This is what happens to my bald head far too often. The worst has come here in Guatemala where some families use old, rusty barbed wire for clotheslines. They stand at a height of 5’6″, whereas I stand at a towering 5’10”. Usually, wearing a cap helps cushion a blow, but not every time. Another … [Read more…]
Dear Queen Elizabeth II of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, It is with a heavy heart that I write your highness this morning. I fear that relations between us may become colder than they have been in the past. It seems as though thy subject, my wife, has damaged a piece of … [Read more…]
As I am loading luggage into the vans at the airport, something dislodges my cellphone and it’s case from my belt. I notice once we arrive at the place where we spend the night that they are missing. I look for it in the vans. Les calls it so we can perhaps track it down … [Read more…]
Spoken to me today at lunch by member of a short term mission team member from PEI, no context needed as there really wasn’t a context: And those Frenchies, I have no use for them. And the worst ones are the New Brunswick Frenchies. I’ve got no use for them at all.
I know I may risk losing readers, but most of you don’t leave comments anyway… I know my faithful readers will stick with me. This morning I discovered a belly hair on my own belly that measures 9.5 cm (3 3/4 inches). Isn’t that incredible? As I was measuring it, it detached from it’s home … [Read more…]
I bought k-os’ third album Atlantis – Hymns for Disco last night on iTunes 7 and now I’m burning a hip-hop fever all by myself. Listen! I’m not at all into the mainstream porno hip-hop, the stuff that’s currently strangling top 40 radio. But k-os has thoughtful lyrics and the music makes me sweat and … [Read more…]
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…]