Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Dec 8, 2011, 3:38 pm
I haven't even started writing a book. I must be the worlds biggest procrastinator. The internet is such a distraction especially Facebook. You can waste hours on there.
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 7, 2011, 4:06 pm
Lately I've been thinking of writing a book. I know there is a least one book in me to write. It seems like every Tom, Dick and Harry wants to write a book. Some people start but never finish and others talk about writing a book but never actually do. A smaller number of people finish writing a book...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 7, 2011, 10:17 am
We are now back on standard time. Yippee! I just wish we were on standard time year round like Saskatchewan. Why on earth are we fooling around with clocks in the first place. It is silly putting the clock ahead one hour and back one hour. Even when we are on day light saving time I am still woken u...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 4, 2011, 11:32 am
I have been sick lately with a stomach virus that made me puke and shit at the same time which then lowered my immune system even further so a cold virus could work on me. This has not been a very good month or so. I picked up a stomach virus from taking public transit or from visiting a hospital. ...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Sep 8, 2011, 10:49 am
I've noticed that some companies require job seekers to take online job tests. The tests supposedly weed out unsuitable candidates for the job but honestly I don't think they work all that well. The online job tests don't test for reliability, punctuality, competency, honesty, hard-work and likabili...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Sep 8, 2011, 9:58 am
I've just come to realize that I am not being true to myself. It seems as if I am taking jobs I don't want to do and don't like just because I want the money. I wish I could work at something that excites me instead of always doing crap that no one else wants to do and is someone else's dirty work. ...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Aug 5, 2011, 2:15 pm
I am flirting with an idea of closing down this blog or making it a private diary. The reason is I don't blog often enough and I am not creative enough to blog everyday. Another idea is to upload random doodles and pictures I take instead of posting wordy posts. Sigh I am undecided as to what to do.
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Jun 28, 2011, 1:50 pm
I was watching talk back Toronto on CFTO news at lunch and the topic was about traffic gridlock. It got me to thinking of how to solve traffic gridlock. The reason we have traffic gridlock is urban sprawl. Urban sprawl occurs because of poor planning. They shouldn't be allowing companies to buy up f...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Jun 22, 2011, 10:44 am
I signed the online petition. It seems the government in this country is bound and determined to kill the internet experience for most Canadians by regulating it to death. First it was trying to meter the internet so most people can't afford to go online and now they want to force your ISP to buy ex...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Jun 2, 2011, 9:45 am
I don't know what to tweet about most of the time. How do some people manage to find so much to tweet about? If I were to tweet as much as some people do I would end up tweeting about my breakfast I just had which wouldn't be very interesting. In fact one day I think I did tweet about a meal I had. ...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 31, 2011, 8:00 pm
I am standing at the bus stop waiting for a bus when I feel something crawl up my leg. I looked down and quickly brush the bug off my leg. I swear this wet spring has led to a bumper crop in bugs of all kinds. My skin just crawled after waiting for a bus. I was itching long after I got home. The bug...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 26, 2011, 11:30 am
Thinking about how much I enjoyed reading books in the past I plan on trying to get back into the habit of reading daily. I need to spend less time on facebook anyways and this a perfect way of doing it. I also need to get back into the habit of drawing. I used to draw all the time when I was younge...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 25, 2011, 5:38 pm
I used to polish off a book in a week when I was younger not anymore. It took me over a month to read a standard sized novel. Either I am picking books that are boring which is a possibility considering I buy books half priced and half priced books are generally not the greatest books around. Anothe...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 22, 2011, 9:45 pm
I tried putting Google ads on my blog but I found almost no one was clicking them so I took the ads off my site. Now my blog looks less cluttered. I don't know how some people are able to make any money with ads on their blog. I know that when I visit someone's blog I tend to ignore the ads. It is a...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 20, 2011, 7:17 pm
According to some it will be but you know what my prediction is? The world won't end tomorrow so relax and enjoy the weekend. One of these days a doomsayer will get the date right but that will be just dumb luck. If people keep on picking a date somebody somewhere is bound to get the right date but ...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 18, 2011, 10:25 am
