May 12 2009
My grandfather used to eat toast dipped in tea for breakfast. He had no teeth.
Today I dipped my buttered toast in coffee. I have all my teeth.
Speaking of my grandfather, who’s dead but was a memorable character:
- He had no teeth and didn’t wear dentures.
- He was missing 3 or 4 fingers.
- He often [...]
Nov 12 2008
This recording is from Jill Barber’s last album, Chances. It’s not representative of the rest of the album, but it’s pretty damn cool. Sorry about the embedded player, which takes up too much space, but it provides the highest online playback I could find. UPDATE: She’s on eMusic.com too. Nice.
Oct 27 2008
I have a few friends living overseas. Calling them long-distance ain’t cheap. So I installed Skype today. And guess what? It works. I talked to a friend of mine in France and although there was a slight delay in the signal, it was negligible. We started with a regular audio call, no video feed. The [...]
Oct 20 2008
Our Sunday morning trek was in a park we never visited before: Irishtown Park, located just outside Moncton’s city limit to the North. There was a rumor once that Mick Jagger once hiked there with his family during the Rolling Stones concert in Moncton a few years ago.
The park is big. There are [...]
May 20 2008
A gunshot woke me up this morning at 5:30am. At least, it sounded like a gunshot. My bedroom wall faces my neighbor’s driveway, with about 20-25 feet separating our houses.
I got up and had a shower, thinking what I should do:
Check the basement under our bedroom: maybe the cat knocked something over.
Walk outside [...]
May 20 2008
My son just climbed out of his car seat and was playing outside. I was picking up old french fries or something from the car floor around his seat. I straighted up and started to close the car door when I felt a slight resistant; that’s when he yelled: my son’s fingers were [...]
Apr 28 2008
I bought two pants today (I felt compelled to write “two PAIRS of pants”. Why?) at Moores. I hate buying cloths, but my co-workers went there to buy a coat so I decided to wander around the place; and I am in need of new pants.
I wear 32″ waist, 30″ leg; however, the [...]
Apr 27 2008
I’m headed to St. John’s, Newfoundland today for a business trip. My employer is a system integrator of an RFID proposal and I’m the Technical Architect; there’s a company in Newfoundland who specializes in RFID solutions, whom we may partner with.
Phillip’s picking me up at the airport. His big plans for me:
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