Sent the following to the old rental agents at the old CAPREIT building in Halifax. I moved out of suite 2101 in Park Victoria in mid-July, 2009. I provided the person doing the move-out inspection with our new address as part of the process, which he wrote on the inspection report. It’s been well more [...]
Read more →This is supposed to be funny or cute? I’d rather drag the couch single-handed out into the back parking lot, pour a can of gas on it and light it up than give it away to some fuckwit. You’ve received the following reply to your “Big Burgundy Couch – Save $50 this weekend!” Ad on [...]
Read more →The dog and I are just back from our walk, and we met the most interesting example of a born and raised Maritimer when we were on our way out. Okay, so he spoke clear English and wasn’t drunk, and he likely gets his fish from the store, but he has one of the earmarks [...]
Read more →I suppose if the huge volumes of snow are good enough for Vancouver, I guess we’re about due. Halifax Metro and Halifax County West 3:34 PM AST Tuesday 30 December 2008 Winter storm watch for Halifax Metro and Halifax County West issued Snowfall possibly exceeding 15 centimetres and strong winds will develop Wednesday night into [...]
Read more →Well, the working theory is that the black flag flying over the Citadel in Halifax is either “No Quarter” or “Caution Plague” or, as someone else suggested “We have cookies!” Take your chances, but be prepared that if there are cookies, they couldn’t possibly be good enough to risk it… unless there are two types [...]
Read more →Tania found the following choice piece of clueless commentary among the protectionist responses to the revitalization plans that are being considered for Halifax. Protect the harbour views at all costs. Protect harbour views whenever possible – this is what makes Halifax stand out from the other cities – you can’t see the harbour in Edmonton [...]
Read more →I’m not as afraid of cars or the people that drive them as I likely should be. When I’m in a pedestrian crossing with a green light, a nice fresh light, and other people, do not come anywhere near me. If you push your metric ton of metal into a crosswalk, hoping to beat the [...]
Read more →There was a story the other day in what passes for a newspaper in Halifax. I’d link to it, but the Chronicle Herald has one of the worst web pages I’ve ever seen. They even have RSS feeds, though even the links from those become useless after about 24 hours; there must be big money [...]
Read more →The poster in the above image appeared one evening, and it was proving popular with the students in the area. “Wait a minute, 4 hours of drinking free alcohol and the YOU are going to pay ME? No cover or anything?” Can I get science credit for this? Participate in Research We are currently looking [...]
Read more →I spent the weekend minding a table full of shiny objects for the absent Tania, who has ventured across country on a mission involving sushi, sanity, and plentiful cheap coffee beans to sustain us in the upcoming year. Sadly, I don’t imagine that there are proper steam buns from China Town in my future; or [...]
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