tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205528642024-03-07T04:08:53.737-05:00trying to be ...What it is I am trying to be. Thoughts, views, fears, jokes and questions.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger313125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-79176636288173502712013-05-12T18:00:00.002-05:002013-05-12T18:00:48.303-05:00Episode 3 of She AsksEpisode 3. <b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/she-asks-mark-debonis/id645544672?i=159088464">She Asks Mark DeBonis</a>. </b><br />
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In episode three written questions are thrown out in favour of clarity. Live and learn.<br />
In this episode stand up comedian and tweet performer Mark DeBonis talks about dealing with spiders and audience difficulties. Is he optimistic? You decide. <br />
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His website is called<b><a href="http://iamnotmarkdebonis.com/"> I am not Mark DeBonis</a></b><br />
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He is a proud part of <b><a href="http://podalmighty.com/index.php/component/k2/item/180-the-spam-show">The Spam Show</a></b>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-78915781630516361202013-05-12T17:37:00.001-05:002013-05-12T18:03:12.819-05:00Episode 2 of She Asks<b>Episode 2. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/she-asks-sandra-battaglini/id645544672?i=158995877">She Asks Sandra Battaglini</a></b><br />
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Sandra is a stand up comedian, writer and clown. She tells me about her worst experiences and how her job can be therapy. <br />
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This is her <b><a href="http://www.sandrabattaglini.com/">website</a></b> <br />
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She also does <b><a href="http://podalmighty.com/index.php/component/k2/item/180-the-spam-show">The Spam Show </a></b>on PodAlmighty.com<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-68775197274786196902013-05-12T17:27:00.000-05:002013-05-12T17:27:28.440-05:00Episode 1 of She Asks I introduce myself in episode one and I ask the very enthusiastic and energetic actor director comedian writer a few questions about his job. <br />
Here is the first episode of She Asks... <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/she-asks-phil-luzi/id645544672?i=158905603">She Asks Phil Luzi</a></span></b><br />
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If you would like to know more about Phil here is <a href="http://www.philluzi.com/#slide1"><b>his website</b></a><b> </b> <br />
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<b><a href="http://podalmighty.com/index.php/component/k2/item/180-the-spam-show">The Spam Show</a></b> can be found on PodAlmighty.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-78973741319456898902013-04-27T17:18:00.001-05:002013-04-27T17:18:30.798-05:00Update spring 2013<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Let's catch up a bit.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been working for Canada Post as a casual day shift worker for the past two years. I also work part time at a grocery store in the evenings. I still do the <b><a href="http://notpaidbythehour.blogspot.ca/">Stroumboulopouli</a></b> Blog as I have for the past seven years. I also produced a podcast called The <b><a href="http://humbleandfredradio.com/wardandal/">Ward and Al</a></b> Show. That show graduated from being a podcast and is now becoming a radio show on Sirius XM. I am staying with the podcast production studio and producing <b><a href="http://www.podalmighty.com/index.php/component/k2/item/170-the-futz">The FUTZ</a></b> along with my own five minute podcast called <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SheAsks?fref=ts">She Asks</a></b>. It's a little interview show featuring comedians and entertainers. I am also producing a friends five minute podcast about sex. It's all still in the works and will be available on<a href="http://www.podalmighty.com/"> <b>PodAlmighty</b> </a>Podcast Network soon. </span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-71036770610788814622011-11-27T13:34:00.000-05:002011-11-27T13:34:06.709-05:00Catching upWhat's new with you?<br />
What's new with me?<br />
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</tbody></table>I am enjoying my blue collar job at Canada Post. I am enjoying a reasonably active Toronto social life. I sent out some Christmas cards. I will try to go into the more interesting details in another post soon. I want to get back to communicating.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-52309222543013349132011-10-02T22:25:00.000-05:002011-10-02T22:25:16.068-05:00I have never been much of a writer.<b>I have never been much of a writer!</b><br />
<b>Plus I forget things a lot. </b><br />
<b>This could be why I stopped writing this personal blog.</b><br />
