tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240637072011-11-13T22:16:29.137-08:00Blogger, blogger, blogger, blogger, mushroom! mushroom!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.comBlogger1351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-52332380492972497662007-06-08T11:11:00.000-07:002007-06-08T11:18:28.907-07:00

Another 5 km logged today and yesterday. So that's 20.69 km and over 3200 calories since Monday. From last Friday it's a total of 35.07 km and 3982 calories. The calorie burn is only an estimate from my Nike+ unit and doesn't take into consideration that I'm using the poles now.I feel good and have less aches and pains in my legs since I started using the poles. I'm not getting any younger so I

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-30159233628487689872007-06-06T13:58:00.000-07:002007-06-06T14:08:08.598-07:00

This morning I realized I've become much more fluid with the poles and don't drag them on the ground anymore when making the forward motion with them. I feel more confident using them and plant them properly about 98% of the time.Other than that not much to report. Another 5 km this morning with the dog in tow.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-51439834685459707712007-06-05T12:45:00.000-07:002007-06-05T12:48:17.083-07:00

I walked just over 5 k on Saturday, Sunday and today. I'm going to take at least one day off a week to give myself a break. My pants keep getting bigger but the scale keeps staying in one place. Well I guess as long as I'm getting smaller then I can assume I'm heading in somewhat of a right direction.Tomorrow morning will be another 5km. I was limiting myself to 30 minutes in the morning but

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-68927280441573913762007-06-01T10:34:00.000-07:002007-06-01T11:34:40.395-07:00

Another 4 km done this morning using the poles. I can really feel it now when I use them and I'm getting a lot more comfortable using them. Best of all is that Cedar dog doesn't mind me using them. They do get in the way a bit whenI did notice that I am possibly dragging them a bit too much as the pads are already showing wear. I'll probably order a new set soon since everything is replaceable

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-26823078476177553382007-05-31T09:59:00.000-07:002007-05-31T10:04:50.603-07:00

Ok, so second day out with the new walking poles and I can't feel their effect. The back of my arms, my shoulders and back are all feeling sore today.I did 4km this morning in 40 minutes, which is a little slower than if I was just walking, but I am still feeling the effects of my recent 10km walk in my lower legs. A couple days off should fix that up.Numbers of interest: I have approximately 120

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-27219062252215798472007-05-30T08:11:00.000-07:002007-05-30T08:44:31.606-07:00

So I went and bought my own pair of walking poles yesterday at the Running Room. They are made by Excel and are of a mid to upper level of construction amongst their poles. I picked a length of 125 cm as 130 felt to tall and 120 was a little too short. The 125 cm length is also what the manufacturer recommends based on my height.I can say now that without a doubt proper sizing of the poles are

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-34482494144984610552007-05-29T08:38:00.001-07:002007-05-29T09:00:39.344-07:00

I have a small new pasttime now. Nordic Walking. What is Nordic Walking? Well, it's walking with poles. I guess you could call them hiking poles, except they have rubber tips for hard surfaces. It's been quite fun and gives a good workout as it uses both your upper and lower body. As of right now I've been using poles that I found for Marla and to be honest they are a little short for me. I'll

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-68813329938888327752007-05-16T20:18:00.000-07:002007-05-16T20:26:18.714-07:00

Yeah, yeah, ok, I haven't updated this in a while. I've been busy at work and it's been far too nice outside to be doing a blog;)Anywho, not much happening. My duties at work have changed a bit. I'm now doing the mid month, monthly and quarterly credit reports along with user administration for our credit system. It's been a somewhat steep learning curve and I'm still not 100% on a lot of things,

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-22010913263998388652007-04-29T17:01:00.000-07:002007-04-29T17:08:50.836-07:00

Hey Scott, time to get on Facebook! (www.facebook.com) Marla is on there now, my brother, father, old friends, new friends, etc. I know your busy, but it would be a good tool to keep in contact with your friends while you're away!So yeah, I'm not addicted to facebook but there are plenty of people I haven't talked to in years on there and I've reconnected with a number of good friends already.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-25989914849040066012007-04-22T11:47:00.000-07:002007-04-22T16:36:18.312-07:00

Just stealing a lyric from U2's "Beautiful Day" for the title of this blog post because, well, it's a beautiful day here again. A subtle cool breeze, blue sky and some puffy clouds. Very nice.On the dance front Marla and I learned the Rumba (dance steps here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumba_(dance)) yesterday. I quite enjoyed it and I find it easier to dance to a rhythm instead of trying to

