By request, my 5 minute chili recipe.
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5 Minute Chili ready to serve
So, if your a paypal user like me, you may of added your chequeing or saving account for direct withdraws and deposits. Makes sense if you do large online purchases and occasionally sell something as well. They make this “convenience feature” very visible and push it for EVERY transaction. Every time you buy something the default is to use you cash accounts, not your credit card. They tout it as “Safe, Secure and Easy”. Well, I’ve go news for you… it’s not.
Seems like people are upset about Kiva providing micro financing to Americans. I guess all American’s got a bad rap sheet because of that hold botched financial crisis thing. Sure, you could generalize all American’s as if they’re all a bunch of imbecels when it comes to money; but, I don’t think that’s very fair. Lots of America’s do know how to save, invest and plan. That’s what Kiva is all about people!
I came across this today: Working With Default Constraints
Basically, if you script any sort of table changes in MSSQL you will eventually need to use this code. In MSSQL’s infinite wisdom they made default values on NOT NULL columns occasionally have a mysterious constraint. Ordinarily, constraints on fields on tables are easily found in INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS; but, these particular constraints are hidden for whatever reason.
This makes removing them programmatically very difficult, since they insist on putting a timestamp/guid on the end of each auto-generated default constraint. SO, this useful page on the MSDN provides a way to query the actual name of the constraint given the table name and column name. This, allowing you to remove it before you do something completely crazy like delete the column.
Of course, if your not in to scripting your database migrations then you can just use Management Studio and delete the column.
I was out shopping for valence lighting today. Just your plain old fluorescent bulb under the cabinet sort of stuff. I went to the two “big” place in town after giving up on the box stores. First store didn’t impress me much on price and the second was even worse (and this was the store I bought all my fixtures at…). When the sales rep asked why I was so perplexed; so, I explained…
Last week I headed to Regina to work on-site for one of our clients. The last time I was in Regina I booked myself into a hotel with no pool/hot tub. Since I’m half-fish that didn’t work out so well for me. This time around I got it right and booked myself into the the Ramada. This is where my story begins…
“Transitions lenses are clear indoors and at night. And thanks to advanced technology, they quickly darken when you go outdoors. Step back inside and they quickly fade back to clear.” http://en-ca.transitions.com/aboutlenses/howwork.htm
I’ll keep this short and simple, so point form it is:
The end.
Well, I’m in the process of sourcing some soy beans in Saskatoon. So far everyone is carrying organic soy beans, but the prices are wildly different across the board:
I haven’t checked Superstore, but I suspect they’ll probably be somewhere between Steep Hill and Mom’s Nutrition. Any other places I should go check out? I suspect Eastern Market may carry as well… but no answer when I called today.
My Tuesday ritual is to goto a civic centre and soak in the hot tub for 2 hours. I’ve done this for nearly a year now. I invite friends and we all have a fantastic time catching up on the week. My story starts with me going down to the parkade to leave.
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I’ll keep it brief. You sign up for a card. You get two points for every dollar. Takes 1000 points to get $10 off. $10/$500 is 2% off. They force you to accept a coupon for this redemption as soon as you hit 1000 points. They print this on thermal paper and give it to you to loose. It also expires 3 months after it’s issued. So, if you shop very frequently at Eddi Bauer, this card is for you. Otherwise, it’s a giant waste of time, plastic and paper.
