I have a cold. I need fluids. Last night I decided do take a dose of cayenne pepper in a glass of water. I added some lemon juice to make it a little more palatable. After downing the fire water, I quickly had to drink four more tall glasses of water to quench the burning. … [Read more…]
Amber borrowed a Raffi Concert DVD for our kids from the local library. She grew up listening to his songs like Baby Beluga and Little Toy Trains – I didn’t. I have to admit, his gentleness, meaningful (though sometimes silly) songs, and the way he has promoted his music really impresses me. Born in Egypt … [Read more…]
Come on baby…don’t fear the reaperBaby take my hand…don’t fear the reaperWe’ll be able to fly…don’t fear the reaperBaby I’m your man… I had heard this song before, but never paid much attention to it. I borrowed my friend’s truck a couple weeks ago and he had the oldies station on and “Don’t Fear the … [Read more…]
I became an uncle twice over in the past three weeks thanks to each of my two dear sisters. My niece Abigail was born to Saison and Dean at the end of July. My nephew Kai was born to Salomé and Brad last night. I just realized that these little ones are going to cost … [Read more…]
As penance for having complained to my wife for the past few weeks about having to live in the world’s largest horizontal apartment building (NW Calgary) and about the high cost of living, I’ve decided to force myself to come up with a list of positive things about living in Calgary, AB. 1. Calgary is … [Read more…]
Photo: AFP/Getty Images Late last night I ended up watching the interview that Rick Warren hosted with Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama (watch it here). I was deeply impressed. When I was in Guatemala I didn’t have much of an opportunity to see video of Obama and I was limited to distilled sound bytes in news articles. … [Read more…]
This is something that has been weighing on my heart for some time now. After witnessing the unjust wages in Guatemala and in Canada, I thought I would share some thoughts. I collected a few example salaries and made some calculations for daily wages* for different professions in both Canada and Guatemala: Doctor in Calgary: … [Read more…]
I haven’t been too taken in by these Olympic games. I always enjoy watching different events and this is what I want to comment on. Where I’m staying, there are three channels that offer coverage of the games: CBC, Radio Canada, and NBC. I’ve noted that neither NBC nor CBC so far doesn’t stick to … [Read more…]
On August 6, 2000 Amber and I were married in Smithers, BC. Our first night together as husband and wife was spent at the magnificent Logpile Lodge just a few minutes drive out of town. Exactly eight years later, Amber and I spent our anniversary at the same lodge. April watched our kids for the … [Read more…]
I’ve travelled over 28 hours on the bus in the past 2 weeks. Pretty glad I didn’t go to Winnipeg last Tuesday night. I wasn’t worried as I boarded the Greyhound in Edmonton late last night because a teenager rooted through my dirty laundry (and everyone else’s). And the murderer is police custody. I had … [Read more…]