As I watched George Bailey dream and then watch his dreams slip away to responsibility over and over again, I was reminded of all the dreams that I have abandoned or watch fade. I was going to be a classical guitarist and then become an orchestra conductor but my hands began to cramp up and … [Read more…]
I’ve listened to some great music this year. Much of it has come from artists with which I was previously acquainted (The Arcade Fire, Neko Case, Daniel Lanois, Switchfoot, etc.), but a lot of new (to me) musicians have come across my path, for which I am very grateful! Mumford & Sons I wasn’t a … [Read more…]
10 days ago I attended Ignition Theatre‘s production of It’s a Wonderful Life at The Matchbox in Red Deer. The story is presented as a radio drama so the set is sparse and many of the 16 actors, one of whom is my mother, play several characters. The acting is fantastic and special mention must … [Read more…]
Colour: Gold with green and purple sparkles Dinosaur: Parasaurolophus Food: SpaghettiShow: Toopy and BinooAnimal: Baby Turtle Outdoor Activity: Playing Soccer with her Pink Soccer BallIndoor Activity: Playing with her Brother
I bought a couple sets of strings last week. I put a new set on my guitar on Thursday evening and as I tightened the G, it snapped. Dismayed, I cracked open the other set to pull out that G only to find seven strings. The extra was a G! Earlier that afternoon I was … [Read more…]
Yesterday morning, after hearing about Wikileaks in the news for the last few weeks, I thought I should check out the official site at wikileaks.org myself only to discover “Safari can’t find the server ‘www.wikileaks.org’.” Later, I heard on the news that “someone” is jamming the Wikileaks site. I had however found a mirror of … [Read more…]
This year I picked up Math 31 in my teaching assignment. It is an introductory course to calculus that only students with a: high post secondary ambitions b: a love of math c: lots of spare time consider taking. All of my students fit into categories a and b. I’ve loved the challenge and content … [Read more…]
My father bought me this M C Escher puzzle back in October. So, a couple weekends ago when Blaise said “let’s do a puzzle!!!” I thought of this 1000 piece one in the basement that I was saving for Christmas holidays and brought it upstairs. That Friday night, Blaise helped me sort the edge pieces … [Read more…]
In honour of Movember (Mo(ustache No)vember), I decided to shave my beard down to a stache for a couple days. I guess the whole tradition started in Australia where people started fundraising for research prostate and testicular cancer by getting sponsors for their month long moustaches. In North America it became more of a beard … [Read more…]
OK, think of the two most embarrassing things to purchase. I purchased both of them at the same time today! I’m a hero!