Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 11th, 2010
Today was a busy day of errand running and packing! The good news is that I just received word on where I will be staying in Melbourne during my work assignment. Even better is that I won a coffee today!
Tomorrow will be the last day of Roll Up The Rim for me. Makes me sad [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 10th, 2010
Since it was my last day of work this week, we decided to go out and eat a “midnight snack” after badminton at Happy Valley in Calgary – a great place to get your late night fix of fried food and congee! Shown closest to farthest: fried spicy tofu, snow pea leaves and jelly fish [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 9th, 2010
With my visa for Australia clearing yesterday, I estimate that my 2010 consumption for Roll Up The Rim will be a depressing 25 cups total when I leave Thursday. On the bright side, I have an opportunity to take a really different Roll Up The Rim finale picture in Melbourne, so if you have any [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 7th, 2010
Please add tiny bottles of ketchup (tomato sauce) to the list of things that can easily amuse me. You can get one with your meal at the Art Central Bistro here in Calgary. Thanks Connie!
Current Statistics:
Record: 3 – 11
Spent: $22.26
Won: $6.66
Probability: 13.67%
[RUTR 2010 Progress]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 6th, 2010
Went to the Wild About Flowers stall at the Calgary farmers market today to pick up some nice gerberas. The staff helped me arrange a unique horizontal vase, with four slots to accommodate flowers with shortened stems.
Oh, and I won a coffee.
Current Statistics:
Record: 3 – 9
Spent: $19.08
Won: $6.66
Probability: 10.45%
[RUTR 2010 Progress]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 6th, 2010
These three losing cups are taken over the new Centennial Place tower being constructed near Calgary, which started more than 3 years ago!
In other news, it has become very tough to say “no” to a invitation to coffee during the Roll Up The Rim contest. However, as I was working on my third steeped tea [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 4th, 2010
I’ve been procrastinating on packing for an overseas work assignment for the next few months. Being unable to play Roll Up The Rim in Australia, after starting this annual tradition in 2005, is probably the saddest part of going overseas to work while the contest is on.
Did you know that Australian money looks like Canadian [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 3rd, 2010
Sweet! Two steeped teas in the morning and I’m far above the curve (for now)!
In other unrelated news, Valve released a whole slew of images today that make me think that Steam, and a few Valve games including Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 will be released and compatible natively with a Mac. That [...]
Posted in Tim Hortons on Mar 3rd, 2010
Perhaps a better title: “The best way to win a Roll Up The Rim 2010 prize”!
After skimming the rules on the 2010 Roll Up The Rim rules and also briefly comparing them to 2009, there are a few notable changes – some are good-to-know rebalancing numbers, and some may make you rethink your purchasing strategy:
1) [...]
Posted in Photo, Tim Hortons on Mar 1st, 2010
The Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim contest starts today! In keeping with the 5-year-old tradition, I am beginning my assignment of taking pictures and recording statistics of all my cups! Last year was a subpar record of 4-60, so hopefully this year I am lucky enough to beat it.
Having a fever and a loss [...]