Graphic Artist Marian Bantjes shows how she creates her art. Her course on Linda.com Marian Bantjes, Graphic Artist is a one hour tutorial in how to build your own Valentines.
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The longer you’ve been together the harder it becomes to wow her on Valentine’s Day.
Everything becomes old hat after awhile so I really like this idea from Blurb.com to create a Happy Valentine book from pictures. Continue reading
Christmas Lites by Fransen (all rights reserved)
Martell Builders Green Homes in Moncton, sell like hotcakes
CBC is reporting that new home construction is down 9% for the Cornwall, Charlottetown and Stratford region.
Summerside however is booming with 32% increase in new home construction.
The problem lies squarely on the shoulders of the municipal governments and greedy developers who are not in sync with the market. Summerside is experiencing growth because they are addressing the growth segment of the market. Continue reading
EFI Fan/Light Time Delay Switch 501
A simple $40 switch got rid of excess moisture in a bathroom without having to train a teenager.
Hour long showers listening to music create more moisture in a bathroom than a fan can easily remove.
Last month I discovered the paint peeling in the downstairs bathroom for that very reason.
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22 Minutes Movember contest - Olivia Chow with what's his name (photo Facebook)
I was splitting my sides laughing after this week’s episode of 22 Minutes
The show is getting funnier despite being in its thousandth season. Eat your heart out Carl Reiner.
Flushed with optimism, I jumped on my computer and entered their Facebook Movember contest.
It’s one of those crazy things you do for fun not the prize. Grow a mustache and take your picture. Continue reading
Pencil thin mustache
I can’t remember the reason but all the guys are growing moustaches this month. Oh yes, to bring attention to Prostate cancer.
I gotta follow the herd right off the cliff on this one.
In the meantime, I do get fewer kisses since my upper lip is prickly.
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Ready to drive your call - 6 months of bible study and Codey Bramley is A NEW MAN: one of 28 people to be baptized at the 3-day Jehovah's Witness conference in New Zealand
Unlike the Catholic Church which has amassed gold, paintings and buildings in the current world, Witnesses are hoping we all die soon. They want to take our SUV’s and houses.
Good luck Codey with your new life that took only six months of bible study and a dunking.
You and 7 million Jehovah’s Witnesses are in line to collect the earthly goods of all 7 billion members of the human race alive today.
“Souls were saved by the masses in Palmerston North this weekend. More than 3000 Jehovah’s Witnesses packed into the Arena Manawatu Pascal St Stadium to learn how to survive the end of the world.”
(photo Jens Kruger)
By Bruce Bowen, Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss Updated
I am a 5-string banjo player and I posted in the past about some of my experiences trialing Siemens and Oticon aids.
I finally ran across the article by Hockley, Bahlmann and Marshall Chasin entitled ‘Programming hearing instruments to make live music more enjoyable’ at the Hearing Journal vol 63 issue 9 pp 30 to 38.
This article discusses the test of Bernafon’s Live Music Plus using real musicians. Now this is good science. Continue reading
By Chris Brogan G+ – In both cases, there were tweets or Facebook posts or Google+ updates that hinted that things might be falling apart.
But we rarely notice such posts. We rarely hear them loudly, because they aren’t Siri jokes or cats dressed like astronauts.
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Paul Leka (photo Joseph Bly NY Times)
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye went # 1 for a band called Steam. Today it is the sports chant of fans for retiring pitchers and sports losers of all stripes.
Paul Leka died of lung cancer on October 12th in hospice near his Connecticut home. Leka was 68.
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