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-14371848634636108222007-04-15T07:40:00.000-07:002007-04-15T07:48:49.156-07:00

Wow, long time since I've last made a post here. It's supposed to be 20 degrees here today, which is a bit warmer than it was yesterday. I believe it his 16 or 17 yesterday. Most beautiful day so fat this year anyway. The snow is all gone although the ground is still soggy.Not much to report from my end. Work is going along the same. We haven't had too many dance lessons lately with us having to

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-78241661621091933542007-03-27T08:49:00.000-07:002007-03-27T08:54:47.304-07:00

I decided to fast track the new website and have it up now at the root address of http://www.pozernickracing.comStill a couple of things to finish/fix, but it's there now.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-7944276770186448572007-03-26T10:25:00.000-07:002007-03-26T10:37:09.906-07:00

Due to an issue with our service provider the website for our racing team is a little messed up. They offered no explanation as to what happened and for some reason the older version I uploaded doesn't display properly. I've been working on a new site over the last few days and have a beta version up now. You can check it out at http://www.pozernickracing.com/test.phpIf you have firefox or

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-25694479948061277702007-03-23T08:53:00.000-07:002007-03-23T09:37:05.130-07:00

Sorry for ignoring the blog so much as of late but I haven't found the desire to write as much as I was in say January ;-) Spring does seem to be on it's way here in Manitoba, although winter doesn't want to go without a fight. Two days ago it was -28 with the windchill when I went to work and when I went out for lunch is was +5. Yesterday was warm, then turned to snow, then to rain and this

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-16993711007898997342007-03-18T13:48:00.000-07:002007-03-18T13:52:04.432-07:00

One of my best friends, Cap. Scott Lang is currently stationed at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. Scott is a very eloquent writer and I let his words do the talking here. Fallen A deployment to Afghanistan for myself has been one of many firsts. This past week saw one I had hoped to never experience. It was my first ramp

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-23208298411251422992007-03-14T07:34:00.000-07:002007-03-14T07:45:44.275-07:00

Winnipeg has a very nice arena called the MTS Centre. It was opened in November 2004, seats up to 16, 345 people and is very high tech. I've been there four times. Three Manitoba Moose Hockey games and once for the Professional Bull Riding show that came through.Lately however the MTS centre has been attracting big name musicians. One of the reasons is supposed to be the excellent acoustics (they

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-33610909333293165832007-03-11T20:44:00.000-07:002007-03-11T20:48:44.418-07:00

Congrats to Team Newfoundland and Labrador tonight on the second place finish in the Tim Horton's Brier. No, he didn't win but Brad and company have shown that they aren't just a flash in the pan. Considering Brad's age (26) we'll see plenty more of him in the future. He's got some real talent and a maturity beyond his years.Go Gushue!

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-84070630582823797272007-02-26T13:56:00.000-08:002007-02-26T14:37:36.165-08:00

Yeah I know, it's not officially the end of February yet but I couldn't come up with a snappy title to this post and I didn't want to leave it blank like I've been doing lately.Anyway, February is almost over. It's taken the cold weather with it apparently and just dumping snow on us now. I would guess we've received about 25 cm in total over the last week or so. I don't mind though as I'll take

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-21140761472275804582007-02-20T12:25:00.000-08:002007-02-20T12:36:50.529-08:00

So the first dance lesson was more fun than I thought it would be. Our instructor said we move very well together and that we are fun to teach (so far anyway ;-). We just have to work on me leading ALL the time and Marla being willing to follow. I believe it's going to be a good thing for us and I felt really connected with Marla once we got our steps down.The cold snap has finally broken. It's

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-89931038762397513932007-02-13T13:22:00.000-08:002007-02-07T20:56:15.780-08:00

It's still frickin' cold here. There's no getting used to -30 and below. The weatherman is calling for -4 come Friday, but we were told a month ago that this cold would only last a few days as well. Can't trust 'em ;-)At my job I've been placed back in "lease activation" to "clean things up." Apparently the process had slowed down our funding department and was causing issues. So far I've

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1287497733244841622007-02-07T20:54:00.000-08:002007-02-07T20:55:57.763-08:00

One of the guys from the British Automotive show, Top Gear, takes the world's fastest production car for a top speed test at Volkswagen's test track in Germany.407 km/h. Yes, 407. That's 253 mph in a road legal car.Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8cqgInEPcY

