Contributed by Duane Storey

I hate the mail. I hate walking down to get it. I hate how my landlord refuses to change his address and I have to sort his mail too. But most of all, I hate that my mailbox is always full of a bunch of useless flyers, considering I just huck them into the recycling bin as soon as I pull them out.

Photo credit: easternblot on Flickr

I’ve always wondered if there was something that I could do stop Canada Post from spamming my mailbox with flyers. It turns out, there is. All you need to do is place a small red sticker (about the size of a dime) near the front of the mailbox on the bottom. I tried this little trick the other day, not really sure if it was going to work or not. Not only did the mailbox lady not put anymore flyers in the next day, she weeded through everything in my mailbox and removed all the flyers currently in there.

So if you’re like me and simply put all those flyers in the recycling bin, go get a little red sticker and do one more small thing to help the environment.

Blogathon: Post #19

Update: Looks like the CBC picked up this story about… oh.. 6 months later [CBC News] since a campaign has begun to raise awareness for the Red Dot.

Of course as people wake up from their drunken stupor, I mean… well-rested from a night of fun that involved no debauchery at all, more photos are appearing around the internet. Tony posted these ones recently, and I have to say they’re much better than some of my camera phone pics I posted earlier.

We actually did talk blogs a lot at pre-blogstock. We discussed Blogger vs WordPress, stats programs, Flickr, Facebook, and the bloggiest Canadian female of all, Raymi.

Blogathon: Post #18 – Sponsor me to keep going for the Surrey Food Bank

My #1 google searched post is about the potential new Vancouver Canucks jerseys [Miss604]. Well this week John was trolling the forums (wow those are REALLY interesting places btw) and found a supposed ‘leaked’ logo for our team.

Tossing even more fuel towards the flames, I thought I would chime in with the always interesting discussion about the new Canucks logo and jerseys that are going to be announced in the coming weeks. This I know based on what VP Chris Zimmerman said at the state of the franchise I attended with J.J.…

…It was a reader who emailed this into J.J., so no one can be sure on its authenticity. However, as mentioned in his post, these colors within the logo match the current color scheme on Canucks.com. Does that mean anything? No one really knows… [Audihertz]

Blogathon: Post #17

John and I actually met MJ in early 2006 at a Vancouver Podcast Meetup, it was so long ago in fact that the blog post I wrote about it is in my old Blogger format and looks really ugly – but I’ll link to it anyway [Miss604]. I think John’s actually had MJ’s business card handy ever since. She’s a realtor who’s been running a blog, Urbanista, for several years and is very in tune with the booming Vancouver real estate market.

While searching for my home, I became enthralled with real estate. I decided to become a Realtor and joined the RE/MAX Masters Realty team, based out of West Vancouver… …I also have a keen interest in technology, its impact on how business is conducted and how a society communicates. As a Realtor I am at the forefront of utilizing technology to sell real estate. [Urbanista]

Every now and then John will say “check this out”, turn me around in my chair and we’ll ooh and ahh over some amazing houses that we can’t afford but would love to some day. There’s more to MJ’s site than listings, she has a full blog where she lists open houses, helpful tidbits for homeowners (e.g. Property Taxes Due) and anything else of interest she wants to share with her readers.

Blogathon: Post #16 – Sponsor me to keep going for the Surrey Food Bank

Photo credit: uncleweed on Flickr

Instant blog posts are contained within the Tourism Vancouver “100 Days of Summer” guide. They have cheap thing, interesting sights, and fun for the whole family. Let’s see what they recommend today:

“July 28 – HSBC Celebration of Light – CANADA – FREE – Fireworks at English Bay. [Tourism Vancouver]”

Sweet, I can do free and fireworks (lord knows I have in the past) but I’m not sure I’ll be able to make it out tonight, for obvious reasons. The weather forecast looks a little gloomy but the chick on the news this morning said it won’t rain, but bring a ‘wind breaker’ to the beach if you do go check out the ‘works.

If anyone has any stories, blog posts, photos or YouTube videos of bunnies (that I can then send to Alanah) feel free to send them along if you have my email address, or do so view the comments or contact form. Thanks!

Blogathon: Post #15