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My life does not change much day to day or week to week.<br />
But it has been a long time since my last confession.<br />
Forgive me reader for I have sinned. I have left this blog alone along with all the blogs I used to visit and comment upon. Maybe it was a move to fb and twitter and all that the time the <a href="http://notpaidbythehour.blogspot.com/"><b>Stroumboulopouli blog</b></a> takes up. Maybe it's because I worked in Government offices I wanted my private life to be less public. Not that I have anything to hide... I don't.<br />
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Working currently as a casual mail clerk in a mail sorting plant. I am a bonnified unionized blue collar worker for as long as there is work. So please mail Christmas cards this year if you can. Thanks!<br />
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I am still single and I am more okay with that than my friends want me to be. They want me to go out there and date. That sounds like it will complicate my life a lot.<br />
I know I have no more readers on this blog left but I wanted to get this down on the screen just in case anyone was wondering if I am still around.<br />
I am for now!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-36628073102694545342010-08-08T12:38:00.001-05:002010-08-11T19:08:15.862-05:00Casettes<div class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cassetteinternals.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Partes del cassette" height="227" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Cassetteinternals.jpg/300px-Cassetteinternals.jpg" style="border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cassetteinternals.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></div>Remember when you would listen to the radio and hope that one of your favourite new songs would be played so you can tape it on your blank cassette tape. It was one long and tedious way of collecting new music. But it was summer and you had nothing better to do with your time. The DJ on <a href="http://www.thesuburbannews.ca/content/en/2811">CKGM</a> would talk over the beginning of the song and ruin or add to the songs recording uniqueness. If you were lucky you would have a walkman so you could listen in private to your mix tape. Or you could put the tape in your brothers hi-fi stereo and hope the tape does not get 'eaten' by his tape player and you get caught trying to get your ruined tape out... He should have used a tape head cleaner on his machine. What's wrong with him?<br />
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I did buy music. 45s and Vinyl Albums but if there were songs no one in the family owned and they were on the radio and we went to all the trouble pressing record after waiting patiently then we earned that song. I am sure concert ticket purchases were soon to follow. The technology did get simpler to make recording whole albums and tapes easier but I was never one to be the first on my block to own the newest equipment. That's what boyfriends did. A mixed tape they made for you was a prized thing.<br />
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These days I <b>don't</b> download music without permission. I buy the tune online or at the record store or directly from the artist. Sometimes a tune is given by the artist and I appreciate that too. I did make myself mixed CD's I can listen to in the car but I paid for all those songs. <br />
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What brought this up? I was just listening to <a href="http://www.legacyrecordings.com/artists/electric-light-orchestra">ELO</a> and thinking that it's time I bought this tune I once recorded off the radio and pay the Artists for their work. <br />
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<a href="http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/">Montreal</a> is a city that Cheryl has never been to. I am from Montreal but had visited Toronto many times as I was growing up. As a child I thought everyone traveled back and forth on the 401. Since I have moved to Toronto to my surprise I encountered Ontarians that had never been to Quebec at all! I will have to fix that one visitor at a time. <br />
I am really looking forward to showing her around my favourite island.<br />
This trip will include <a href="http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/">Old Montreal</a>, <a href="http://www.lemontroyal.qc.ca/en/learn-about-mount-royal/homepage.sn">Mount Royal</a> and <a href="http://www.go-montreal.com/areas_crescent.htm">Crescent Street</a>. <br />
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Currently I am melting in the heat.<br />
Dog sitting.<br />
Looking for job.<br />
Hoping for a windfall.<br />
Planning to visit Montreal soon.<br />
