"Package" (Is That It?)

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After nearly 30 years of faithful service to a major financial institution, today I received my severence “package”. While fairly reasonable, financially, I found myself thinking that in the literal sense, it looked rather thin… When I had “the meeting” today, I looked at it sitting there on the desk in front of me, and before I even read it, my first thought was: is that it?

Lynda scored this cool pen at a Usability conference in Austin, and I acted like such a child about how cool it was that she gave it to me. No audio apart from an audible click when I smack the lens with it.

Chipmunk in the Grapevine

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Just outside the back door. And often in the garage… This little guy drives the dogs crazy. And he’s just small enough to sit on the squirrel-proof bird feeder without closing it, so he’s eating well.

The Corran

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The Corran (Gaelic for "point of land running into the sea") was the homestead of Alexander McNeil (1882-1932). It was a magnificent 17-room mansion built from stone mined on the 121-hectare site. The style of the home, and its position on the Niagara Escarpment high above Colpoy’s Bay were reminiscent of Alexander’s family’s estate in Northern Ireland.

Today the site, north of Wiarton, Ontario, is known as Spirit Rock Conservation Area, part of the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority and the Niagara Escarpment Program.