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-56203221768999456502007-02-07T10:50:00.000-08:002007-02-07T10:59:42.087-08:00

Not much to report as of late. The Colts won the Superbowl rather decisively... after the initial touchdown return by the Bears on the opening kickoff. The weather here is cold... very cold. Winnipeg came close to setting a record a few days ago. It was -42 without the windchill and with it was -54 or something absurd like that.I've still been messing around with my video games. It's split now

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-26139522994582456952007-01-29T08:34:00.000-08:002007-01-29T09:30:02.442-08:00

The new computer is working fine... fine is an understatement of course when compared to the old computer. I have more USB ports than I need, programs don't lag and the display is amazing for working in Photoshop.I've installed some of the older games I have and run them at max settings and the computer handles it with ease. I've even been able to max out some of the new demos I've downloaded

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-89751717011310668102007-01-24T18:07:00.000-08:002007-01-24T18:11:47.404-08:00

Well, it better be or I'm typing using my imagination only. It's pretty sweet so far. So much faster than the 1.7 Ghz P4. The monitor is HUGE!Here are some pics:Old monitor vs. New (look at the viewing area)And the monitor and CPU together. Apparently the computer has a an optical sound out. Sweet!

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-61470999104567808162007-01-21T16:29:00.000-08:002007-01-21T16:32:15.329-08:00

Well it looks like our cold snapped finally snapped... at least for today. It was a balmy -4 with clear skies. Given our recent lows -4 felt a little like July ;-) I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and went for a nice walk. I covered 7 km in one hour. Not bad given the snow on the sidewalks from a snowfall we had a couple nights ago.On another topic, here's hoping we see a Colts vs.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-56698810359368994342007-01-19T14:13:00.000-08:002007-01-19T14:22:04.449-08:00

So the computer was shipped out on Wednesday morning. Since it's coming ground from the US it most likely won't be here until Monday or Tuesday. Again, I'm looking forward to getting it. First thing will be the removal of all the un-necessary software Dell installs. Perhaps a clean Windows install as well just to make certain. Or maybe not. I'll see when I get it.There's talk of a new football

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-38972055302446805382007-01-17T19:55:00.001-08:002007-01-17T19:55:08.968-08:00

Just a quick post here tonight. Per the Dell website the new computer is "in production" so the estimated delivery date next week should be met if it gets shipped out tomorrow or Friday. I'm looking forward to getting it:)So the last post had real pictures, while this one will have a picture from the game Tourist Trophy. Remember I was fascinated with that one near the beginning of my blog?

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-2784842092262392682007-01-16T18:53:00.000-08:002007-01-16T18:59:09.680-08:00

Yay! We all like pictures! I took some pictures of the inside of our house tonight as Marla wanted some to show her coworkers and to remind her of home while she's away. We recently had it painted and I had promised a long time ago to show some here on the blog. Well, here they are, along with our new dinette table and chairs. The table finish is actually the sister pattern to our countertop and

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-15540628738824326042007-01-14T21:38:00.001-08:002007-01-14T21:38:30.216-08:00

Just trying out a new extension for Firefox 2.0. It's supposed to let me add posts to my blog without actually having to go there. I can drag and drop images: and some other stuff. Seems quite neat so far. Now to see if it works... *hits save*powered by performancing firefox

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-22032209647152795282007-01-12T09:45:00.000-08:002007-01-12T09:56:28.145-08:00

When I wake up in the mornings I check my little weather station for the outside temperature. Today it read "--.--" That translates to "it's really frickin' cold out." I forgot the weather station only goes to -29.99. That's the coldest it's been since I got it last christmas. Previous to that the coldest temp was sometime last february when it got down to -26 for an hour or so.Anywho, I looked

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-68497949805071187242007-01-11T10:27:00.000-08:002007-01-11T10:49:21.937-08:00

After driving through white out conditions this morning on the way to work we have a blue sky showing and a nice balmy temperature of -38 with the windchill! I saw a brass monkey and yes, his wedding tackle was frozen off. Tonight it's supposed to be an incredibly warm -43.That means frozen tires on the car tomorrow morning (even with it parked in the garage) and no possibility of the car even

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-56561817421769655822007-01-10T13:33:00.000-08:002007-01-10T14:20:12.214-08:00

