Brock's Blog

Brock — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:50:22 +0000

Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada

Footage of the meteor over Edmonton.

Club Monaco 30% off this weekend

Brock — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:54:31 +0000

30% off all merchandise when you print and use this coupon:

Coast Mountain Sports and SportChek Friends and Family Event

Brock — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:44:02 +0000

You can get 25% off regularly priced merchandise or 10% off reduced merchandise at Sportchek or Coast Mountain Sports on November 26 or 27 by using this coupon:

http://ecampaigns.airmiles.ca/eCampaigns/05640_Forzani/05640_Forzani_Coupon.jpg

Oh, and you get double airmiles.

American Eagle Friends and Family Sale November 21-23, 2008

Brock — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:38:46 +0000

Here’s a coupon for 25% off merchandise from American Eagle, valid from November 21 to 23.

http://app.ae.com/coupon2/EXKEVT/ADRLG/IRTLV/LQ90GLC/L4O5GU/

Home sales plunge in Canada

Brock — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:06:08 +0000

Home sales in Canada plunged 14% in October to their lowest levels since 2002. Prices are down about 10% from last year. You can read the whole story here.

I certainly can relate to the story — we’ve only had 3 viewings of our townhouse since we listed it about a month ago. Things are certainly slow! We bought in May of 2007 — back then things were selling like crazy. When we were looking for a place there was hardly anything at all available. Now there are thousands of properties available in Calgary.

On a good note, if our place in Calgary sells, there are a ton of affordable, attractive properties in Edmonton that we are looking at, and they seem to be dropping in price and not selling, as well. So hopefully our place will sell and we will be able to scoop one of those properties up before prices start to rise again!

Cell phone debate

Brock — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:31:48 +0000

My cell phone contract is expiring with Bell in December, and I’m trying to decide whether to get a Blackberry or an iPhone, and, if I get a Blackberry, which provider I should go with. The iPhone looks pretty cool with all of its features, but I really like the keyboard of the Blackberry.

Anyone have any thoughts on which phone I should choose, and who has the best rate plan for the phone?

Looking forward to all of your comments….

US Politics in the south

Brock — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:46:54 +0000

Take a look at this article from the NY Times. It’s rather scary what some people in the south think about Obama and race.

Go Eskimos!

Brock — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:29:38 +0000

The Eskimo’s play the Blue Bombers today in Winnipeg. Go Eskimos! It’s live on TSN at 11:00AM MNT.

Moving Update

Brock — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:36:06 +0000

Amanda now has a job locked up in Edmonton, and she’ll be starting on November 24th. I’m starting on November 17th. We’re still trying to sell our townhouse (asking $319,000, city assessment $363,000), so if you’re interested in taking a look at it, send me an email!

Happy Halloween!

Brock — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:08:39 +0000

It’s Halloween again! One of my favourite shows as a kid, Disney’s Halloween Treat, is usually on TV around this time, but I haven’t been able to find it on any channel. However, like everything else, you can find it on YouTube!

Here’s the first part — if you search on YouTube, you can find the other parts.