Last Night

After work I headed off to the gym for a quick workout. From the gym I made a brief stop at my sisters house to pick up her hockey equipment. Once I had that, I headed out to Tecumseh Arena to drop it off. Following that brief stop, I headed to Craig's to drop off his backpack and curling stuff that he had left in my car Saturday. Once that wrapped up I swung by Blockbuster to pick up a gift card. I then made a breif stop at the mall to pick up one last xmas gift to complete my shopping. After I was done at the mall I headed to Brians for a bit until we eventually headed to Cramdon's for some drinks to round out the night.

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Did some sit ups, Mar went to bed early since she hadn't slept well in a few days. I hung a mirror in my office, then watched a dvd a guy at work lent me. This morning while scraping off my windows, i found a cigarette butt melted into the plastic below the windshield of my car...happy holidays.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Last Night

After work I headed home, made a brief stop to look for some paper at Michael's than continued on my way. Once I got home I had dinner with everyone than we all lounged around and watched tv for the remainder of the night. Eventually I fell asleep while watching a replay of an older episode of House.

The Weekend...

Friday: Headed with a bunch of people to the liquor store, then off to a house warming type party. Had a good time, when that wrapped up we headed back to pick up our vehicles. Then had a relaxing eveing with Mar with round off the night.

Saturday: Got up fairly early, went shopping. Then went out to Mar's xmas work party, that was done by 10pm so we headed home. Then we finally watched beerfest, very enjoyable.

Sunday: Got up fairly early again, went grocery shopping. Cleaned the house. Mar's sister and nephew came over.

Monday: Took the day off to start and finish my xmas shopping. The mall was busy, does no one work in this city? I finally made it home around 2pm and started cleaning and putting away laundry. Mar came home, we ate and got ready for people to arrive for her mom's bday. After that was done we went to bed.

Monday, December 18, 2006

The Weekend

Friday: After work we headed to the liqour store to pick up a few drinks for the party we were all heading to. From there it was off to said party. Once the party wrapped up we headed back to the city, and I ended up at Brian's to watch a series of episodes of Kenny Vs. Spenny. Eventually the night wrapped up and I headed home to sleep.

Saturday: I woke up at a decent hour to head to my neighbours to help him with some computer trouble. Afterwards I returned home to watch some television. Eventually I started watching Saw III but stopped it early so I could head to the city. I then met up with Craig to go shopping for a bday gift for Brian and then head curling. After curling we headed to Brian's surprise birthday party at Rock Bottom. The party stayed there most of the night and made a brief stop off at Feel Goods on the way home. Before calling it a night we grabbed some McDonalds and watched some more Kenny Vs. Spenny.

Sunday: We watched a bit of football before I eventually got a ride back to my car. Once I had my car back I brought my sister and one of her roommates to the mall for some shopping. After shopping we went to Moxies for a bite to eat. From there I returned to my other sisters house to have a nap before going for coffee at Tim Hortons and then to Spicoli's to round out the weekend.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Last Night

After work I headed home for my meeting. Along the way I stopped at Best Buy to pick up an iPod for my Aunt and then at Collio to pick up some wine for our Christmas Eve dinner. Before leaving for the meeting I grabbed a bite to eat. Following the meeting I returned to Cramdon's for drinks and some pool. Afterwards Brian and I headed to Sam's for panzzerotti (we were inexplicably hungry) and then called it a night.

Last Night...

Went home, read, we went out for dinner at swiss chalet. I got my haircut, we did a bit of shopping, then headed home. I read some more finishing up the book i was reading, watched a bit of tv, then went off to bed.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Last Night

After work I headed to the mall and joined my cousin for a coffee at Tim Horton's. Afterwards we lounged around the Nutrition House for a while until the people I was meeting arrived. We ran some errands around the mall, found a Christmas gift for my Mom, and eventually wound up at Moxies for drinks. After things wrapped up there I headed home for the night.