Not much new going on. We had another dump of snow today. I believe the total was supposed to be between 5 and 10 cm. It was enough to make the drive to work today more enjoyable. I just pretend I'm Colin McRae doing a rally stage;-)We didn't curl this last friday night. Not due to anything we did, just the other team didn't show up. We called the head of the league to see if he knew what was

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-20248127244494222332007-01-05T12:41:00.000-08:002007-01-05T13:04:46.142-08:00

Yesterday I read a photoshop tutorial on how to turn a regular automobile into a Cars (the recent animated movie) character. I could have spent some more time perfecting these shots but I believe they came out looking ok. Ramper is Grant's truck and P Tooner is well, my PT:)

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-34730800051819438832007-01-03T10:44:00.000-08:002007-01-03T11:06:48.386-08:00

Here's a youtube clip of two guys having way to much fun playing Guitar Hero. The song is Iron Man by Black Sabbath for those who don't know it;)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVUgd8ot6BEAnd a video of a really good player. This one actually makes me dizzy trying to follow all the notes. He does do little skits at the beginning of each of his videos so the song does come a little later:http://

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-79048544938241289962007-01-02T10:59:00.000-08:002007-01-02T11:58:15.212-08:00

I know I'm a day late with that, but there it is;-) I hope everyone's new year was a good one. Marla and I spent a quiet weekend at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg. We went to the spa (www.tenspa.ca) on saturday morning, which was very nice and went to see the latest James Bond movie, Casino Royale, on sunday night. All in all it was a nice weekend.We did get a lot of snow on saturday evening.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-29709072588752796122006-12-27T08:50:00.000-08:002006-12-27T09:09:38.993-08:00

This is post number 100 in my blog. A small milestone. It's more amazing I've actually kept this up since March;-)Some more ones and zeros as well: Our department lottery pool won $1000 on the extra in friday's Super 7 draw. With 17 people that doesn't equal a lot of money each, but it's definitely better than a kick in the pants. My Vision Credit coworker is also in another pool and they got 6

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-61593183872124532032006-12-18T10:12:00.000-08:002006-12-18T11:48:03.975-08:00

WooHoo! We won our first curling game on friday 10-3. I figured we were off to a bad start being down 3 in the first end but it just clicked after that. I could attribute it to my early set up as lead, but that would be stretching it a bit. I made some good shots though if I do say so myself. The only time I messed up was when listening to my skip ;-) I saw where he wanted the rock and then when

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-28232145963200830292006-12-11T15:01:00.000-08:002006-12-11T15:15:29.188-08:00

I'm still sick. I believe I may have a touch of bronchitis, but I'm not sure as I'm not coughing. Just some chest discomfort in my tracheal area and I can feel some mucus... Mmmmm... mucus. I have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow to see if I can get some meds to get over this as it's been over two weeks now.The basement work has come to a standstill as of late. I'm in the position where I

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-8094201686866320742006-11-30T10:49:00.000-08:002006-11-30T10:54:59.327-08:00

I haven't updated in a while due to fighting with the flu... or a nasty cold... or perhaps both. Last thursday night I woke up with an itchy throat and it's been downhill since. I'm feeling a little better today but still have some rough chest congestion going on. I can't remember being sick for so long in a long time.So I've been taking Buckley's pills and downing some Buckley's Mixture (does

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-42677755409245980472006-11-23T09:01:00.000-08:002006-11-23T09:14:04.550-08:00

So I've been in corrspondence with my insurance adjuster and offered logical proof that my story makes more sense than that of the gentleman I had the collision with but I have been told that they are not changing their decision. His words were that the onus of responsibility lies upon me under the highway traffic act. I didn't realize that I'm supposed to leave sufficient space when I'm in one

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-44962432199734985992006-11-17T11:58:00.000-08:002006-11-17T12:11:11.973-08:00

While making a trip to Walmart last night we noticed a handfull of young people sitting in lawn chairs and a tent set up. At first I didn't know what was going on but then I realized - Sony's Playstation 3 was going on sale today. It must have been nice for them as we received freezing rain last night.Apparently there were some fights at other locations in Winnipeg involving people in line and

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-14050365831614218042006-11-16T08:00:00.000-08:002006-11-16T09:27:41.000-08:00

First off, Mario Lopez was robbed of the "Dancing with the Stars" trophy. He was clearly a better dancer than Emmit Smith and sometimes I even felt like I was watching two pros as opposed to one pro and an actor. The judges seemed to pimp Emmit more anyway and never actually commented on his dancing a lot but instead focused on his smile and charisma. With Mario they were the other way arround,