Well either this is the weirdest PMS symptom yet or these iron pills are working. I have been taking them almost a week and I have more energy now than I've had in a long time. I actually feel like getting off my butt and doing something. I thought my couch potato ways was do to me being just bone l...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 17, 2011, 11:26 am
I been on Facebook since 2007 or 2008. I can't remember. It's been a while. When I first signed up, none of my friends were on it. It wasn't very fun and I rarely logged into my account but then Facebook started to take off and almost everybody was going on it. Now I wasn't friendless on Facebook. ...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 17, 2011, 10:38 am
I watched House M.D. last night and I must say this one of their weirdest episodes yet. This show beggars belief at times. The fool House takes an experimental drug for his leg that hasn't even finished testing on rats. The rats all develop tumours from it and then die. House becomes scared and x-ra...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 15, 2011, 2:15 pm
I received my results for my blood lab this past Thursday. Apparently my iron is on the low side. Not low enough to be anaemic but low enough to make me tire easily. I don't know how I ended up with low iron. No my monthly friend isn't too heavy and yes I do eat meat every day. I like hamburgers and...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 15, 2011, 1:59 pm
I heard that Ashton Kutcher is to join the cast on Two and Half Men next fall. Don't get me wrong I like Ashton Kutcher as an actor but I have a hard time picturing him on that show. How are they going to write him into the show? I think it would be just too weird watching Two and Half Men without t...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 6, 2011, 6:27 pm
I watched the office last night. It was just not the same without the Michael Scott character played by Steven Carell. Michael Scott did act stupid at times but he was likable and not mean like DeAngelo Vickers. This new character DeAngelo Vickers is mean and stupid which is not an endearing combina...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 4, 2011, 7:04 pm
I was just reading online that Sony had another cyber attack this time it was their online services. I remember registering a pc game I bought a few years ago and I had to create a online account with them to register it. I don't know what information I had in the account other than my user name and...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 3, 2011, 8:45 pm
I went to the doctor today to get some lab work done. I had to fast for 14 hours before getting blood drawn. I arrived early to get it done and over with. There was 16 people head of me in line. The waiting room was packed with people coming and going. It was like an assembly line. What I noticed wa...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 3, 2011, 8:16 pm
I had an inkling that the Conservatives would get in again but I had know idea if they would get a majority or not. My worst fears for this election have come to past. We have a majority government. What that means is for the next 5 years the Conservatives can do what ever the hell they like and don...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 2, 2011, 3:08 pm
I hope we get another minority government. I don't want to see any party get a majority. It is too bad the Liberals are not doing better. I would like to see them get a minority government backed by the NDP. The conservatives have had their turn in office now its somebody else's turn to lead. I woul...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Apr 28, 2011, 4:34 pm
I just heard that NDP have come ahead of the Liberals in the polls and now are in second place with the Conservatives in first place. What has me worried is that vote on the left will get split between the Liberals, the NDP and the Bloc with the result being the Conservatives taking many ridings now...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Apr 27, 2011, 12:52 pm
All I am hearing about is William and Kate's up coming marriage. The media are going overboard on this and will make people sick of hearing about it before the event even happens. I really don't care one way or another if William and Kate marry. I have more pressing issues to concern myself with. I ...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Apr 27, 2011, 11:20 am
I have been listening to a lot of music lately and I noticed that some songs just grab my attention right away and have my foot tapping along to the beat while other songs are just blah and I skip over them. What makes a good song? Some people think it is matter of personal taste and that any ...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Apr 25, 2011, 3:55 pm
I went and voted at the advance poll over the weekend. It was soooooo sloooooow! First they asked me for some picture ID and my voter card to mark me off in their books. Then they tell me to go stand in another line to do the same thing all over again! It was too much duplication and then I was fina...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Apr 20, 2011, 11:33 am
I think I will vote in this up coming election. Mmmmm who should I vote for dumb, dumber or dumbest. Personally I don't want any political party to have a majority. You give a political party a majority and they go hog wild and ram legislation through parliament that is not to the benefit of the or...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Apr 10, 2011, 2:16 pm
I changed the look of the blog because it wasn't showing up right on some computer screens and devices like ipads and what not. Hopefully this look will show up better.
