Steel White Table

A quote from this article in The Tyee:
Now, strangely, he [John Armstrong] finds himself asked by young people for advice on how to get ahead in the workaday world. He hears himself telling the opposite of what he grew up hearing, which was: “‘Get a college education, you don’t want to be a plumber like [...]

My belief is that all these dreams are yours as well, and the only distinction between me and you is that I can articulate them. And that is what poetry or painting or literature or filmmaking is all about. It’s as simple as that. And I make films because I have not learned anything else [...]

These are quick comments about movies I’ve recently seen, not reviews or plot summaries. Each title, however, is linked to a review from DVDTalk, James Berardinelli, Roger Ebert or another reputable online source.
Away From Her — A quiet film with wonderfully nuanced performances and subtle direction, it packs an emotional punch without being overtly [...]

I just did it. Steel White Table now has a “Gardening” category. Wooooh! Yah! Rock on!
I woke up early this morning, my first day off in about a week, and went out in the backyard with a cup of coffee. I hung out in the greenhouse and the garden until my coffee was gone. You [...]

Half an Hour posted some great information about Moncton and its surrounding area (where I live), highlighting things the locals probably take for granted, like:

Magnetic Hill, which is a hill that makes you appear going up when you’re really going down. Strange, but true. He posted a good video of it.
Hopewell Rocks on [...]

Tags: hopewell rocks, magnetic hill, moncton, new brunswick, petitcodiac river

As everyone knows, we go for a walk in the woods most Sunday mornings. Here are some photos of yesterday’s trip.

Jenny and I planned to camp in Gros Morne for about a week. The forecast before we left said mostly sunshine, but by the time we got there, it had changed to nothing but rain. We spent one night in Gros Morne sleeping in the rain and took one picture the next day while we [...]

Some Gray Jays got curious and ate trail mix from our hands at one of the camp sites Jenny and I stayed at this past week. Here are some pics (click photo to begin slideshow):

A video of it is posted in the comments.

(via sedition.com)

Tags: awesome, poster, star wars

It was a busy family day; I took the afternoon off work:

Went to the International Festival of Kites in Dieppe. The kids made two kites, made with plastic and tape - better than any kite I ever bought; we saw kites shaped like fish, dragons, octopus; ate cotton candy and drank lots of water; [...]

I received an email from Alaska Airlines yesterday about a flight I’m apparently taking TODAY:

Flight Information

Confirmation Code:  #####

Flight
Departs
Arrives
Details

Alaska Airlines 2532
Operated By: Horizon Air
Fresno
11:10 AM Wed, August 15
Portland
12:59 PM Wed, August 15

Bombardier CRJ (Jet)

Alaska Airlines 508

Portland
1:55 PM Wed, August 15
Denver
5:26 PM Wed, August 15

Boeing 737-700

I removed the Confirmation Code; I suspect I could cancel it on them given the information included in that [...]

Mattel, the toy manufacturer, is recalling more products due to lead contamination. These are toys in my house.
A relative bought my kids some candy at a corner store recently. I noticed the candy was made in some Asian country; I threw it out, preferring kids who hate me for 15 minutes rather than dead [...]

Here’s a slideshow of all the bookcases in my house. The floor-to-ceiling one was built by yours truly a few days ago.

I maybe visiting San Diego for a week in September as part of my job. The farthest West or South I’ve been from Canada is Detroit, Michigan, so this will be exotic to me.
I hope to have time to explore the area. Is there anything specific I should check out? The “essential” [...]

NASA deciding whether Endeavour crew needs to repair gouge:
…a nine-centimetre-long gouge the shuttle suffered during its launch last week penetrates all the way through thermal tiles on its belly.
Engineers are trying to determine whether the area can withstand the searing heat of atmospheric re-entry at the end of the flight.
Scary. I can imagine the [...]

Tags: endeavour, nasa, space shuttle