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If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice. "</div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">1. Pray</div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">2. Go to bed on time. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">5. Delegate tasks to capable others. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">6. Simplify and unclutter your life. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many. )</div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">10. Take one day at a time. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">(also remember -- you can only do one phone call at a time</div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">it doesn"matter how busy the que is ---"PapaBear")</div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">11. Separate worries from concerns . If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety . If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">12. Live within your budget; don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">14. K. M. S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">16. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in line. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">17. Get enough rest. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">18. Eat right. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">19 Get organized so everything has its place. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">20. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">21. Write down thoughts and inspirations. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">22. Every day, find time to be alone. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">24. Make friends with Godly people. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good "Thank you Jesus. "</div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">27. Laugh. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">28. Laugh some more! </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can). </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most). </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">32. Sit on your ego. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">33 Talk less; listen more. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">34. Slow down. </div> <div style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="RTE">35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe. </div> <div class="RTE"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">36 . Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that you've never been grateful</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">for before.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU. </span></div> <div style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="RTE">"If God is for us, who can be against us? "</div> <div style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="RTE">(Romans 8: 31)</div> <div class="RTE"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">BE WELL. BE SAFE. BE LOVED.</span> </div> <div class="RTE"> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-19297259215854772822008-05-30T13:16:00.016-05:002014-06-02T08:33:22.122-05:00Happy Birthday to the Stroumboulopouli!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why</span> did I help start a blog about The Hour in the first place?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /><br />In January 2006 I started a blog just to explore what blogging was and to work through my personal grief about loosing my boyfriend to lung cancer… It had been a year and a half since his death and I needed to try to move ahead with my life. I was looking for a focus.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000099;">We became a small but growing community of fans that were linked by The Hour. With blessings from The Hour a group of us started the Stroumboulopouli on </span><a href="http://notpaidbythehour.blogspot.com/2006/05/why-we-love-hour.html#links" style="color: #000099;">May 30 th 2006</a><span style="color: #000099;">.<br /><br />The name Stroumboulopouli is the plural of Georges last name, and </span></span><span style="color: #000099;">should you wish to know it's created source, the credit goes to "Jeremy at The Hour and </span><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">Deana at Sunday</span><span style="color: #000099;">".</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="color: #000099;">Incidentally, did you know about this spelling rule for George's name: "U after O, except after L." It's like "I before E, except after C,"</span> <span lang="EN-US">but better....</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/index.html" style="font-weight: bold;">The Hour</a> was in season two and was experimental in </span><span lang="EN-US">style and form. It appealed to the bloggers that like to discover the indi groups before anyone else had. It appealed to all ages. It appealed to women and men, but only women seemed to want to join the blog (so far).