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-45662616371914824532006-11-16T07:05:00.000-08:002006-11-16T07:09:07.779-08:00

I took a quick shot of the Neon last night. It looks a little better than in the last picture I posted.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-47999826416161880402006-11-15T11:12:00.000-08:002006-11-15T11:14:12.545-08:00

As you can see I've made some changes to my blog today. I upgraded the blog itself thanks to the crew at blogger which makes it easier to customize the templates. I believe this look is good for the blog.I got my Neon back today. It's nice and sparkly with it's new parts and paint. I'll get some pictures up soon.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1163476577448635652006-11-13T19:50:00.000-08:002006-11-15T10:51:57.198-08:00

Now that I have my Nike+ unit properly calibrated I can actually run and get a correct reading while doing so. The Nike+ unit is within a couple seconds +/- the treadmill's pace. I know running on a treadmill is not the same as outdoors, but since it's gotten colder and there is ice on the streets I'd rather mill it than risk slipping and falling or something.Anywho, I set a new personal best

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1163377984652107702006-11-12T16:24:00.000-08:002006-11-15T10:51:57.127-08:00

Marla and I were at Superstore today picking up some items for a dinner we're having next week with some friends (seafood night) when what do I see in front of me? Purity Syrup! WooHoo! I also spotted some savoury that's made in Newfoundland (clear plastic bag with a white label and red print - uses a caribou as a logo), but I can't remember the name on it right now.After finding the syrup I

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Marla and I went to Enterprise Rent-a-Car yesterday to pick up my rental while the Neon is getting fixed. The "Auto Loss of Use" we have with MPI gives us $39 a day for a rental which typically means you can get an economy car without having to pay extra. Their economy models are "Chevrolet Aveo's and similar." I wasn't looking forward to driving an aveo "or similar" and was pleasantly surprised

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I received a call from "The New" Pembina Dodge yesterday about the parts for the Neon. They were in and they wanted the car in this morning to start work. Uneventful drive in except that I'm pretty sure all the power steering fluid has leaked out now so I got a good work out when steering the car. They didn't give an e.t. on when the car would be ready but I figure a week is to be expected.With

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I was messing around with some pictures in photoshop this week. The first one is Bo driving the Satellite at a high rate of speed.The second shot is of Grant's Daytona. I like the color tone of the shot. It received some major photoshop work so far as I had to remove a truck and trailer from the left side of the picture. I still need to clean it up some more.

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My slider that is. Who would have thought that teflon would be slippery on ice. By the way, that's also called sarcasm.It's going to take a number of times on the ice to get used to moving around fluidly while using my new curling shoes. Delivering a rock was a much better experience however. I could slide pretty much to the hog line without a lot of effort.The only time I did fall was when I was

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Well, good things first. The neon is repairable. MPI assessed the damage at $5200. The kicker though? The guy I hit told a totally different story. He says he was in the left lane the whole time and I rear-ended him. I'm not denying I hit his rear bumper, but he did cut me off and wasn't completely in the lane.Either way, there are no witness' and it's my word against his. He's claiming no damage

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1162524258284860032006-11-02T19:16:00.000-08:002006-11-15T10:51:56.633-08:00

Well, the snow has put a damper on my walks as of the last couple of days, so I've had to resort to using the treadmill. I've also started following a 5K training course for novice runners. Essentially it starts off at 1.5 mile runs, to 1.75 mile, to two miles, etc up to three miles. It's going ok so far and 1.5 miles isn't trouble at all for me to run on the nice cushie treadmill we have.What I

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For those not in the know yet I had an accident yesterday in my Neon. It was storming here and the roads were slippery and, well, when a person slides into your lane you try to do the best you can to avoid them, but unfortunatley I couldn't. I'm pretty sure it's a write off now, but I won't find out for sure until Friday.

