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The Sawmill

Oliver Square

Edmonton Ab. Ca.

http://www.sawmillrestaurant.com/restaurants_oliver.php

So, I have this dish washing job, which surprizingly, does not totally suck, however, I might not have it after this review. Great people, upscale wanna be, and best of all, free wireless!

If you only want the good, then read no further.

For about 6 weeks I have been eating raw food (usually in smoothies), and my belly was happily shrinking. this was with potato chips, reviewing a burger each week, and 90 percent of the time (I was not working), I was on my ass, in front of the TV or Computer.

I have been there 20 days and not only is my belly back, but I get out of breath, just bending down. I brought my own food the other day, and they freaked out, like a postal worker.

You see they take off $3 a day for food, and I don’t like meat, but that prime rib stuff is quite nice, unfortunately, I am starting to look like Homer Simpson.

Anyway, being honest, I had a burger there and it would have been one of the worst experiences that I have had, but the total lack of flavour, came as a pleasant surprize (comparatively).

On a burger, wilted old fixings can turn a bad experience into an unforgettably horrible one.

A burger bun is surprisingly important, you see, if you have a thin dry burger, a fluffy, fall apart bun (it is easy to mistake fluffy for fresh) is okay. Now if you have a thick burger (good or not), or one piled high with stuff, you should use a dencer bun that holds togeather throughout the eating experience.

Unfortunately for many restaurants (the Sawmill included), they don’t get it right, usually to the disappointment of customers. I asked the cook about this and the reply was “well, we don’t sell a lot of burgers, this is a steakhouse”. I still think that maybe a steakhouse might know a bit about beef, but that is just my opinion.

Mind you, if you want a nice place with free wireless access, great (but a bit loud) music, and a nice relaxed atmosphere, come to the Sawmill lounge. There you will like it, and if you want to endure what might be the worst burger in town, you can.

By the way, I will gladly pay the three dollars a day, not to eat their food, they really should do better.

Be happy, be good to others, and remember to be good to yourselves

Glenn

gaburley@talkingtoghosts.com

Really bad chairs, great coffee and free wireless. Nice atmosphere and the cafe has seen better days, but it is still inviting with a good homey feel, and best of all, the place is full of computer geeks.

Is life great or what.

Be happy

Glenn

Ps. I should put some pics on Flickr

Hi everyone;

A few months ago I did a review of “Jefferies Cafe” in one of my podcasts. Well I became burnt out and so I decided to shut down my podcasts for a while and do my reviews on my blog. This will only be a short review as I will do a longer one the next time that I am there. This is one of those places that is so fun, that it desearves many return trips.

anyhoo, Jeffrey’s at9640 142 Street is this awsome little place, hard to find, but worth it. not only does it have free wireless, but thtere is a PC set up in case you don’t have your laptop with you. The food and atmosphere is great, but make sure that your battery is charged up as there aren’t really any easily acessable plugins.

Don’t forget to tell Jeffrey that you heard about his place from me, it will make him feel good and, well, I might get some free coffee.

Keep smiling and enjoy

I have a Garmin Nuvi 250 so I don’t get lost as often, andso I thought that I would offer the wireless POIs (in Edmonton) as a download. Well once I learn how.

Glenn

Yes, well I am as I write this.

You see as you might know I am very anti social and have decided to change that. I am stuck in the big city and I might as well start building a life and getting used to this place (and making the best of it).

I have been single and friendless out of spite for my situation (excuse the residule bitterness) for nine years, well 8 years and nine months, soI am getting back into life. Letting people in, trusting people and maybe in time, dating.

I even stopped giving and accepting guifts, well I turned all guifts over to the poor, anyway, yesterday one of the cooks at my icky and temporary job (check out my film “Tedium” on viddler.com, search Tedium or me scruffymedia) offered me a custom made meal instead of the (usually good) staff food. Well, I gratiously acceped it because it is time for me to learn to trust again. Now keep in mind that I am one of those oddballs who dosen’t like there food touched and prefers to make it myself; ya it is wierd, but distrust can be a lonely place.

Anyway, back to the teeth. 3 or 4 years ago my cousin (one of the few people that I willingly let into my life) sent me these chocolate teeth with a note saying “Bite me before I bite you”.

Now that I am letting the sun back into my life I will eat my cousin’s teeth.

Not as exiting as the headline, well maybe I should work for the Enquirer (Ha Ha)

Glenn

Ps. I have a picture of the teeth in question on Flickr, but I am unsure how to use Flicker, but I am (of course) scruffymedia.

bye

Hi, Tedium is complete and up on Viddler (viddler.com),  just search Tedium, or user scruffymedia. I decided to put it up and just leave it alone, however as I found out, the longer a project, the harder it is to stop tweeking. It comes in at just over 40 minits.

I hope that you will enjoy this look into my world, however I don’t see anyone getting through it, as it is as the title implies, sheer tedium, much as my day at work.

My next film will be “Fat Man and Little Tub”, shorter, but just as odd. It will have nudity, so be prepaired.

I am about to start pre production on “No Wet Garbage Please”, a film about maturbation.

See everyone latter and have a groovey new year!

Glenn

So I hit the pause button thinking that it can’t get worse… I was wrong (1Hr in).

Well the main actor still sucks, but ever since the iterigation this abomination has picked up a bit, I hope that they can build on these few medocre scenes.

Back to it

Glenn

First off, it seems that I have often had a problem with “Blockbuster” movies that I am supposed to like (eg. Topgun).

Now I am only 45 minits into this multi-million dollar work of art, but so far there are only two robots that I care about; the scorpion, becouse I wish that he would kill the speacial forces who are reading the words of this less than fine script, with such lack of believeability and emotion that ones attention is focused on the action. Which is pretty good, now that I think about it.

The other robot that I like is the thin tubular guy on Air Firce One who apparently has the ability to walk around crowds of people and not be seen. Perhaps he borrowed Mr. Potters invisablity cloak.

Well it can’t get worse so I will get back to it, with my coffee, my candy and a tweezer to occationaly pull out nose hairs so I have a chance of staying awake through it.

Glenn

Wow, it seems that loging on to my site is almost impossable.  Anyhoo; here I finnaly am.

By the way my schedual for Dec 24rth to Dec 30th; I am off until thursday when I start at 12 (pm), through Saturday.

My film is finnished, unfortunatly I don’t know where to host it, hopefully I can put it on here soon.

Have a happy

Glenn

Well, I haven’t posted in a while, but with mt camera not recording sound and my main computer pooping out, I should have more time (until I find real work and replace my crap with not as crappy crap).

So I rented a computer and yet I still can’t get on Ustream to do my shows, Very strange.

The job search is going well, and I am getting alot of interviews; well interviews with strange things happening.

I was at the second interview for a production line job, and all was going well, until I said that I was (for 10 months) a psychiatric seceretary; well sir, this guy jumped up, ran out of his office and held the main door open saying “You know where the busses are, you know where the busses are”.

The beauty and folly of people is that we are all (at times) very wierd.

Well this morning my first interview was going well… well mostly. When it gets to that point in the interview when money is disgussed be cool and remain calm, laughing is okay if the offer is very low and you don’t mind burning your bridges.

Under no cercumstances, do what I did. The wage offered was so high that with out thinking I very loudly yelled “cha ching”! I am not expecting a call back.

Well, the search continues.

Glenn

Well I haven’t kept up my podcasts recently (equipment problems), but as for my weightloss podcast, here is a preview. I spent a week gorging on junk as opposed to my new veg lifestyle, and I thought that I was going to die, but I think that I am finally over junk food.

Glenn

gaburley@scruffymedia.com