<br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I first started watching, George used to start the show with “Hi, I am your buddy George and this is The Hour.” That invite made the show sweetly <span style="font-style: italic;">personal</span>. Not sure why he changed it to “Your Boyfriend George”. Should I ask him? Maybe that's why women are more comfortable expressing their regard...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000099;">In seasons one and two, the show was live, and writing an email to The Hour at the beginning of the show could get your email read on air before the show ended.</span><span style="color: #000099;"> </span><span style="color: #000099;">It was like watching an amazing performance in a small club where you can shout out a song request when you know the artist should be playing stadiums.</span><span style="color: #000099;"> </span><span style="color: #000099;">He is singing to you now but you want him to have that success that will sadly reduce that interactive personal element so more people can be reached<span style="font-style: italic;">. </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Well, less live and interactive coast to coast, with the exception of the now live studio audience</span>.<br /><br />Going to a taping can be a more personal experience. If you are Toronto when the show is taping or can be there when it's on the road by all means <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/content/tickets.html">book a seat or two</a>. Or like many people do, have a conversation with George when he is talking to you from the other side of that glass. (<span style="font-style: italic;">I do not!</span>)</span></div>
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Another show we feature on this blog is a Strombo production and worthy of frequent mention.<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.thestromboshow.ca/"> The Strombo Show</a> is a radio show <span style="font-weight: bold;">George</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bob</span> Mackowycz Jr. host. The radio show tries to bring back that live interactive element that can no longer be offered on The Hour. It's where you can still shout out those requests. I think George needs that as much as the audience does...</span></div>
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The original members of The Stroumboulopouli were <a href="http://badtemperedzombie.blogspot.com/">Barbar</a><a href="http://badtemperedzombie.blogspot.com/">a B</a>, <a href="ttp://twentyoneonine.blogspot.com/">Jas</a>, Alana, <a href="http://flyingbuttresses.wordpress.com/">Allison</a>, <a href="http://fishslapping.blogspot.com/">Becky</a> <a href="http://quedesfutilites.blogspot.com/">Evelyne</a> and myself (<a href="http://barbwheeland.blogspot.com/">Barbara W.</a>) With schedules changing, school, work and life getting in the way plus disappointment from some that The Hour had become mainstream and was no longer available in that smaller venue where it was so much more personal… people moved on. New bloggers came along, Heather, Angie, Brooksie but for various reasons could not stay.<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099;">Many times I find friends and new blog contributors through commenter on the blog or on George’s MySpace page. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tracy</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mich</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Steph A</span>., <span style="font-weight: bold;">Janna</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jen</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099;"> make up the Stroumboulopouli now and have been helping me celebrate a wonderful show and two years that have gone by in a snap, or <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">an Hour</span>. I have many people to thank for contributing to this blog, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">the readers</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000099;">, the bloggers, former bloggers, </span><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #000099;">guest contributers, friends, and family for understanding and sometimes sharing this obsession.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzs0Olk9eMeyW932YjVFBMDJqjoP97u75y2lhP2R_6OFjaNZtU05_BEJucrMsq_mWFHp-PSteTPj3K-lIJkVjUE0UqxN0aB7iVJTDzWm_ENMgQTQd45es0qZaA9vhuAHufYaEa/s1600-h/100_1479.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzs0Olk9eMeyW932YjVFBMDJqjoP97u75y2lhP2R_6OFjaNZtU05_BEJucrMsq_mWFHp-PSteTPj3K-lIJkVjUE0UqxN0aB7iVJTDzWm_ENMgQTQd45es0qZaA9vhuAHufYaEa/s200/100_1479.