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Marla and I dropped by Asham's (http://www.asham.com/) today to see about getting either A: a full slider and gripper for our running shoes or B: a pair of proper curling shoes. We ended up going for option B as they gave us a really good discount for buying two pairs of shoes. We both bought the same type of shoe (called the Ice Walker - oooohhhh ;-) ) except mine has a teflon slider and Marla

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Friday is here again and I'm looking forward to the weekend. It's going to be busy with more work on the basement, cleaning the cars and doing some shopping, but that's all good.I believe I may have overdone it this week with my walking and running. My nike+ unit has a total of 40.02 km clocked since last thursday and my legs are not happy with me. The last couple of times I've been out the

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1161708737588035492006-10-24T08:02:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:56.312-08:00

Did another 2 mile walk with Cedar this morning on top of one last night. Currently I'm 14.9 km ahead of my target for 80 k in 4 weeks. I'm going to do a full 5 k run this weekend and keep doing that for a couple months (walk during the week and run on weekends).Spent some time helping Ron put up some drywall in the barn for the new "engine and part room." Only took a few minutes and is nothing

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1161487550617678872006-10-21T20:19:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:56.195-08:00

I actually heard that a few times last night during curling and a few times it was even directed towards me. Once I tossed the half-slider I was wearing and just went with the running shoes I had I actually started to have fun. I made some good shots... or as good a shot as leads can really do. Grant was the skip and told me that I'll probably go to third next time we play since I seemed to have

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Cedar and I went for a 30 minute walk today using the Nike+iPod gear and I can say that I'm as impressed as I was last night. We covered 2.01 miles in 31 minutes and some change and when I ended my "workout" on the iPod I received a congratulations from Lance Armstrong. Well, not in real time, but a recorded message from him congratulating my on my new personal best in a one mile distance.I also

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1161307733414674432006-10-19T18:18:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:56.027-08:00

With all my walking and some running lately I decided that I wanted to keep track of distances and times. What better way to do that than with the Nike+ipod set. I picked it up today at a store called Runner's Corner for $38. This is what I got (along with a manual and Apple's typically sweet packaging):The oval portion goes in the sole of a Nike+ shoe, or in my case velcroed and under the laces

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1161234494876793022006-10-18T21:56:00.001-07:002006-11-15T10:51:55.961-08:00

Just a couple things tonight that I figured I would post here in the old blog.Cedar and I walked 5.5 km tonight in 50 minutes. That's 6.6 km/h (or 4.1 mph for those metrically challenged) on average over the 50 minutes. While I'm not breaking any records it used to take me just over an hour to walk the same distance a few weeks back. I figure a 15 minute mile is pretty good walking speed. A

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The basement drywalling continues and should be done come this weekend. There's not really a lot left to do but Ron will be busy for most of the week. I could do some myself if I get time. I also have to pick up some items to install a central vac line in the basement since, you know, the hose isn't really long enough to reach from upstairs. After that it's just do the bulkheads and then mud and

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1160512791239439982006-10-10T13:34:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:55.736-08:00

Yes friends, it is snowing in Winnipeg right now. Nothing like a good dump of the white stuff on October 10th.It should be a fun drive home as everyone will be going 30 below the speed limit because, you know, we don't often get snow around here. That last scentence was heavy with sarcasm if you didn't know;-)

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So the vapour barrier inspection was ok. The inspector said it was a very thorough job and only had one suggestion before installing the drywall: there is one window where I missed a small amount of concrete (that was left over when they were pouring the basement floor) on the sill and he was worried it might perforate the vapour barrier; so he wanted some tuck tape put over it to help strengthen

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1160076158733526102006-10-05T12:17:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:55.586-08:00

Or well, inspection day. The building inspector is coming by, quote "sometime on friday" to have a look at the insulation and vapour barrier. I'm positive everything will be fine, but you never know with these building inspectors;-)I'll update what he says when I hear it tomorrow.

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Finally.I finished up the three remaining windows in the basement today which means I'm set for the inspector to come by. Since I have never done this before I'm a little apprehensive, but still confident that it's done correctly. I guess I'll find out soon=)I started running every second day starting last saturday. Or trying to do it at least every second day. With me being a bit overweight...

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We went to see a NHL preseason game at the MTS center this past Sunday. All I can say is that I'm happy that we didn't spend the money for the tickets. I know it's preseason but it was boring. The third period was ok, but I expected more from the pros. The game was between the Oilers and the Coyotes with the Oilers handing a sound 5-0 defeat to the Coyotes. The biggest name there was behind the

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1158332114052216162006-09-15T07:26:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:55.349-08:00

Just an update since I've been focusing on other stuff in my blog as of late.Marla and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary yesterday. It's been a quick four years with lots of changes: new jobs, new house, new everything pretty much. The amusing thing is that we bought each other the same card. I guess that shows that we're on the same wavelength =)Also have some news about a friend and a

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His Highness is very adept at finding the best places to relax and take a snooze. Sometimes he will wake up from a nap to find another spot to take a break from his nap and... well... take a nap.We can learn a lot from Bo about how to relax.

