Well to start I would like to say I am a Rancho Realty Apartment Survivor so I do not find this as aggravating as I may come across. I’ve lived through 4 bed bug sprayings, black mould bleeding through drywall, a cricket infestation and my personal favourite was the neighbours having an infestation of German Cockroaches (don’t even ask. Not pretty).
So this entire fiasco started about a month and a half ago when I got home from working both jobs at about 9:30 pm. Open the door and come into the kitchen to see a tiny black streak faster than the flash. So we have a mouse. Step 1 tear apart the house and clean. Step 2 Home Depot sticky traps. Step 3 catch the bugger in 3 days time.
Peace, quiet, safe … left the traps out just cause I’m too lazy to pick them up. My boss who lives in Wolseley says if you have one you have more. I laugh and say I got him and he’s wrong. 2 peaceful weeks go by and my wife finds a trap with a dead mouse in it. So I say the boss is right, got him. Not a problem.
Another week goes by, I’m asleep. Dreaming of tropical beaches without covid. To the horror of my wife shaking me awake. All through the house, nothing was stirring except the mouse screeching his little heart out on the sticky trap. Poor guy met a quick and painless end. Mr hammer did him in.
Now this has to be the last one. No more. I’ve checked and double checked and cleaned and cleaned. No signs of forced entry. No more mice. Right ? Well last week we were watching tv, binging Netflix You. When all of a sudden light scratching at the door is had. One more you ask? One more. Bugger. Jerk. Un invited house guest. Now I’m upset. I’ve torn the house apart and got nothing. Luckily he’s caught in a trap last week Thursday, so I’m quite content as I write this.
Without my knowledge or my suggestion my wife had called Poulins and made an appointment for today. The dude shows up. No mouse sightings, no mouse droppings. But as always, the wife is smart and is right. I’m glad he’s here.
He does a walk though of the whole house with me. Said I’ve done 90% of his work. But the reason I’m writing this is he pointed out some “mouse tunnelling” holes by the front entry way. So small I’d never notice. He explains to me houses from the 40s that have a door sticking out past the concrete basement wall have open / hollow space directly to the ground. You are actually heating the outside ground. The mice tunnel in from outside about a foot down from the ground level and then co
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I remember during midterm 2 for Poulin, we were allowed to use our iPad notes as a cheat sheet. However, can we write our cheatsheet on an iPad during the final?
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Hi everyone, based on your feedback to my original interview, I reached out to Guillaume and he has agreed to take questions. He doesn't feel comfortable conversing in English in real time, so rather than do an AMA, he asked if I could send him your questions. Have at it all. Post them. Below is the original article:
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Workload, how assignments work, tests... are they easy and how many hours a week altogether for work and lectures. Would I be able to just block off three hours on Monday and do all the work...?
From the organization website:
>21st annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize August 1 - November 30, 2021
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>Judge: Stephanie Burt
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>Winner Receives:
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> • Book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. in spring 2023
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> • $1,000 honorarium
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>The A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize is awarded to honor a poet's first book, while also honoring the late founder of BOA Editions, Ltd., a not-for-profit publishing house of poetry and poetry in translation.
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>Submissions are invited only through Submittable or by post mail. We do not have the staff capacity to read or respond to manuscripts that are submitted by fax or email.
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>*Submission fee: $25
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>*Please note that, without the submission fee, we would not be able to accept contest submissions, or to offer a $1,000 prize to each winner. As BOA is a non-profit press with limited staff capacity, contest submission fees allow us to maintain sufficient editorial resources for careful review of each and every manuscript. We understand that submission fees can be difficult to accommodate, but rest assured that because of them, your submission will be carefully read, reviewed, and considered for this prestigious prize. Thank you for your understanding.
Contest details
- Sponsor: BOA Editions, Ltd.
- Category: First book of poetry
- Submission length: 48-100 pages
- Entry fee: $25 USD
- Awards: $1,000 USD and publication
Guidelines and submission information (Organization's contest page)
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