Anxious Vs. Eager
So I turned to the dictionaries, and I really hoped that they would be on my side and support my distaste for this use of the word, but alas, I was betrayed! [ More... ]
Sunny’s Reading List
For a long time now, I’ve been reading mostly mystery novels, or in other words “fluff.” It wasn’t until recently, when a new friend asked me what I liked to read, that it really hit home that it had been a long time since I had read anything of substance. [ More... ]
Sourdough – A Miracle of Life?
A basic sourdough bread requires very little: An active sourdough starter, flour, water, and salt…. It takes about two weeks of “feeding” the starter daily to get it to become active enough to raise an entire bread, but you can use it earlier to make things like pancakes, scones, etc… [ More... ]
Six Cats Rescued from Thorncliffe Park, Toronto
An urgent plea went out to all the rescue-groups/rescuers that cats at Thorncliffe Park in Toronto were being abused by both residents and management, not to mention coyotes…
All in all, it took just a little over three hours to get six cats…
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The Silky Smooth Marquee, WordPress, and Chrome
I’m using Remy Sharp’s Silky Smooth Marquee on my charity’s website to display random facts in a scrolling banner at the top of the page. It has been working beautifully except in one scenario… [ More... ]
My Favourite Videos
There is no shortage of great videos out there, but I will only be adding the ones that really speak to me, the cream of the crop. These are videos I like to watch over and over and over.. [ More... ]
WordPress “Query_Posts” Page Navigation Problem Fixed/Solved
If you use the function “Query_Posts” to display your posts, you may notice that page navigation does not work. When you click on “Older Posts” to go to “page 2″, (as in www.example.com/page/2/) you see the same posts as you did on “page 1″, and the same happens for every page thereafter.
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Can I Be Your Friend?
Our social customs are rewriting themselves. What we couldn’t fathom doing in real life is entirely acceptable online.
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Let’s Not Get Carried Away with the Acronyms
In case you didn’t get my drift: It’s shorter to say “By the Way…”
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New Hosting Service
Just a small announcement to let you know I have moved this website to a new host yesterday. The reason you need to know this earth-shattering news is that there are a few broken links to images.
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Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting
These cupcakes have a pronounced chocolate flavour, which for me, is a good thing. I don’t enjoy much enjoy something that looks like chocolate but only vaguely resembles it in flavour. The texture was light, yet satisfying [ More... ]
Why isn’t Water an Ingredient in Recipes?
I came across this recipe for an “Olive-Oil Cake with Candied Orange” by “Epicurious” on Twitter today.
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Chrome Broweser Goes “Off Screen” Fixed/Resolved
I was in the middle of writing a post today when suddenly, the Chrome Browser went “off screen…”
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