Today my alarm didn't ring, then at lunch I made a $20,000 phone call. Then tonight I helped a friend load a moving truck from 6:30PM till 11:00 PM. Now I'm going to have a shower and disappear into my bed.
How was your day?
We're home again after a week and a bit off in the west. We'll put pictures up soon, but right now it's time for some lunch.
Sure, it looks pretty.
You'll get no argument from me.
But the night before, driving down the Trans-Canada Highway in fog dense enough that I couldn't see the lights of Brandon from one kilometer away, I wasn't thinking of the beauty of hoarfrost. I was thinking, praying really, "Just let us get home."
Also: The rugelach [...]
Every year at Christmas, one of the family treats is a sweet li'l treat that we've always known simply as "Jewish pastry". This year I decided I'd like to take a crack at making it, and faced my first obstacle: How do you google a treat that you know by such a generic [...]
On the Tuesday before Hallowe'en, at 11:20 at night, my phone rang. Through the wonder of call display, I saw that it was my sister in Winnipeg calling. That time of night, it's probably not going to be good news.
My grandfather had died at 11:00 that night. He was 88 years old, [...]
This weekend I: saw, and had a brief chat with, William Gibson; did nage-no-kata with the head of the Canadian Grading Board for judo, and also had a brief intro to the first set of ju-no-kata; drew Darth Vader in Crayola crayon; and heard the cutest version of the ABC song I think I'll [...]
Well, this weekend, up until Wednesday.
Friends of ours came into town, from all the way out in Saskatchewan, so we had some fun. My friend Kevin owns a couple dirtbikes, so I went dirtbikin' for the first time ever.
We went out to the Double Decker, too. For bonus points: How many shots [...]
K, priming the walls.
Me, chiseling the shower drain a little wider so my pan would fit.
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