I may have finally found another job here in the Sault. Tomorrow I start on a “trial basis” at Reliable Auto. I got the heads up on this from my dad, and he heard from our longtime mechanic who happens to be good friends with the fellow that owns the garage I will be starting at. Goes to show, it’s all who you know. Especially around this town, it seems, since the two years I was down south I had zero difficulty finding work while knowing exactly nobody.

Now, the term “trial basis” strikes dread into my heart, particularly after my experience at SASS in Stratford. This time, I am trying not to put the cart in front of the horse, but I will say that I am trying to be cautiously optimistic.

If this does work out though, I guess I can get on that list of things I want.

• my TV is old and crappy; time for an upgrade. I’m thinking 30-32 inch wide-LCD.
• I have under a gig left on my computer; I need an internal storage drive.
• Dishwasher. I hate doing dishes, and with 4 people around, a lot of dishes need doing.
• finally, I’d like to replace two of my old cars with one newer one, but I’m not holding my breath on this one.

Posted by Ron as Computers, Fire-in-a-can, Home Sweet Home, TV & Movies, Work at 2:39 PM EDT

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My sister just pointed me to an amzing discovery, after years of searching, mostly in vain. Mystery Machine still exist. For a long time they were one of my favourite bands, and Canadian to boot. My friend and bandmate Derek taped one of their videos on Much Music’s City Limits program (you know, the one that came on at 1 in the morning, where they aired all the noisy feedback guitar bands not suitable for regular rotation). That had to be sometime around winter 1993-1994.

I had a copy of their first record, Glazed, on cassette, and I played it to death. Unfortunately, everything they put out after that wasn’t quite as good in my opinion, but they’re still better than pretty much any radio-friendly band in the genre out there today. I guess that’s part of the problem; they got more radio friendly, and also, there aren’t many other bands in that genre, and certainly very few that get airplay.

Rock on!!!

Posted by Ron as Music at 12:13 PM EDT

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I have a new obsession. I (foolishly) installed Neverwinter Nights last week in a fit of boredom, and now that’s pretty much all I’ve been doing. I knew I shouldn’t have done that.

Posted by Ron as Games at 8:48 AM EDT

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