i’d just like to send out a big congratulations to our friends in the usa from your t-shirt selling neighbors up here in canada on the election of barack obama yesterday. yipee!! the collective sigh of relief was heard around the planet. can we get on with creating a livable world for our children now? i hope so. best of luck to to the new president-elect.
I’ve talked about my Frenchy’s obsession on the ZBQ IG a few times, but this is probably the first time I’ve blogged about it. Frenchy’s is a chain of thrift stores found around the Maritime provinces, and in particular abundance in my home province of Nova Scotia. Here are a few recent scores from some…
here in nova scotia where i live, alcohol isn’t so much something people do to unwind now and then as it is a daily way of life. everyone’s an enabler, and you don’t have a problem unless you’re face down in the gutter or beating your kids. now, i enjoy a couple of beers here…
There are those amongst my acquaintances who would at one time have considered me a “tech-savvy” person. I was a fairly early adopter of the internet, playing around on BBS boards back in 1992, and my first public web site, which I created myself, was online before the end of 1998. That site was…
Another new year, another crossroad in my life. It was the beginning of 2008, and it was time to piss or get off the pot. I’d been having this on-again, off-again relationship with Canada Post for over a year by this point. As a letter carrier (aka “mailman”) for the nation’s postal service, I was…
i know it’s been a long time since i last updated, and i do apologize for that. i started school last month- i’m taking IT at the local community college, a 2 year program, and that’s been kind of dominating my time and energy. but i’ve also been printing a LOT of new shirts, and…
So I have this fancy cool blog now. I’m super happy with it. But now I have to actually USE it. Back in 2004 ZBQ was a rapidly growing clothing line. I’d been posting general site updates for several years by this point, to let visitors know what was going on in ZB World. But…