The Week of the Doctor: Day One – Are You My Mummy?

Over seven days, I’m watching a selection of stories from the rebooted Doctor Who series, and reviewing them in celebration of the 50th anniversary. The Empty Child・The Doctor Dances By Steven Moffatt A little boy appears outside, ostensibly looking for his mother.  He’s wearing a gas mask.  “Are you my mummy?” he says in his…

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In Terms of Customer Service, @westjet Kicks in the Afterburners

I admit it.  I hate packing.  I hate everything to do with packing.  I hate unpacking more.  Unpacking after a vacation is, after all, such a depressing thing to do, because it means that life, along with all the included trials and tribulations associated with it, is returning. Packing sucks mainly because, invariably, I forget…

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The Office Christmas Party

First things first:  Let’s call them what they are.  Christmas Parties.  Not “Winter Celebrations”, or “Holiday Parties”, or “Early Winter Festive Occasions”, but Christmas Parties. One year, my wife’s employer sent out a broadcast email which stated, “this year, our annual winter celebration will be held…” I refused to go. When I was asked why,…

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Wrong on multiple levels.

Update (July 28, 2014) – I’ve had to replace the original video because the makers had their account terminated by Youtube.  So here’s Ellen DeGeneres’ take on the Shake Weight: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWTCs2HYHWw] Then there’s the Shake Weight for Men: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc381zH_IeU] And then there’s the incredible Kayley Cuoco with one… [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C88Ydagh0Q]

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