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The news agency Reuters did a survey to find out where Santa lives and concluded that Santa lives in Iceland because Santa Claus of Iceland was the only one responded to the survey question. Curiously, they didn’t send the…

Some Germans prefer trees to family for Christmas. Surprising? Some would say not. And of course there are also people who’d rather skip the whole Christmas thingy altogether. Think your employer has strict company policy? Well, at least you…

Before I head out to the coldness outside, I’d like to wish everyone in the Northern Hemisphere a happy winter since today is the winter solstice a.k.a. the first official day of winter a.k.a. the shortest day of year. May…

Teen pleads guilty after blog confession. Though he later retracted his words and deleting them from the blog, he still gets 5 years in prison. His blog is somewhere at blurty.com. A self-proclaimed ‘parking ticket Santa’ is paying for…

Troy said he likes it better if I post the daily links like I did yesterday instead of in the regular links-for-today format. Since today is his birthday, his wish is my command, so I’m going to comply. Though…

My dearest, darling husband Troy turns 30 today. Now he is in the same age group with me, ie. old. Bwahahaha!!! Go wish him a happy birthday! Well, if his site is up anyway. We forgot to renew his…

Danger due to [fill in the blank]. Use your imagination. What a linklogger to do when del.icio.us is down? Get panic, of course. But I’ve got over it. Finally. Did a bit of Christmas shopping this past weekend. I…

We had to put our Betta fish Finnegan to sleep yesterday. It was not an easy decision, but he seemed to be in so much pain that we just had to do it. It was more than a little…

Contrary to what I said in yesterday’s post, I didn’t stay in. The weather wasn’t fantastic but what the hell. My mind was set. I was going. When I walked to the bus stop, I couldn’t see the sidewalk because…

I’ve been living in Canada for more than a year but I still let the weather beat me all the time. I still haven’t got around to buying a birthday present for Troy even though his birthday is only…

These shows aren’t necessarily begun in 2005. The only criteria for this list is that they were being aired on TV this year and I watched each one of them at least a couple of times. Now on with the…

Ever had one of those days when the Internet seems so boring? Well, today is one of those days for me. Now don’t get me wrong. You’ll still get your daily dose of silly links from me today. It’ll show…

T: Now that we’re done with season two of Scrubs, we can start watching season two of Arrested Development. F: We have season two of Arrested Development? T: Yup. F: You mean in your computer? T: No, on DVD. F:…

Good news. Thanks to Google Adsense, I actually have money to buy Troy his birthday presents and Christmas gifts this year. Not really a lot of money, but money nonetheless. Last year, I managed to scrape enough money to buy…

I watched Le Battement d’ailes du papillon or Happenstance (UK title) or The Beating of the Butterfly’s Wings (International title) last weekend on DVD with Troy and his parents. I really liked it. The movie is starring Audrey Tautou of…

Troy and I have been to many thrift stores, antique markets, and flea markets all over Southwestern Ontario in our search for vintage cameras that we can actually use to take photos, or those that just look cool enough…

I tag my Flickr photos with the seasons in which the photos were taken, but lately I’ve been more and more tempted to tag the photos I took recently with “winter” instead of the actual season, ie. “autumn”, because the…

You might have noticed the 9rules logo sitting pretty in the sidebar for a few days now. Apparently, someone out there thinks that this weblog actually has content. Promise me you won’t tell them the truth, will you? ;) Nothing…

Friday night was cold. The temperature was below freezing, no doubt about it. As we were approaching the entrance of a bookstore, a boy came to us and asked if we’d like to buy some chocolate bars from him for…

Neither I nor Troy watch “Invasion” (I gave the show one chance but had to change the channels after 15 minutes because I couldn’t stand it anymore), but last night I guess we were I was too lazy to browse…