11Jan 2010 by R&O No Comments

Could I be wrong?

Of Interest, People
Have a look at the six comments submitted to this blog regarding my previous post about Dr. Hakam Singh Bhullar of Atlas Animal Hospital in East Vancouver. I'm not sure about the first comment from Guest (is it sarcasm or praise?) but the other five all support Dr. Bhullar and refer to his excellent care and comparatively low service fees. All the comments are well written, clear and concise especially the comment by Penny which could be published as a short story (nice work Penny!). This tells me that I may have been wrong about the doctor and need to do something to make amends, or at least get his side of the story. You may remember that Dr. Bhullar had his license pulled in early December by The B.C.…
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08Jan 2010 by R&O 6 Comments
Bob Dylan is an ass

Bob Dylan is an ass

Music, Observations
I was reading an article in the November 26 issue of Rolling Stone magazine about the creation of Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the mid to late 80's. It mentioned the museum's original plan to purchase artifacts for display in the museum but after purchasing it's first item (the original lyrics to "Purple Haze" complete with abandoned subtitle "Jesus Saves") for $17,600 the founders realized that trying to fill the museum with such purchases would quickly bankrupt them. They put together a team of music journalists with industry contacts that would scour the world for museum items and request they be donated or loaned for display. Pete Townsend (who was present at the groundbreaking) donated his Gibson J-200 he used to write "Pinball Wizard", Yoko Ono donated…
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03Jan 2010 by R&O No Comments

eBook Format Conversion

Of Interest, Technology
For those that are new to the Kindle and eBooks in general, I found a great page that explains the ABCs of eBook format conversion using Calibre and other available applications. Click HERE to visit the page. The site offers a step-by-step tutorial for file conversion using Calibre and also touches on DRM (Digital Rights Management - the nasty bits that stop us from sharing books from Amazon and other pay sites), and the limitations of file conversion. All good info for those that are new to the world of eBooks. And yeah, you're right. I'll stop blathering about eBooks and Kindle soon but it's just so much fun, ya know?
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02Jan 2010 by R&O No Comments

The P2K Party

Events, Of Interest, People
Way back in 1999 my neighbours, Lisa and Trent, collected about 20 of their friends together on New Years eve and created their own time capsule with the understanding that all would assemble a decade later to open and discuss the contents. The 10 year anniversary arrived on New Years eve and the unveiling took place at their home, the location of the original party a decade earlier. Unfortunately all of the original participants couldn't attend the unveiling due a variety of reasons but six of the original members and their children showed up to open the time capsule. The original participants, most from Trent's hme town of Smithers, B.C., were asked to contribute items of their choice and also answer 10 questions, their answers to be included in the…
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