If you’re scared of computers, don’t worry, this is simply meant to make your life easier. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to know as soon as a new news item is posted on your favorite news website or when your favorite blogs have a new post. This eliminates the necessity of having to visit … [Read more…]
Amber, April, and Sirdar reminded me today that it is Remembrance Day. I don’t pay much attention to dates here, plus, it’s a balmy 24℃ outside so it’s hard to even remember that it’s November. It doesn’t take much to get me choked up about Remembrance Day. Everytime I go to a service or watch … [Read more…]
My trouble is that I’m ambitious. And I’m undisciplined. I both love the idea of reading great books and I enjoy reading great books. Oh, the other problem is that I read very slowly. The Lord of the Rings = 18 months. Crime and Punishement = 9 months. The Count of Monte Cristo = 4 … [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…]
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 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…]
Beginning 46 generations ago: Pippin of Landen I (b.580)Saint Begga Pippin the Middle of Herstal II (b.635)Charles Martel (b.686)Pepin the Short of Neustria III (b.714)Charlemagne – Holy Roman Emperor (b.742)Pépin d’Italie I (b.773)Adélaïde d’Italie Rothilde d’Italie Boniface d’Italie III (m.875)Adelbert d’Italie II (m.915)Béranger d’Italie II (m.936)Adalbert d’Italie III (m.955)Othon-Guillaume de Bourgogne (m.975)Renaud de Bourgogne I … [Read more…]
One aspect of fascism is “forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism.” My Prime Minister, the Honourable Stephen Harper, has decided (I’m a bit behind in this, I confess) to not answer questions posed by the press, unless he gets to choose who asks. 5 months ago, he issued a statement saying that during press conferences, only … [Read more…]
Well. As it turns out, people love my film! Both screenings of the film at the Montreal World Film Festival went absolutely splendidly. The first show, on Thursday afternoon, had about 25 spectators. I had the opportunity to present the film and conduct a question and answer period afterward where nearly everyone stayed and participated. … [Read more…]
I’m sending my Projection DVD Copy to the Montreal World Film Festival via a friend (Charles) from Stony Plain who is here on a short term team. I don’t trust the Guatemalan couriers for timing. They are very expensive too. A regular manilla envelope (8 1/2″ X 11″) under 1 lb would cost about $60 … [Read more…]