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206251511601048210" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;">I also want to thank <a href="http://www.myspace.com/georgestroumboulopoulos"><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Stroumboulopoulos</span> </a>and the crew and former crew of The Hour and <a href="http://www.thestromboshow.ca/station/blog_strombo.cfm">the Strombo Show</a> for making it personal. They inspired the path that lead me from standing still in Montreal to getting back into life and moving (literally to Toronto) but metaphorically forward. I have discovered and rediscovered friendships, music, comedy, movies, creative writing, photography,</span> <span style="color: #3333ff;">geography, books, ideas… not</span> <span style="color: #3333ff; font-style: italic;">conceived</span><span style="color: #3333ff;"> by </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-weight: bold;">The Hour</span><span style="color: #3333ff;"> but for me, </span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-weight: bold;">the spark </span><span style="color: #3333ff;">was reborn there.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-67383038089199476092007-10-29T20:18:00.000-05:002007-10-29T20:34:35.422-05:00I am being, not just trying anymore<div>I want to write a post about how my life is going now but I feel reluctant...</div><br /><div>Is it because of work?</div><br /><div>That's part of it.</div><br /><div>Work is going well and I have applied for a longer term contract.</div><br /><div>Wish me luck.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Is it because I have just started dating again and I am not sure how that will go?</div><br /><div>That's part of it.</div><br /><div>It's going well but it's early stages... </div><br /><div>I don't want to jinx it.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Is it because I have less time online because of facebook, myspace and the stroumboulopouli?</div><br /><div>That's part of it... but I enjoy those things.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Are there better things to do? </div><br /><div>Yes live performances of comedy and music and whatnot..</div><br /><div>maybe all that is part of why I don't blog here as much anymore.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Maybe the reason I started this blog is not as valid for me anymore...</div><br /><div>that is part of it too.</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvFwCjOq54chFR_aBzUpLvlYmhAQaJTYx0WewzNMZXG0KlANmqbGQnQvsza56nDrf6p8ttxDE0M48Sj9fnMXpLRdBgWw4uSgw5e_0cYPK42JyVxmK-DBXE7vBWvwqHaCpcG_q/s1600-h/At+that+partyJPG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126936853012694594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvFwCjOq54chFR_aBzUpLvlYmhAQaJTYx0WewzNMZXG0KlANmqbGQnQvsza56nDrf6p8ttxDE0M48Sj9fnMXpLRdBgWw4uSgw5e_0cYPK42JyVxmK-DBXE7vBWvwqHaCpcG_q/s320/At+that+partyJPG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Barbara W.<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-79408897193144972382007-10-19T21:31:00.001-05:002007-10-19T21:43:08.304-05:00Still alive and I have recent pictures to prove it..<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCGFOU2gIveg6ocyzZTkSs-iUCkrEvKnSm3I04tw0FRVnW28zio2ObFiRBhPOGMvsad6inwnEwisH29kZ2rzQ-LUaaBB4Q-GOXsfPHyZonfURmXKqiWgXd0QlrdYDAy-7Fcwx/s1600-h/DSC00856.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123243148740525314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCGFOU2gIveg6ocyzZTkSs-iUCkrEvKnSm3I04tw0FRVnW28zio2ObFiRBhPOGMvsad6inwnEwisH29kZ2rzQ-LUaaBB4Q-GOXsfPHyZonfURmXKqiWgXd0QlrdYDAy-7Fcwx/s320/DSC00856.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ycdXJFHL2DDPgcnQ2RaFbyoUBuqELt8Cm1RJdLuIxmzo7iNgte6LnZutKWyN4sIEfmAFrJsYWOdP0KevZmp9kj0vrepsIyllttRjnL1_LiLfWk4EUVTP232ho2A_1PjecYF0/s1600-h/DSC00863.JPG"><img 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZN3KUmkN-mHqtVkLqn8xye5AUiwzwGjagU7up-I722SB6u55Vos7_k0Zoe0-vmnkL9VCwioLI8Gncz5tsV4BtPeLObA-VEUBz65gUAx-syc7DtFEXn0XchEavGk0aqXHbASMY/s1600-h/DSC00605.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082246797611394146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZN3KUmkN-mHqtVkLqn8xye5AUiwzwGjagU7up-I722SB6u55Vos7_k0Zoe0-vmnkL9VCwioLI8Gncz5tsV4BtPeLObA-VEUBz65gUAx-syc7DtFEXn0XchEavGk0aqXHbASMY/s400/DSC00605.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfp4JTF981toQECbEtYRGsD_4X5fxP5wVpMuPtV72GUbgtBdsErwFqYhIX5pGzeQrZL8N8fAuA8DlNP7xQC6ZfQymv3hISJBrxiWHErf55Nj1vy1St2QIxRbrFiLITv7q-2-C/s1600-h/DSC00603.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082246638697604178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfp4JTF981toQECbEtYRGsD_4X5fxP5wVpMuPtV72GUbgtBdsErwFqYhIX5pGzeQrZL8N8fAuA8DlNP7xQC6ZfQymv3hISJBrxiWHErf55Nj1vy1St2QIxRbrFiLITv7q-2-C/s400/DSC00603.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Who knew Toronto had such nice beaches so close by.</div><div>A happy discovery.</div><div>Since Ontario is mine to discovery I am going to spend some weekends exploring it a bit.<br /></div><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-66536562787415119142007-05-18T18:32:00.000-05:002007-05-18T18:54:03.014-05:00I know I know it's been a long time<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhCG9Y0TM8qOGkoSHvtiSiRZTC_91c18IsiISM5ssr_g14D0Bu6jSEgDGNVlvkUajC5aX82mZWnFepC6_YkWHyu_V_fhrkqUpKTsw8TkfjULiphOEnTboGijYyEFS4OdGjC3i/s1600-h/DSC00372.