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Mar 30, 2011, 3:50 pm
I just watched the first episode of Mad Men. The weird thing is this show has been on for four seasons and I am only hearing about it now. I first heard about when I read Mad Magazine poking fun at it calling it Sad Men. I feel so out of it sometimes. I recently flipped through some celebrity and fa...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Mar 7, 2011, 5:38 pm
What do you think of the background for this blog? It is a picture of the sea monkeys that I used to have. Aren't they funny and weird looking! They remind me of something from outer space. :-)
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 28, 2010, 12:53 pm
I have been preoccupied with other things in my life. Anyways Sundays are really boring and this Sunday is so depressing. It is grey and overcast outside with depressing programs on TV. Why do they like to show shows about people dying from some incurable disease or struggling with a disability? Rea...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 16, 2010, 11:06 am
I don't know what to blog about half the time. I am not an expert on anything nor do I lead an interesting enough life to blog about it. I could blog about it but it would put readers to sleep. I have this writer's itch but nothing to write about. :-( I just noticed I begin every sentence with the l...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 11, 2010, 7:39 pm
A moment of silence in remembrance of our troops past and present
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 10, 2010, 9:23 pm
I put a new header picture in the blog. It will have to do for now until I find something better. It is a picture of a creek bed near where I live. It is kind of murky looking which makes it more interesting. The picture was shot from the bridge using the zoom feature on the camera. I than used gimp...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 9, 2010, 8:41 pm
I spent an uncomfortable night trying to sleep with my stomach protesting that I stuffed it too much. I was so full this morning that I skipped breakfast and had a very light lunch. It has only been this evening that my stomach has gotten back to normal. I don't think I will ever eat that much at on...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 8, 2010, 7:28 pm
Boy do I ever feel stuffed. I went out to a friends birthday dinner and had the all you can eat shrimp dinner and now my poor tummy is paying for it. I think my eyes are bigger than my stomach. I am now drinking green tea as I sit here at home. I won't be eating much food for a while after this. I h...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 8, 2010, 10:03 am
I feel much better today. Since the time change back to Standard Time, I am going to bed and waking up at a more normal time. The time change should have happened two weeks ago. My body was wanting to make the switch for the past two weeks or more. I don't know why we have to copy the Americans when...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 7, 2010, 3:19 pm
I don't know what to do about the design of the blog. I draw a blank. Maybe I should leave it sparten white symbolizing me drawing a blank on design ideas. Nothing I think of I like and the blogger templates seem to over power the posts. I just need a good header picture to put on the blog.
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Nov 7, 2010, 3:09 pm
I've been so tired lately. I wake up in the morning and I don't feel refreshed after a good nights sleep. I have trouble waking up in the morning. Maybe with the time change back to standard time I will feel better. At least I will be getting up at a normal time now.
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Sep 5, 2010, 6:02 pm
Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Jul 24, 2010, 4:23 pm
I am starting over with this blog. Currently I am using a blogger template but that will probably change over time into something else. This blog will have the usual rants and ravings from yours truly. I hope to be a little regular with my posting instead of the usual spotty posting that I am notori...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Jun 14, 2010, 8:54 pm
Ever wonder what some of these ambulance calls are about well now you know. Here is what happens at the ER. I pity the poor ER doctor. Yuck!
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 30, 2010, 1:01 pm
I don't care for spiders they give me the willies but this video about spiders had me laughing.
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 24, 2010, 4:50 pm
When I first heard about the oil spill back in April I was horrified. More than a month later the oil continues to gush out of the earth unstopped. This disaster just keeps getting worse and worse with no end in site. I heard that it could take months even up to a year to stop the oil from spilling ...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 24, 2010, 4:30 pm
I’m bad I haven’t made a post in over a month. I have been busy with work and the weather has been so nice I just haven’t felt like posting anything. I would imagine that it is the case with many blogs during the warm months of the year. Blog traffic generally drops off during the warmer month...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - May 24, 2010, 12:57 pm
This is a beautiful song and people need reminding that there are people still struggling with the fallout from the earth quake in Haiti that happened earlier this year. Remember that people? You don't hear anything more about the fallout in the news. It is like onto the next disaster with the m...
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Sapphire B. posted an article on The Weirdness Factor - Apr 8, 2010, 11:41 am
I haven’t seen new episodes of my favourite TV shows in about a month. It is annoying! All they seem to be showing are reruns of the shows. Here the cable bill keeps going up every year and TV just seems to be getting worse and worse. Between the dumb reality shows on TV and too many reruns I am d...
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