Stop Incessant Calls from 18554654015 ROGERS Promotional Services
29 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Tech The Crazy Tags: 18554654015, Canada, cell phone, Do Not Call, Rogers, telemarketing, wireless
So my husband switched our cell phones from Fido to Rogers a couple years ago. I have this blog post from 2008 that still gets TONS of hits http://beverlywu.com/2008/10/03/stop-incessant-calls-from-18776222662-fido-promotional-services/ because FIDO has this telemarketing service to try to sell you stuff. They call incessantly. I tell people how to stop it.
The same thing now has been happening with ROGERS. They call from +1 (855) 465-4015.
When you call the number back, you get a recorded message from ZEDD SOLUTIONS, a telemarketing company that calls on behalf of Rogers.
To remove your number from their call list, you have to call (647) 727-1645, according to the recorded message.
Really? I’m not going to call long distance just so they stop calling me.
Anyway, hope this helps those out there who are looking for the solution to their mystery calls!
Corn Grits / Polenta for Breakfast in Canada?
22 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: bob's red mill, breakfast, Canada, cooking, donald's market, grits, polenta, Vancouver, vegan, vegetarian
So occasionally I hear about GRITS, and occasionally I hear about POLENTA. It never occured to me that they could be almost the same thing. Either way, being who I am, neither growing up in either the American South, nor having an Italian grandmother to show me what it’s all about, I had never tried to make my own grits until today.
This is the brand I bought from Donald’s Market in New Westminster Quay’s River Market: Bob’s Red Mill Corn Grits / Polenta:
http://www.bobsredmill.com/corn-grits_polenta.html
The only other place I’ve ever had grits is at Denny’s Restaurants. They just don’t sell anything labeled “GRITS” in Vancouver at grocery stores. It’s like grits don’t exist here in Canada. Nobody I know eats grits around here. It’s just not done.
Anyway, I was pretty excited to find a package labeled GRITS/POLENTA at Donald’s Market. The contents look like really coarse cornmeal, but still finer than bulghur wheat. The contents are yellow. This confused me, as Denny’s grits are white. I read the reviews on the Bob’s Red Mill site, and apparently lots of people are used to white grits too, but they’re white only because they’re made from bleached corn. So I guess Bob’s corn is not bleached.
Today’s Breakfast Grits:
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup grits
- 1/2 tsp salt
- soy milk
Bring water and salt to a boil. Add grits and simmer 5 minutes. That’s it! The recipe makes 4 portions.
Um, DELICIOUS!
It’s like porridge – different than oatmeal and WAY better than cream of wheat, because it’s got a really nice texture – gritty (but not sandy) and a little bit gelatinous or something. I can see why they like this stuff so much in the south. I added more salt and a bit of soy milk in my bowl to taste. Apparently it’s good sweet or salty, or fried or with cheese or any number of other variations. Apparently people often add lots of heavy cream and butter to grits too but hey without it they wouldn’t be so fat, so cut it out. Still super tasty.
My caucasian Canadian husband says he’s never had grits either, so it’s probably not that I grew up all ethnic and slant eyed and oblivious to local cultures and customs (*pfffttttyouracistyou!!!*), never having tasted a grit except at Denny’s…
So…grits in Canada? YEAH. BRING IT ON. 
How easy is it to find Beverly in Vancouver?
28 Nov 2008 Leave a Comment
in Acting, Personal Tags: Actor, Beverly, Beverly Hannah, Beverly Wu, Canada, Hannah, Vancouver
I wondered how difficult it would be to find me, Beverly Wu, if one were to Google “Beverly Vancouver”?
So I tried.
I am on page 3 of Google Search results, for a little review of Tony’s Beef Noodle I did a few months back.
Now when Google indexes this little blog post, it should be really easy to find me.
It’s just that I often introduce myself as Beverly…with no last name. So if we had a really great conversation at some event, on the bus, at a store, or just wandering around, and we didn’t exchange business cards, email me so we can keep in contact. beverly@beverlywu.com.
I have no interest in keeping my life away from the prying eyes of the CIA etc, for those among you who are entirely too paranoid about your lives and incessantly warn me about mine. I live, and then I will die. And if I need to disappear, I will. So for now, I am quite interested in logging my activities as this “Beverly Wu” person while I think and exist.
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