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All hail King Bo.

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I was asked by my friend Scott to design a crest for his group (soldiers? brigade? Scotty, help me out here). It need a dragon a crystal ball and a latin phrase meaning "we see all." I didn't think my craftsmanship was up to the task but I pleasantly surprised myself with the outcome.The following examples are a second draft after some input from Scott. The only difference between the two is one

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Had a little reminder today to not judge a book by it's cover. I've receive MANY credit applications from National Vehicle Leasing for guys in the money industry (ie: investments, money managing, etc) wanting very expensive cars to keep up the facade of "having money."Well today I received an application for a $71000.00 2006 Lexus SC430 (see picture below) for an investment guy. Based on previous

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We got our garage doors painted to match the trim on our house. No more ugly white doors taking center stage when you see the house now. The painter will be back to paint the front door (Mayflower Red) and will be doing the interior of our house in a couple of months. He had a computer color match done to a piece of the trim to save us some agony trying to match the color via paint chips.Before:

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Fall is on it's way, so it's falling. What a wonderful summer we have had though. It certainly makes me forget about the last couple of crappy ones. A few of our neighbours are putting down sod and getting trees since it's getting a bit cooler. We haven't decided either way about anything in the yard yet and may just wait until spring to do the grass. We did weed our entire yard this last weekend

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1156191509085253202006-08-21T13:12:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:54.741-08:00

I'm trying to find a larger version of this picture to print and put in our dining room. I find it very amusing and I believe it's very "us" (and in Marla and I).

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That's what it feels like anyway. Or more like a glass lined throat. Doing the insulation and vapour barrier in the basement now and I've come to realize that I don't believe insulation is in my future career path. I tried wearing a mask but with every exhale I was steaming up my glasses. I know, I know, inhaling fiberglass vs. steamed up glasses should be an easy choice.Anywho, like I said, it's

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1154899716141169892006-08-06T14:27:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:54.581-08:00

Travis Pastrana double back flip at the X-Games last night.Awesome.

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Not much to report today, so here's a picture of Cedar. Took it this evening out on the front walkway. Fixed the levels using photoshop and added a very muted sepia toning to it (just enough to give a slight brown filter). I think it came out ok. It's really hard to take a bad picture of Cedar anyway as she is very photogenic.

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So our buyer for the Satellite picked her up today. It was bittersweet for both Marla and I. For me because I had wanted to fix it up to have a nice cruiser and for Marla since it was the last link to her youth.I did finally get to drive it yesterday. For a car that hasn't been driving since 1993 it really didn't seem that way. No doubt the motor would be a lot more peppy with a good refresh, but

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So today I'm out bbq-ing and I saw our resident ground squirrel out foraging through the grass (aka weeds). I called Marla since she hadn't seen him (or it could be a her) yet. I then proceeded to "chatter" like a squirrel and he came running over to the deck and stood about 2 feet away from us. I say stood, because he was standing on his back legs looking at me like I was going to give him

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All together now. Took about 3 hours total. Of course there was no wind at all when we were wheelbarrowing the 3/4 down over and lifting all the patios stones, but as soon as we start putting up walls, the wind showed up. It matches the house colour fairly well.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1153082530793154922006-07-16T13:34:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:54.183-08:00

So it's 30 degrees here today with the humidty in the mid 60% range. Of course today would be the day we decide to put together the new storage shed we bought. I get ahead of myself there however but first we had to build up a level base of 3/4 down and then a subfloor using 2'x2' concrete pads. So the yard and a half of 3/4 down is... down and so are the pads. Makes a nice 8'x8' patio... again I

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1152922763873614202006-07-14T17:16:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:54.110-08:00

So we were issued a severe storm warning tonight with the possibility of tornadoes. A tornado touched down near my brother-in-laws place last night and as they say, "tis the season." Anyway, here's a pic of one part of the storm taking from our deck (and modified in photoshop of course) about 15 minutes ago. I figure it's about 20 miles away.

Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327170864987995412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24063707.post-1152848755398600832006-07-13T20:44:00.000-07:002006-11-15T10:51:54.021-08:00

Took this picture tonight after a huge thunderstorm we had.