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Didn't really do much last night.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. We got our engagement photos, however the large pictures had giant bright logos of the company we got them from on them. It ruined the pictures, none of the display photos had any logos on them, and we were not told of this prior to getting them. I called and talked to a man at the store who told me they legally had to put thier logos on every picture. He told me if i had a problem i had to bring the photos back in for him to see before they could do anything about. I got their email address, took a picture of the photo sent it back to them and asked for new photos that didn't look like we bought clothing from them and just happened to be wearing it while the photos were taken. Then i went to bed.

Last Night

After work I headed to the Children's Safety Village to run the puppet show for a couple of hours. Once that wrapped up I rushed over to Koolini's for a birthday party/dinner. Following dinner a few of use headed to Shawn's house for some drinks and to play a little Nintendo Wii. Eventually things there wound down and I headed home, watched a little tv and went to bed.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Last Night...

Went home, read, talked with Mar for a while. Ate, helped her do xmas cards. Watched the last 3/4 of monster house, then went to bed.

Monday, December 11, 2006

The Weekend

Friday: After work I headed back to my sisters for a bit to get ready for the evening. Eventually I headed to the movies (went to see Deja Vu). After the movie wrapped up we headed to Moxies for a bite to eat before eventually calling it a night.
Saturday: I spent the morning getting some downloads going (catching up on missed episodes of tv). Once those were all started I headed to Kingsville to help my sister figure out the networking issues she was experiencing at work (don't businesses have to pay for stuff like that??). Once that wrapped up we grabbed lunch at Gilligan's and then I headed home. Later in the day I headed to Brian's to kick of another Staurday night. we ended up just relaxing and watching Beerfest.
Sunday: We headed to football only for it to be cancelled due to lack of participation. Afterwards we made a brief stop off at the dollar store to pick up a few things then headed back to Brian's and wound up putting up Christmas lights. Eventually I headed home for the afternoon and ended up watching Smallville and Saw II. Once that wrapped up I headed to the city to meet my family for dinner. After dinner I spent some time at my sisters until I eventually headed to Spicoli's for the usual Sunday night.

The Weekend...

Friday: Went home, read, ate. Mar went out with her sister for a while, so i stayed at home, reading, cuz i'm wild and crazy like that. After that, we watched a bit of tv, i ended up staying up until around 3am.

Saturday: Slept in while Mar went with her family to some lodge function. Later in the day Mar's nephew was dropped off, so we babysat him. Brought him to my parents place where i was helping them get their computers using the internet at the same time. We arrived home just in time for Mar's sister to pull in behind us to pick up their kid. We watched some tv, and i had another late evening.

Sunday: Didn't sleep much and couldn't sleep in the morning, so eventually we got up. We got some shopping done, made it back home around dark. Had supper, called some friends to get their addresses. Then we watched a bit of tv and went to bed.

Friday, December 08, 2006

Last Night

After work I headed to a Christmas party being held at my Grandma's retirement home. Afterwards I headed to my sisters for a brief nap before meeting up for coffee at Tim Hortons. After a rather lengthy stay there I headed home for the night.

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Then read a bit more, did a few things on the computer, watched smallville and a few other shows then went to bed.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Read some more, did a few things on my computer, then watched a bit of tv and headed off to bed.

Last Night

After work I picked up my sister and brought her to the mall so she could do some of her Christmas shopping. I ended up finding a gift for Dad so I picked that up leaving me with only a couple of gifts left. After things wrapped up at the mall I drove my sister home and then headed home myself. Once home I watched some tv, chatted on the internet for a bit and then went to bed.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

We value your input!

Faithful reader(s) we value your input! Later this week sporadic contributors Mark and Matt will be attempting to get a list published on McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Which one should we submit? You be the judge...

Pyseudonyms not used for Mark Charko and Matt Bufton when submitting their first list to
McSweeny's.
1) Mart Bufko
2) Matk Charton
3) Matt Charko
4) I.P. Freely
5) Kurt Vonnegut

Rejected ideas in the software development department's escalating prank war with
accounting.
1) Wallpapering their cubicles with dollar bills
2) Hacking in and changing their staff profile photo's to Star Wars characters
3) Hiding the cover sheets to all their reports
4) Switching all the paper trays in their printers (nothing is more embarassing than
printing a letter on legal sized paper)
5) A software program that deposits a fraction of cent into a Swiss bank account every
time the computer rounds down a transaction (like in Superman 3).

