My mom has been raving about the Canmore Folk Music Festival for a years now and we were finally in province for it this year. I’m glad we were! The great blues musician Matt Anderson (from NB) played a couple workshops and we were excited to see him. We saw him last at the Vinyl … [Read more…]
I have always had a tenuous relationship with amusement parks. My weak stomach and all the noise and gimmicky booths simply don’t appeal to me. Since Amber feels the same way we were unsure as to how Blaise and Acadia would feel when we visited Calloway Park (since they get car sick all the time). … [Read more…]
This is my first complete 15 x 15 crossword puzzle. I’m enjoying the process of creating them after having solved them for a couple decades. Click for larger puzzle grid ACROSS DOWN 1. Scot family5. Infants10. Right away14. 40 phons15. Title character in The Hobbit16. Chaney and Chaney Jr.17. Choir voice18. To sing a la … [Read more…]
It still feels a little strange telling people that we spent a week vacation in Saskatchewan. We don’t have any family there and we live 60 minutes from Banff. The province does take its share of derision, second probably only to Newfoundland. The facts that it is so flat and boring and sparsely populated do … [Read more…]
We’ve been getting promotional deals on the Calgary Herald and then with the National Post off and on for the last 6 months. I enjoy reading a selection of articles, but my real fancy comes when I get to the puzzle section. The Post has a terrific Canadian crossword puzzle, and while I enjoy Will … [Read more…]
Just finished downloading “The Suburbs” by Arcade Fire and my kids want to listen to Swingset Mamas’ “Dance Around the House.”
Dream I just woke up from: Julius recruits me into a Big Brother type organization sponsored by the police where parents just drop off their kids for us to play with. Basically a thankless daycare. Anyway, Microsoft donates a bunch of calculators to us for the kids but they are impossible to figure out because … [Read more…]
This spring I installed the latest Mac OS (Snow Leopard) and my rather old version of Final Cut (video editing software) did not run well on it. I researched online for a few weeks and was prepared to dish out some money to buy the latest version of Final Cut Pro ($1199). As I was … [Read more…]
you come back from the bathroom and Hitler has taken your seat?
Since first touting this microbrewery pub in Regina when I met him 2 1/2 years ago, Chris finally had the opportunity to take me to visit the legend in the flesh. Monday night, our last night in Regina, I spent 3 or 4 hours at the Bushwakker Brewpub. Brian bought us a sampler tray which … [Read more…]