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Well, the visit today with the prospective buyer for the Satellite went well. He and his friend were quite impressed with the condition of the car. We must have spent a couple hours just talking about it and other mopars.We do have some of the original documentation for the car in the way of the owner's manual and original warranty slip showing a delivery date of May 15, 1972 from Midway Chrysler

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Feeling a little blue today. Work has been nuts since last Tuesday as my coworker has been out on vacation. That means I get double the work. Unlike doublemint gum, it isn't double the fun.We also had the lamp on our Sony Grand Wega TV crap out this last weekend. We bought the extended warranty based on the salesguy telling us the lamp is covered, but we have the warranty people and the repair

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I was happy with the way this picture looked so I decided to do a "cross-processing" effect in photoshop. True cross-processing occurs in photography when different chemicals are used to develop film (chemicals for slides used to develop 35mm and vice-versa), but photoshop is capable of delivering a fairly faithfull rendition.The only thing I would change is having the picture without the

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The extremely popular Dodge Challenger concept from this year has been given the official green light for production as a 2008 model. Final decisions as to volume and price have not been determined. Either way, Dodge will have a hit on there hands.

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How's this for a castrol ad? ;-)Threw it together in about 5 minutes in photoshop.

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So it's officially up for sale now. Marla's 1972 Plymouth Satellite Sebring went into the Winnipeg Free Press yesterday at a price of $5500. I'm surprised there have been no phone calls yet, but perhaps putting it in the paper at the start of a long weekend wasn't a good idea.Here's a pic I snapped yesterday after we had washed and waxed it.

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Take a gander at this video: http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/27/and-they-walked-away-department-joey-hands-mid-ohio-adventur/Just Crazy .

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Just wanted to post up a picture I did from Gran Turismo 4. First is the untouched original image. Second is my work done in photoshop. For those wanting to know, the car is a Shelby Mustang GT350. I'm quite happy with the results.

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Well, not much going on as of late. Deck isn't quite finished but should be next week as I'm taking a week's vacation. I'm planning on getting the wiring finished in the basement as I've been putting it off for too long now. Work is busier than normal for this time of year, which is great, but can be stressfull when there are 10 things to do at the same time.Anywho, other than that, not much

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Well, some of you know that I have a couple different Dance Dance Revolution games for my PS2 and Scott has had the luxury(lol) of playing the game with me. Well, this five year old makes the both of us look like monkeyshttp://www.break.com/index/boycandance.html

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I was quite shocked to come home today and find that my Jack Dempsey Cichlid, Ham, had died. He was almost 5 years old and quite the spectacular fish. I'm not 100% sure why he died but it may have been caused by the new filter I bought which may have caused the tank to cycle. I tested the water and while ammonia and nitrate levels were low, nitrite levels were a bit above where they should

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Stairs are on now. Just have to finish the landing (ie: put in the concrete patio stones). It took almost the whole day yesterday to do these stairs. We bought pre-cut stringers from home depot and they were a pain in the ass to push and pull into alignment. They did eventually go into place. The second picture is what you see when sitting on the deck. Yes, I know, I need to cut down the weeds. I

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The railing is up on the deck now and almost all the balusters are in place. Next step is doing the stairs and then figuring out what to do for skirting. Sorry for the picture quality as it's not the best. It's a nice thing to be able to go out on the deck after work and relax.Along with the back of the house we've also attempted to do a little with the front. We're not going to be putting any

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Well, it's blackfish at play in Hermitage BayFrom pushthrough across to Bois Island.They Broach and they spout and they lift their flukes outAnd they wave to a town that is dying.Now it's many the boats that have plied on the foam,Hauling away! Hauling away!But there's many more fellows been leaving their homes,Where the whales make free in the harbour.It's at Portage and Main you'll see them

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Above is an up to the minute photo from a webcam set up at the start gate at the world famous Nurburgring track in Germany. From what I've read it costs around $8 to do a lap of the track. Track is around 12 miles in length and I would love to drive it someday. Due to the time difference you may not see anything here, but over the last few days I've seen Ferrari's, Porsche's and other exotics

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Take a trip over to http://www.pandora.com for a great music website. Basically it's a computer DJ that creates a "radio" station for you. Enter the artist or song you like and the site will choose music that matches the selection you entered. It's a great way to find new artists to enjoy.Check it out=)

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Just have to cut the excess 2x6s (we had planned on a 12'x12' deck first but went with 10'x12' after we had purchased the wood. After we get the excess cut I need to rip a small piece to go at the end, add stairs and then do the railing.

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