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Friday, August 11, 2006

Labour Day Weekend Plans Derailed?

My long weekend plans appeared to have been derailed after a friend's mother wrote him a letter detailing that he's not to have more than 6 people at her cottage on Labour Day weekend, and I was one of the people who got the axe. I was saddened by the news. Although everyone who was going agreed to rent a cottage near Collingwood so everyone could attend, and all was well with the world.. Money fixes everything! Right?

(This cottage always has generated group news...)

Previous posts: May 13 2003, May 14 2003, July 15 2004, July 18 2004.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Moola.com

A friend pointed this site out to me earlier today, it's a little addictive and gives you the potential of winning free (real) money (if you get over $10USD) while playing fun little games with other people. It's ad supported and you start with a penny, and the premise is to double that 30 times and get 10million USD by playing 3 different mini games with other people who are wagering the same amount of money. (Of course the chance of winning 30 times in a row from 0.01 to over 10mil is infinitesimal. My front page says You are just 10 wins away from $2,621, hah! But only 1 lose away from $0.00! (It's in Beta and by invite only, I have 1 invite (which grants 3 more invites, ad infinitum) (Moola.com

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Civic Long Weekend


The long weekend was filled with adventure. Went to the Ribfest, Balloon Fest (Sloan) and then to Sarnia for a yachting excursion..



Boating out in the lake is one of my favorite things to do, especially when it's on a big boat with all the amenities.. A wireless network even extended out into the lake for a few kilometers (from the Sarnia Yacht Club)... Don't ask me why I had my laptop on this excursion to be able to determine that though... It was only a 3 hour tour, we headed out to the wreck of the Sweetheart for a little snorkeling, swimming, drinking in 30 feet of lake water, and such.. I was a little sad to hear we were heading in, but that all disappeared when I got to captain the ship back into the marina (I handed over the helm once we were approaching the marina docks, as I wouldn't have felt comfortable avoiding other peoples' expensive boats (nor do I think the true captain would have either), especially with a gin and tonic (or 2) under my belt.