Papa: Blaise, go get your sweater. Blaise: Papa, you know Mama knows best. Papa: Who told you that? Go get your sweater. Blaise: No one, that’s just the way it is. Papa: Well, you know both Mama and Papa know best, not just Mama. Go get your sweater. Blaise: Both you and Mama? Papa: Yes, … [Read more…]
I’m in New Brunswick for July. As I lay in bed I hunt a lone mosquito. I spy both a skunk and a raccoon as they eat cat food off the front deck. I gaze upon hawks, herons and hummingbirds. I hear the rain pelting the window. I feel the cool wet grass on my … [Read more…]
My son’s favorite game is hide ‘n seek. Blaise’s favorite part is finding the hiding spot, being found is secondary as he’ll usually pop out before being found. “Clounting” is also a key feature as he enjoys doing this on a regular basis whether there is a game on or not. Acadia loves to tag … [Read more…]
This has always bothered me: corporations who take existing proper names and trademark them. Today, I’ve chosen the transportation industry to be my whipping boy. More than 40 years ago a recreational vehicle was made that really defined RVs for years to come. It decided to take the name from the midwestern Ho-Chunk Native Americans … [Read more…]
I was just exploring some music that a friend exposed me to a few months back and came upon this website of the choir Scala. They are a girls choir from Belgium who have traditionally sung pop songs a cappella / just piano accompanied. Great sound and great arrangements. So the website offers their latest album as … [Read more…]
On April 26, I paid a lot of money to see a 74-year-old Leonard Cohen sing for 3 hours. I’ve seen some good concerts in my lifetime: U2, Barenaked Ladies, Bob Dylan, La Bottine Souriante, Audio Adrenaline, Switchfoot, dc Talk, Sam Roberts, Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings, Burlap to Cashmere, Habib Koité to note … [Read more…]
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…]