Folk-Roots or Alt-Country or Edge-Rock, there really isn’t a way to categorize Wilco, so why bother when you can listen to them! I got to listen to them live on Tuesday night at the Jubilee (the twin of Edmonton’s Jubilee as Wilco mentioned after their opening band Califone did too). Lucky me! Wilco proved that … [Read more…]
Head on over to my friend Aimée’s new website and follow some instructions to win over $500 worth of kitchen stuff. Inspired to start blogging by yours truly, chef-turned-mom Aimée has built up quite the great following on her blog Under the High Chair and on Twitter. I’ve known Aimée since we lived in Montréal … [Read more…]
Truly, I’m overinsured! . . . at home I have car insurance: $132/mo I have contents insurance: $13/mo I have fire insurance: $75/mo I have life insurance: $57/mo I have health insurance: (our socialist system at work) . . . at school I have disability insurance: $74 I have employment insurance: $82 I have more … [Read more…]
Blaise: “Wanna see my superman face? It’s a little bit angry because I’m being really really strong.”
The past 20 months have felt like a century. The past 100 postings have covered topics from Hide-n-Seek to 4-year-old logicRio Dulce to Prince Edward Island to VancouverBarack Obama to Ed Stelmach to nearly a Coalition GovernmentAudi A4 to Greyhound to Bike DayCommuting to school to a 3800 km trek to back country driving in … [Read more…]
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach just hired a new director of communications for the Alberta government. When asked about how it would be different, he replied: “Umm, it’ll be better. Uh, better. It’ll be better.” Well said, sir.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, we’ve had occupants in our basement since October, so I was compelled to move my office to my bedroom. What is great is that I prefer my office in my bedroom – it’s warmer, it has more light, and I can watch movies/TV shows in bed with my … [Read more…]
A week and a half ago, I pulled into a gas station to fill up and discovered that the little door that covers the gas cap was locked and I had no way of opening it. It is supposed to unlock with the doors and if the key is out of the ignition. I was … [Read more…]
Last Saturday night, I went to Teofista Boxing Club to watch some boxing matches. In particular, I went to see Kyle fight his second fight. Kyle is my sister-in-law’s boyfriend and they, along with their baby, have been wintering with us since October. Kyle’s first match was earlier this winter and he won in the … [Read more…]
Yesterday, I purchased an upper-end used vacuum cleaner at a local independent vacuum cleaner store and repair shop. Michael the Romanian made me a pitch I couldn’t refuse since my wife was expecting something because we have guests coming today and our old cheapo piece of junk Bissell conked out a week and a half … [Read more…]