Jun 30 2008
My three year old son started playing soccer last week. My daughter’s in gymnastics and piano lessons. My wife goes to the YMCA for exercise regularly, and I play World Of Warcraft.
I watch less than a couple of hours of television a week, but the kids watch it a lot; it’s their baby-sitter. [...]
Jun 30 2008
Escaped bees abuzz in N.B.
Approximately 12 million honeybees have escaped from a truck that overturned on the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick.
Rain in the area is currently keeping the bees under control, said RCMP Sgt. Derek Strong.
They’re being imported because pesticides have been killing the natural population of bees.
Update: From another CBC article, they were [...]
Jun 27 2008
3:51pm. I’m moving today. I’ve got myself a Uhaul cargo van out front. I just began filling it up with the large items, mostly bookcases. There’s still a lot of junk left.
Jenny and I made the final inspection of the new house this morning and now we’re waiting for our lawyer to call and tell [...]
Jun 26 2008
This is the most useful — definitely the most used — teenie-weenie application on my PC: Volumouse.
I use it to change the volume on my PC without having to click anything. I use it to change the Master Volume and the Wave volume, but it can be easily configured to change the volume of anything [...]
Jun 25 2008
NoSquint is one of my favourite Firefox add-ons because it makes at least half the sites I visit on a regular basis easier to read by making everything on the site bigger — the text and the images, and it does so without messing up the design of the site because proportions are maintained. Here’s [...]
Jun 23 2008
A 20 pound bag of basmati rice that was on a low cupboard in the kitchen. He’s been shitting rice cakes for two days.
Unfortunately, no photos.
(Related posts about Wally.)
Jun 23 2008
Kung Fu Panda is an animated film about a Panda who loves Kung Fu, where he finds himself having to learn it and save his community from his Master’s nemesis.
I recommend it for kids and adults. The story is simple but engaging, with laugh-out-loud moments. The action scenes are incredible: intense, fast, and [...]
Jun 21 2008
This is my daughter’s hamster, Puff Ball:
He’s about six months old now, which surprises me: I figured he (or her) would be dead by now.
A cat, dog, and a hamster. We had a fish once.
Jun 19 2008
For the past month or so, I’ve been playing chess online through a Facebook application. I don’t care for Facebook, but the chess is fun. I’m not a great chess player. I’ve been getting lessons from a program called Chess Master. Learning some basic moves has greatly improved my game. I’m actually winning games (though [...]
Jun 19 2008
I have this painting titled “Old English Home” by Leonard E. Kelsey, dated 1915. On the back is a label with the painting’s title, painter, and date, along with the sentence:
“CAP ROUGE” on the ST. LAWERE
I assume that’s the location the painting represents.
I know nothing about the painter or painting besides what’s obvious on the [...]
Jun 19 2008
I’ve been sick with a cold for the past few days. It began with a sore throat Sunday morning and by Sunday night I knew I was a goner. I stayed in bed, drank lots of fluids and took a bunch of vitamin C. The sore throat was gone by Monday, but then everything else [...]
Jun 18 2008
Has anyone tried this from Make Your Own Dishwasher Soap & More?
- 1 Cup Washing Soda
- 1 Cup Borax
- 2-3 drops of essential oil
Add all ingredients to food processor bowl or blender and process until they are powder. Store in a canister or coffee can which is airtight. Use 1-2 tablespoons per load depending on [...]
Jun 17 2008
This is what I look like today.
Some people pay big bucks for a hairdo like this.
Jun 14 2008
Duel — A big ominous ugly truck comes barrelling down the highway and makes life difficult for a lonely businessman in a car on his way to a meeting. It’s like Jaws on wheels. Directed for TV by Steven Speilberg in 1971, this 90-minute theatrical cut is nothing but entertainment. There’s no moral to [...]
