Double Jeopardy: Karin, away for a couple days of work retreat in Canmore, switched me flex days so my “Wednesday Daddy Day” promptly morphed into “Friday (Plus) Daddy Weekend.” Yes, a long weekend. But, a long weekend as a single parent. Claire’s first night away from her mom — and she get’s two [...]

Matt, Chris and I spent a mis-adventurous couple of hours downtown this afternoon toting the cameras around and trying to take some photos. I’ll spare the details about the dead battery and the wicked rainstorm as this is simply a post to draw your attention to THIS LINK which, when zoomed to the appropriate [...]

Around nine o’clock we had one of those momentary glimpses of what amounts to neighborhood chaos: picture a white pickup truck, front driver-side wheel folded limply under the vehicle, swerving and accelerating down the street in front of our house. Now picture him doing multiple u-turns, slamming into the curb and at least one [...]

Scenario: Derek and I stop at Dairy Queen for ice cream after a less-than-taxing visit to the lumber yard. As is typical for this particular location we are nearly the most senior people in the building, the restaurant itself employing kids of a median age of roughly fifteen years old, and the bulk of the [...]

If there was ever any question that we produced a dog-person, it was not refuted by our little yesterday-adventure. Sunday was the first official day of Sparkle’s obedience classes. The four of us — Karin, Claire, Sparkle, and myself — loaded into the car and drove to the pup’s doggy daycare (who were [...]

December 29
Thanks to an invite from Nina, Claire and her family spent a few hours this afternoon wandering around the ‘Telus World of Science’ — formerly known as the Odysseum — which was formerly known, back in my day (harrumph!) as the Edmonton Space and Science Center.

Day 29: Oh, how true it is…

Yes, [...]

December 20
The folks at Karin’s work must like her. They keep inviting her to staff functions — parties, meetings, and other gatherings with food and such — despite the fact that she’s still on maternity leave for another nine months.

Day 20: Little Miss Grumpy, fighting The Sleep Monster once again.

Today, yet again, they asked [...]

As I’ve mentioned here numerous times in the last couple weeks I spent a few evenings at the Edmonton Fringe Festival as a member of the Multimedia Team. This role is basically a casual ticket to wander the grounds and complete photo assignments, snapping pictures of other volunteers doing their jobs, performers on the [...]

We’re spending a sunny morning in Penticton, recuperating from a drive-from-hell. The wedding is at three, so that gives us a few more hours to enjoy the beach before the social obligations begin, and another few hours for Karin to catch up with her Harry Potter after having picked up her copy on Main [...]

A few weeks ago I indulged in the creation of an odd sort-of barbecue sauce made of (among other things) root beer. Tiffany responded with a recommendation for a peanut butter barbecue sauce, which I promptly loaded into the meal planner and cued for the Brad-and-Karin Test Kitchen. Friday, with the afternoon off (and [...]

So this is how the London trip concludes: We left the internet cafe near Victoria Station (though really I should write a small essay on the adventure LEADING to that cafe, lost in the east side of London, tired, etc) and walked towards Westminster and Big Ben. We stopped for an early dinner. [...]

Karin and I are sitting in an internet cafe again just outside Victoria Station counting down the hours until we head back to the airport.
Last night we stumbled upon Spamalot and went on a whim.
We had an interesting morning climbing to the top of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and tonight we’re off [...]