Battery died in the car yesterday, lights were left on. Amber got some jumper cables and those didn’t work – I think they were too thin, but I didn’t know that this morning. This morning, the mechanic, Oscar, made a house call on foot with his plastic grocery bag of wrenches. He checked the timing … [Read more…]
For all the Homestarrunner fans out there, I found interviews with the makers of the hit Flash Cartoon site on the Cold Hard Flash blog. Part 1 with Mike and Part 3 with Matt. They are a monument to independent productions.
photo: 13 Sept. 2006, Cormier Village, NB
I rode my bike home from the office in the dark tonight. I’m not used to doing that for a couple reasons – we just changed our clocks here in Guatemala, so it gets dark an hour earlier (when the actual sunset only varies 30 minutes all year long!) AND it’s dangerous so I avoid … [Read more…]
(click on it to see full size) Sirdar posted his and I couldn’t resist. You can do yours here. Other folks that I didn’t include on this collage are Strom Thurmond, Aidan Quinn, and Adrian Smith. I thought Jude Law was a shoe-in! Celebrity look alike #1, Celebrity look alike #2 without hair and Celebrity … [Read more…]
So. I walk out of the office this afternoon. Pull out my keys to unlock my bike and someone has jammed something into the lock so that the key can not be used. Fortunately I have a metal saw on my Swiss Army Knife. Seven Long Minutes. Spent 3 long days this week handing out … [Read more…]
Beginning 46 generations ago: Pippin of Landen I (b.580)Saint Begga Pippin the Middle of Herstal II (b.635)Charles Martel (b.686)Pepin the Short of Neustria III (b.714)Charlemagne – Holy Roman Emperor (b.742)Pépin d’Italie I (b.773)Adélaïde d’Italie Rothilde d’Italie Boniface d’Italie III (m.875)Adelbert d’Italie II (m.915)Béranger d’Italie II (m.936)Adalbert d’Italie III (m.955)Othon-Guillaume de Bourgogne (m.975)Renaud de Bourgogne I … [Read more…]
We’ve been living in Guatemala for one year. Feels like a year, no more, no less.
Blaise got a haircut from his old man tonight. Amber says he looks older without his little curls. I think he looks right brilliant! A new habit of kissing has overtaken my son. The day we arrived in Tactic after our trip, Blaise kissed Hania about 12 times (she didn’t move a muscle). Hania is … [Read more…]
I almost got stuck in a funeral procession yesterday afternoon. I drove by the cemetary about an hour later and saw the crowd there. Our neighbour tells us that a 17-yr-old boy went to Guatemala City in August to work and was robbed and killed there a few days ago. He’s from one of the … [Read more…]