I celebrate my 33rd year today with the help of dozens of people. Primarily those closest to me who seem to be more excited about making my day special than I am. We had a little party at my mom’s house on Saturday night with my sister’s family and mine. Mom made curries. I got … [Read more…]
So, Bush II is coming to Calgary tomorrow and sadly I’m working during the event. Otherwise, I would love to attend a protest event downtown. I was thinking up some slogans on my way to work this morning that I could present on a placard: Learn to Read 91,121+ dead civilians in Iraq Great job! … [Read more…]
I’ve always been a fan of ginger beer.* Even when I was little, I would pick out the Jamaican ginger beer as my treat if we were in town. It burns. And I like it. Ginger root is on sale and so I buy some. I tell Amber how I would like to learn how … [Read more…]
We finally went to the zoo last weekend. 4 1/2 hours of the zoo. It was awesome, though we were pretty exhausted at the end. Acadia has been on a giraffe kick for the past couple months. She continually asks to see the giraffe video we have on an episode of the Rick Mercer Report … [Read more…]
Thought I would highlight two of the albums that have been dominating my playlists over the past couple months. The first is a quadruple e.p. set by Jon Foreman, the frontman for Switchfoot. The 24 song album is almost entirely acoustic and many of them emulate Old Testament prophetic verse. Truly some of the most … [Read more…]
It’s no secret to many of my friends that I have nursed a discontent with the institution of the Christian church in North America for several years now. There are a variety of reasons for my feelings: use of funds for the local body and their own comfort, lack of identity or vision, political alignment … [Read more…]
A short while ago, Sam Roberts was in town and Amber and I decided it was high time for a date. Tickets were only $30.50 each and so we saw this as a great opportunity. I bought the tickets just a couple days in advance and so we got some of the last ones, way … [Read more…]
I heard this story on the radio coming home this afternoon. A woman was murdered in Delburne, east of Red Deer, allegedly by her estranged spouse last week. Not too long ago, the man is alleged to have sexually assaulted the same woman while holding a gun. An emergency protection order had been placed against … [Read more…]
25 random things about me. If you’ve been tagged on FACEBOOK, then you’re supposed to make a list too. 1. I miss having long hair. 2. I am currently in the middle of 10 books. 3. I am a very slow reader. 4. Since April 15, 2007, I have watched 299 movies and have blogged … [Read more…]
About 3 weeks ago, I signed up for Zip.ca, an online DVD rental site. I pay $25/month and they mail me DVDs with prepaid envelopes to mail the DVDs back. I can have up to 3 films at a time and when I finish viewing one, I mail it back and they send me one … [Read more…]