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066052310897637986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhCG9Y0TM8qOGkoSHvtiSiRZTC_91c18IsiISM5ssr_g14D0Bu6jSEgDGNVlvkUajC5aX82mZWnFepC6_YkWHyu_V_fhrkqUpKTsw8TkfjULiphOEnTboGijYyEFS4OdGjC3i/s400/DSC00372.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Not sure there is a reader left...</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>It's been a long time since I posted on my 'own' blog.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>I have been busy working. </div><div><br /><br /></div><div>I have also been busy playing.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>It's a balance of social life, hobby and financial obligations.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>I have a job I like, and a second job I like, and sometimes a third job... seems to be no shortage of jobs in Toronto if you look hard enough. </div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The is no shortage of things to do in Toronto either.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>In the past two weeks I have been to two Art shows, a comedy night, a taping of The Hour where Gene Simmons was one of the Guests... That was interesting. all of that was free... </div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>I may not need my own blog so much anymore. </div><div><br /><br /></div><div>I have worked out a few things that the blog has helped me work out.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>I may be ready for what's next...</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>what ever that is.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumenTvhI0Si6I0jqQ8IQ7ZTZ7y8fT8sEb3tbWtwjVgk-QiV4pQ0az0KOhxyy88LAcmw4bRseizn2UW6bN8mgZvgCs9i5k6bq7IvqpdJui9Xfb8C4D7xjlazMV4CMxOv2qoe9h/s1600-h/t48916994_34607477_6479.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066053083991751282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumenTvhI0Si6I0jqQ8IQ7ZTZ7y8fT8sEb3tbWtwjVgk-QiV4pQ0az0KOhxyy88LAcmw4bRseizn2UW6bN8mgZvgCs9i5k6bq7IvqpdJui9Xfb8C4D7xjlazMV4CMxOv2qoe9h/s320/t48916994_34607477_6479.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>I did an interview with George Stroumboulopoulos. That will be available soon on the other blog, <a href="http://notpaidbythehour.blogspot.com">the Stroumboulopouli</a>. </div><div><br /><br /></div><div>It will be half an hour long. I know that sounds long.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>We may do more interviews like that... maybe that is what's next</div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br />Just being Barbara<br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-72721880008602998952007-04-15T14:12:00.000-05:002007-04-15T14:18:58.875-05:00Sick of the old purse?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdHogabVifdtT16u3iNvnBoBnu8Tgy3N0jH1gx64vpbG0bxyvn58DaroR8Lp3n5Ffc7-YDuNfQgAUKcxE9RmiwcRUr0xca70kf6KYsFzn5Wb7bquaW3VHc0pqr3vQl133onz0/s1600-h/Purses.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053736382001760722" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdHogabVifdtT16u3iNvnBoBnu8Tgy3N0jH1gx64vpbG0bxyvn58DaroR8Lp3n5Ffc7-YDuNfQgAUKcxE9RmiwcRUr0xca70kf6KYsFzn5Wb7bquaW3VHc0pqr3vQl133onz0/s200/Purses.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#993300;">I never gave it a thought. Who'd a thunk?<br />Have you ever noticed gals who sit their purses on public restroom floors - that go directly to their dining tables? Happens a lot! It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress. Sometimes "what you don't know 'will' hurt you"! </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">Read on...</span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">Mom got so upset when a guest came in the door and plopped their purses down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up the buffet. She always said that purses are really dirty, because of Where they have been. Smart Momma!!! It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know what's inside our purses, do you have any idea what's on the outside? </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">Shauna Lake put purses to the test - for bacteria - with surprising results. You may think twice about where you put your purse. Women carry purses everywhere; from the office to public restrooms to the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their purses, but did you ever stop to think about where your purse goes during the day? </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">"I drive a school bus, so my purse has been on the floor of the bus a lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, probably in restrooms." "I put my purse in grocery shopping carts, on the floor of bathroom stalls while changing a diaper," says another woman and of course in my home which should be clean." </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">We decided to find out if purses harbor a lot of bacteria. We learned how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake, then we set out to test the average woman's purse. </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom of their purse. Most said they usually set their purses on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared. Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if their purses were at least a little bit dirty. </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">It turns out purses are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was shocked. Microbiologist Amy Karren of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the purses tested were not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful kinds of bacteria. </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections, and salmonella and e-coli found on the purses could make people very sick. In one sampling, four of five purses tested positive for salmonella, and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the purses," says Amy. </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">Leather or vinyl purses tended to be cleaner than cloth purses, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with kids tended to have dirtier purses than those without, with one exception. The purse of one single woman who frequented nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all. "Some type of feces, or even possibly vomit or something like that," says Amy. </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">So the moral of this story - your purse won't kill you, but it does has the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat. Use hooks to hang your purse at home and in restrooms, and don't put it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop. Experts say you should think of your purse the same way you would a pair of shoes. "If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your purse on the countertops" - your purse has gone where every individual before you has spat, coughed, urinated, emptied bowels, etc! Do you really want to bring that home with you? </span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">The microbiologists at Nelson also said cleaning a purse will help. Wash cloth purses and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather purses.<br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#993300;"><span style="color:#000000;">Thanks to Susan for this email warning..</span></span></div><div><span style="color:#993300;"><span style="color:#000000;">Barbara</span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-43612420472549210062007-03-30T16:42:00.000-05:002007-03-30T18:11:33.947-05:00I did it now I'm too frozen to watchI mentioned on my other blog that I wanted to do my Best Story Ever for The Hour.<br /><br />It was an exercise in exploring the medium, that aspect of participation, and it was an exercise in exploring my feelings in my grief. My story is about that grief and the hardest day of my life. When I decided to tell this story I was pretty calm about it. It's about Graham and I am very proud about who Graham is and what he means to me. For those who don't know me well. Graham was my boyfriend who passed away 3 years ago in June.<br /><br />I taped the story 3 dozen times and took it over to The Hour twice, without feeling what I experiencing now. I just saw now that the story has been posted on The Hours website. I saw that, and I ran away... I am frozen. I can't watch.<br /><br />Where the hell did that brave woman go?<br /><br />I think I will just ... I don't know...<br />You can go see it and tell me what you think... go to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/">www.cbc.ca/thehour/</a> click on Best Story Ever on the sidebar...<br /><br />for GrahamUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-37119978619103534922007-03-18T13:21:00.000-05:002007-03-18T13:36:16.393-05:00All MovedIf you have ever moved You may recall the stress, the planning, the lists of things forgotten, the things that will break and the 100 things you need to buy for the new place.<br /><br />I am in the new place now and I still have a lot of that to do.<br /><br />Which reminds me I better write down the list of things I need to buy as soon as I find where I packed my pens...<br /><br />A broom for one, then I need to find the part of my vacuum that has motor on it... then a dish drainer thingy... these are all great excuses to not clean up but if I'm going to have a house warming party I should take care of this.<br /><br />Toilet paper... oh yeah.. I better go shopping again... I wonder where my pen is..<br /><br />In other news I did a radio interview yesterday. <br />I will tell you more about it on my other blog in a few days.<br />It was all about The Hour and George and the blog called The Stroumboulopouli.<br /><br />be organized?