“My sister bought a gift for your baby,” a co-worker said to me on Tuesday. I’ve never met this sister. I don’t even know her name. But she remembered that I lend my metro pass to her sister (my co-worker), and knew I was having a baby, so she bought a gift for a [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Cadbury has placed an “interactive” billboard at Yonge-Dundas Square. The billboard features a giant Cadbury Creme Egg, a lever and fulcrum, a catch basin and a giant fan. The idea is that as rain and snow accumulate in the catch basin it will raise the egg into the spinning fan blades – thereby releasing the [...]
Now this is a whole different take on promoting an album!
From soundcheck.freedomblogging.com:
$7
* Digital download of Since 1972, including 3 videos
$15
* CD/DVD double-disc set
* Digital download
$50
* CD/DVD double-disc set
* T-shirt
* “Thank you” phone call from Josh for buying Since 1972. You can tell him what you like about the record that you purchased, or what you [...]
This afternoon Cameron and I took advantage of the bright sunshine to wander around The Junction and take some photos.
In the final stretch, just before we stopped for a pint at Shox, I saw this little sticker on a billboard:
MC Hammer & Vanilla Ice – Live In Concert
Published by February 11th, 2009 in 2009 and Chris. 0 CommentsIn grade seven a friend decided that I looked a bit like Vanilla Ice so he created an alter ego for me – Vanilla Kirk. I even had my own comic book – “The Adventures Of Vanilla Kirk”. It was weird then, and still is, but I the amount of work that he put into [...]
Do It Right, The First Time
Published by February 8th, 2009 in 2009, Chris and Complaints. 0 CommentsWhy are so many people happy to accept OK, instead of perfect? What part of the brain in a tradesperson fails to recognize that a kitchen without shelves in the cabinets is not complete? Mike Holmes (of Holmes On Homes) says it in every episode but if others did it right the first time, he [...]
It’s a rare day that I get what I believe to be adequate customer service. It’s an ever rarer occasion that someone exceeds my expectations, but this is exactly what happened this past week with Crate & Barrel at Yorkdale Mall.
We’ve been in the market for new curtains for our living room. Having completed an [...]
The AP Industries Lollipop Crib is now on order for us. It’s the crib we wanted, and considering the sweet deal we got on it, we couldn’t be happier. It was priced wrong but the store said that they would honour the pricing – it was their mistake not ours. It was $100 less than [...]
Come late June or early July that’s what I’ll be confirming when our son is born. This week we had our second ultrasound and were able to confirm that we’re having a boy. Is it coincidence or good planning that our son will be born just in time for me to take a couple weeks [...]
