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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 25/09/2026

I'm kinda uhh non-orthodox my9games.net/en

My 9 Games

The 9 Games That Shaped Who I Am

Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets!
Day of the Tentacle
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Marshmallow Duel
Civilization: Call to Power
Whiplash
Team Fortress 2
Kentucky Route Zero
Gone Home

Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 24/09/2026

Look at this little box that Ikea discontinued. It looks just like that teenage engineering case. It would be perfect. I might turn this into a mini PC case at some point.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 16/09/2026

I came across this weird house the other day and had to take a pic

An extremely square, brutalist house. The first floor has no windows, just grey concrete and stucco. The doors are just wood, with no ornamentation and an extremely small vestibule. The second floor has a wide, perfectly centred window behind wood slats. The front walk is made of concrete slabs on the ground. The front yard is covered with ferns and other Pacific Northwest natural (or at least natural looking) foliage.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 04/09/2026

I'm from Vancouver BC Canada, so the American data was never going to match me, not even Seattle, but also I have my own personal quirks like saying y'all instead of you guys which is the most common here.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 24/08/2026

They did it. 6% milk. More milk per milk. #milk #bc #dairy

A Jug of Dairyland milk with the prominent label "6%". Also stated on the label:

High in / Élevé en Sat fat/Gras sat.
Health Canada/Santé Canada

NEW NOUVEAU

GREAT FOR DESSERTS, SAUCES, BEVERAGES AND SAVOURY DISHES

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 19/06/2026

I feel like this could also be a chance to have a different despotic leader of the world. Purple, instead of orange.

Screenshot from the introduction of the game Day of the Tentacle (1993): The two conical tentacles, Green and Purple, created by Dr. Fred Edison, approach the small stream where the Slug-O-Matic is throwing toxic waste. In his power trip the evil Purple to drink the slime, after which, he obtains hands, and seeks to TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

Screenshot and some text from https://iheartoldgames.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/playthrough-maniac-mansion-day-of-the-tentacle-part-i/

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 29/05/2026

This is an unedited screenshot from Wikipedia.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 23/05/2026

It seems to be lumping a lot of people into that one. I saw a thread of a bunch who got it, and I got it too. I grew up Mennonite with a low German service and all, and I currently attend a post-denominational church which is mostly a mix of Baptist, Anglicans and Mennonites

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 14/05/2026

I'm in a community concert band and we rehearse in a high school. Luckily, I haven't seen anything egregious. I did come across this bit of wonderful design though:

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 28/03/2026

Skimming a book that piqued my interest in a bookstore and .. dear lord that is a very wrong sentence. The book was published in 2016

"For instance, new software-such as AngularJS and Node.js, both Java-based pro-gramming languages to build Web-based mobile apps"

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 12/03/2026

Back in my day, this was just a book I bought from the thrift store and havent read

Erewhon, by Samuel Butler. Poor condition trade paperback book. Sideways.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 21/02/2026

Ooh, and mini vs standard (and micro) is gender presentation.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 11/10/2025

I'm looking forward to the upcoming 4/20

Wrestling meme featuring a terrified A.J. Styles (labeled "Dallas Brodie") looking forward while being intensely stared down from behind by The Undertaker (labeled "Constituents waiting to submit a recall petition on April 20, 2026").

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 13/08/2025

(unfortunately for teens, Clearly Canadian doesn't make Orbitz anymore)

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 02/08/2025

I like big hats and I cannot lie

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 29/04/2025

This should be the NDP's next move:

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 24/02/2025

The old aeropress: ribbed for her pleasure #coffee #aeropress

Old aeropress on the left, with ridges intended for strength. New aeropress on the right, without ridges.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 18/01/2025

Fun discovery: by pushing my lip towards the rim, I can take a sip from a closed takeout coffee cup without opening the flap

A Tim Hortons takeout coffee cup with an arrow pointing at the protrusion on the flap, in the direction of the nearest rim.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 26/11/2024

Aww, they ruined the fun. All's well that ends well.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 26/11/2024

Expo '86 was originally going to be called Transpo '86

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 22/11/2024

Huh, globe and mails letters to the editor on the canada post strike aren't that bad www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett... #canada #canadapost #canpoli

Canada Post has offered its employees 11.5 per cent in wage increases over four years for an average of 2.785 per cent each year. I wonder what management salary increases will look like after the strike.

Years ago, as a teacher, my union members voted to accept a two-year deal. If I recall correctly, we got 1 per cent the first year and 0.5 per cent the second. We’d gone a number of years without an increase, but accepted that times were hard.

Later, when the director of education got 13 per cent and superintendents got 9 per cent, we learned a lesson: The more we sacrificed, the more administration would get.

Perhaps if Canada Post management agreed to the same small salary increase in their next contract, we’d be one step closer to completing negotiations.

Robert McManus Hamilton

Re “With Canada Post workers striking, it’s time to revive the privatization debate” (Report on Business, Nov. 20): Canada Post presently offers a range of services, some of which are profitable and others not. The latter would include delivery of mail to remote or rural areas at the same price paid by customers in more “convenient” locations.

In the event of any partial privatization of Canada Post, private companies would cherry-pick the profitable services, leaving Canada Post with only loss leaders to build a future on. That would truly be an unsustainable model.

David Bright St. Catharines, Ont.

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 22/11/2024

I have the middle one and also one that looks like this

A jar opening tool that has a red handle and looks like a vise grips with a weird mouth

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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · 13/11/2024

Y'know, I'd like software to have aesthetic jank. Like, it should still operate remotely, just have a few quirks that show that it's just a machine and not a heavenly perfect being. Like the card trails of classic windows' solitaire.