Friday, November 18, 2022

My Alpha and Omega Twitter Experience

So, I never really did get into Twitter, I don't think I could ever actually communicaate anything of importance in what was it, 22 characters? Anyways, Twitter is a flaming dumpster right now and I thought it would be a good time to archive all my tweets here for posterity.There are only 9. I did at one time click on some people who I thought might be funny to follow, but then I never logged in, sent all my email notices to spam and really only noticed anything twit related when it was embedded in some other article/posting. Twitter March 2009 - November 2022 NB. About that last tweet to the JustStop Oil idiots....After seeing them glue themselves or throw something yet again to a piece of ART for no apparent reason I thought maybe I'd vent because ...goddamn are they stupid or what? Want to make capitalists stop fucking over everything, maybe go throw some paint on the corporate offices (or officers) of those who are responsible. What did poor Vincent ever do to deserve this? Or maybe the kida are just confused because the art is OIL paintings??? Then again, perhaps I got a goose from the impending downfall of Twitter .
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Friday, July 01, 2011

Happy Canada Day !



My 'national anthem'.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Bite Me

So instead of reading a blog about the wonderful holiday I had in London last weekend; meeting up with an old friend and our exploits at Gordon's Wine Bar, the Veuve Cliquot Champagne bar at Harrods and how much fun we had, you get to find what happens when I get bit by insects in Switzerland.

I love all things Swiss, if you've ever read anything here, you know this is true. I've adjusted to the change in climate, food, culture with great ease for the most part (and yeah, maybe a few pounds). But Swiss insects,like mosquitoes and horseflies seem to have some unusual properties that my body cannot handle. Keep in mind, I'm from Canada. I grew up in Manitoba and have been bitten by mosquitoes the size of sparrows, I've survived multiple wasp bites, bee stings and one very nasty bite from a black widow spider (while living on the Wet Coast) without much more than some ice and calamine lotion. Also 'the itch' from Clear Lake on so many occasions during my childhood, I should be scarred. But no, I am Canadian, little biting black flies and dense clouds of mosquitoes don't phase me.

The first summer here, my arms were covered in swollen red oozing bites that I attributed to spiders in the new house. The second summer, after having gone back to Canada and been bitten by both Albertan and Manitoban bugs with no horrendous reactions, I was amazed to return home and watch a simple mosquito bite turn into some large, red, owwy mass that took days to subside. Last summer, I dragged out the Deep Woods Off and basically coated my arms, legs and face every night before I went to bed.

Yesterday I was cleaning the pool and got bit by a horsefly. This is what my thigh and knee looked like this morning, even after icing it for hours last night.






In desperation I took some Benadryl today, all the while knowing that antihistamines are like dropping (bad) acid for me. I get woozy, see little trails of light and basically feel worse for the cure. Then I went and passed out for 4 hours. I still feel achy and weird, but the swelling has gone down a bit and the bites don't look quite so angry.



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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

For Dani



Just a thought.
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Thursday, June 02, 2011

No Matter What You Do, Be Amazing !



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