Things recently overheard in the third bathroom stall on the left.
1) Alone at last! Finally free to muse aloud my plans for world domination!
2) Oh man... I'm not going to flush, you've got to check this out before you leave.
3) How much do you think it'd be worth on ebay?
4) The faint hum of Technotronic's 'Pump Up The Jam.'
5) I'm out of TP, could you slide that McSweeney's quarterly under the door?
6) So... we meet again.

Rejected 'I'd Rather Be...' bumper stickers.
1) I'd rather be driving
2) I'd rather be followed way to closely by the car behind me... I'm being
sarcastic, back up jerk!
3) I'd rather be my brother; my parents always liked him best.
4) I'd rather be Jesus.
5) I'd rather be driving with insurance.

Which list should we submit to McSweeny's?
Pyseudonyms not used for Mark Charko and Matt Bufton when submitting their first list to
Rejected ideas in the software development department's escalating prank war with
Things recently overhead in the third bathroom stall on the left.
Rejected 'I'd Rather Be...' bumper stickers.
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Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Watched a bit of tv, then finished putting up a light fixture in the basement. Watched a bit more tv then went to bed.

Last Night

After work I headed to the gym. Once things wrapped up there I went to the mall for a bit to see if I could find a few Christmas gifts for my parents. After grabbing a quick bite to eat in the food court I headed home, watched some tv and went to bed.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Started putting up a light fixture in the basement, then heroes came on and i got sidetracked. After that i watched the last hour or so of hitch hikers guide to the galaxy and went to bed.

Last Night

After wor I headed to Best Buy to pick up a Christmas gift for my sister (leaving me with 3 more gifts to but). From there I headed to my sisters for a bit (briefly leaving to pick up Swiss Chalet for dinner). After dinner we watched Heroes. Once that wrapped up I met up with Gino at Cramdon's for a couple of drinks before heading home for the night.

Monday, December 04, 2006

The Weekend

Friday night I attended the company Christmas party, fun was had by all. Following the party I headed home for night.
Saturday was spent running errands for my sister (she was assisting with an Easter Seals hocket tournament). Later in the day I headed into the city for the usual Saturday night out on the town. We ended up touring around from Feel Goods, to Spicoli's and finally ended at Rock Bottom.
Sunday morning I headed to football, then did a bit of shopping before eventually heading back to Harrow. The afternoon was spent watching Superman Returns and resting up as a result of the football game. Eventually I headed in to go for coffee. From there we headed to pick up a friend from the train station (heading in from Montreal). After getting caught up on the Liberal Leadership conference and everything that happened I headed home for the night.

The Weekend...

Friday: Went home, got ready to go to the company xmas party. Arrived in time for drinks and the presentations. I got my 5yr pen. Supper was delicious and the party was enjoyable. We headed out of there around 11pm and worked our way home. Finally made it to bed around 3am.

Saturday: Mar went to pay for her wedding dress, so i spent the day outside re-organizing the tool shed. Got everything put away for the winter with a bit of room to spare. Mar came home, we put up the xmas tree and spent about until 1am working on other xmas stuff around the house.

Sunday: Slept in, got groceries. Went to my parent's house to get a piece of wood and a coffee table they were storing for us. My mom made up dinner, quite tasty. After that we headed to Mar's grandma's place for her bday. We came home after that, did more xmas decorating then went to bed.

Friday, December 01, 2006

Ladies and gentlemen:

Since I no longer work for the company I would very much appreciate having my name and my membership to this blog removed at your earliest possible convenience.

Thank you.

Last Night

After work I headed to the gym, from there it was off to the mall for a quick stop at Nutrition House. Once I wrapped things up at the mall I headed to Brian's place for chilli and some relaxing. Later in the evening I returned home and went to sleep.

Last Night...

Went home, read, ate. Didn't really do much, the shows we normally watch were reruns. I spent a bunch of time reconfiguring things. Watched a bit of tv and then went to bed.