<br />BarbaraUnknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-51048135458156825472007-03-05T22:08:00.000-05:002007-03-05T22:51:21.447-05:00Unsettled ready to settleI am on the verge of moving... most of it is packed. Plans are falling into place. Friends are getting their excuses ready... LOL<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3quOmi-qR8R8l5Z17M0b13LswD43U7tjF-AsC_rtE5NtNuwCtp1sodF09VZgXgc8Oc0q7NvKRGv9pOYS0V6p3J17DpPQ8RUrRUeXTkEnrLoWx6_bq4n-auADIkwR-2CJl-0u/s1600-h/DSC00226.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038646448124030754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3quOmi-qR8R8l5Z17M0b13LswD43U7tjF-AsC_rtE5NtNuwCtp1sodF09VZgXgc8Oc0q7NvKRGv9pOYS0V6p3J17DpPQ8RUrRUeXTkEnrLoWx6_bq4n-auADIkwR-2CJl-0u/s200/DSC00226.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Don't worry It will only take a few good people.<br />I can't wait to blog from my new place.<br /><br />I started a new Temp job last week and it is going well so far. I work for the govt. That's all I am gonna say about that.<em> No I am not a spy. Is there such a thing as Temp spies? Nor do I want to be a spy.</em> I am just a receptionist and not the Miss Moneypenny kind.<br /><br />To change the subject;<br />The <a href="http://www.insidethecbc.com/platforms/radio1/jiansofar/">new name for Jian's new radio </a>show is.... still undecided. Do you have any more suggestions? I think I ran out of suggestions ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-47115909274091674112007-02-27T19:23:00.000-05:002007-02-27T19:31:05.666-05:00I should be posting more again soonIn the mean time....<br />I am in the mood for <a href="http://www.geocities.com/beckyscrap2004/mp3.html">Green eggs and ham</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-4267638434050280332007-02-21T18:17:00.000-05:002007-02-21T18:24:11.961-05:00<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvwzvYfIOvmR-6Ink99LNN6HnumiHQ2v8d1M6uIv1rOHupkoS5bsRc2imizuRLd-xjttmefRNBoPd1pMA2EqgPa1SUfvK95rA7-upMGHKy_tvL83ceHWBj6Wpl9GBSXd9Hl6D/s1600-h/100_1045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034131320995414706" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvwzvYfIOvmR-6Ink99LNN6HnumiHQ2v8d1M6uIv1rOHupkoS5bsRc2imizuRLd-xjttmefRNBoPd1pMA2EqgPa1SUfvK95rA7-upMGHKy_tvL83ceHWBj6Wpl9GBSXd9Hl6D/s400/100_1045.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center">I have been neglecting this blog a bit in favour of projects I am </div><div align="center">working on for the other blog.</div><div align="center">Please see my latest post on <a href="http://notpaidbythehour.blogspot.com/">the stroumboulopouli </a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-64695339749886908082007-02-14T07:21:00.001-05:002007-02-14T07:27:02.244-05:00Happy love day!<div align="center">I found this quote in The Globe and Mail the other day.<br /><br />"There is no love sincerer than the love of food"</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkLvXUQ5OCBxp7wgFUixKBzyTd44pGFEABOvafnnfKBvTG2i1IIaOPmEIIRkDr8vlL47pvE9eNDWJPoG0XYaj-td5OduU5Z1wZh2p_UIroIcWx1t28W92vpcVHxaXwFU8WdGA/s1600-h/mmmchocolate.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031364847547412770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkLvXUQ5OCBxp7wgFUixKBzyTd44pGFEABOvafnnfKBvTG2i1IIaOPmEIIRkDr8vlL47pvE9eNDWJPoG0XYaj-td5OduU5Z1wZh2p_UIroIcWx1t28W92vpcVHxaXwFU8WdGA/s320/mmmchocolate.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />George Bernard Shaw.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552864.post-31125794084178995082007-02-11T13:51:00.000-05:002007-02-18T08:56:01.259-05:00Sorry slow to postI don't announce I won't be posting for awhile because I never know that in advance...<br /><br /><br />I am looking for a new job because I only have two weeks left at my current temp job...<br />I have some interviews this week coming up. I remain hopeful. I am settling down nicely in Toronto and I am ready for a permanent job. Being bilingual seems to help get my foot in the door around here.<br /><br />What fun things have I done since my last post?<br />I went to see The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kyWCsU_ce8">Golden Dogs </a>last Friday night at Lee's Palace. That have improved a lot as live performers since this clip was shot.<br /><br /><br />I watched the entire series of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKCJ3XW0RA">Twitch City </a>this weekend ... all 13 episodes on DVD.<br /><br />Twitch city was funded in part by CTF and is exactly why we need to remind our cable companies to support Canadian productions. We pay them our hard earned money and I want part of that to support Canadian writer, actors and production companies.<br />Jim Shaw Jr, of Shaw cable and Karl Péladeau of videotron are just trying to keep the money you all ready gave them, to support Canadian TV, for themselves. Jerks!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.friends.ca/Cable-Commitments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.friends.ca/Cable-Commitments</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3