September 1st, 2010
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News — Ryan J. Allen @ 23:38
Some general updates:
I sealed my driveway on Sunday and Monday. Two coats. It was hot and sweaty but it’s done now, and I am experienced in the ways of sealing a driveway.
Today I identified a plant in my front garden as a weed. I pulled it. It was quite a large [...]
August 29th, 2010
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On Friday my new dining room table was finally delivered. I had it fully setup on Saturday and was ready to try it out. So tonight I hosted a Sunday Dinner.
In total eight people sat at my dinner table tonight and it was comfortable. I was so excited about this meal that [...]
August 25th, 2010
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This labour day weekend I will join local chefs from Kingston’s best restaurants as a volunteer for Downtown Kingston!’s presentation of Fare on the Square. I have never volunteered for such an event, but I assume I will be excellent at it. And it involves food–a big bonus. Unfortunately, that’s all I [...]
August 23rd, 2010
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Here are some of the brands I have purchased in the past couple of weeks:
Banana Republic
Hanes
Esprit
Gap
Nautica
Ralph Lauren
Saucony
New Era
August 10th, 2010
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Yesterday I flew to Peachtree City, Georgia. I packed lightly, both because I’m only here for a few days and also because it’s incredibly hot here. I would have to guess that the mercury hit 100 today. I had about a third of a suitcase packed for the trip.
It seems I packed a little too [...]
July 27th, 2010
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This week the sermon at Parkdale was on 1 Peter 2:13-25. This is a great passage about Christ’s perfect life and his great substitutionary sacrifice. As a part of the sermon the deacon (our Pastor is on vacation) shared a story.
The story is told by a well-known pastor (unfortunately I don’t remember his [...]
July 22nd, 2010
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Today I received my new Broil King Signet 70. This is a 3-burner barbecue with rear-burner and rotisserie. You can read up on the details at the specs page or jump right ahead to my barbecue porn.
I bought the grill at Preston Hardware and was very impressed: free delivery, free assembly, and they [...]
July 17th, 2010
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I went for a nice Saturday morning run this morning. A bear crossed my track. I like that this happened only a few kilometres away from where I live.
July 17th, 2010
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Last weekend was packed full of adventure.
My journey started directly from work. I had the pleasure of taking a 2009 BMW 750Li for the trip. This made the driving extremely enjoyable, comfortable, and easy.
The first leg was Ottawa to Kingston. I needed to stop into Kingston to pick up my tent and [...]