Get this. Strange coincidence, or what? This morning the US dollar and the Canadian dollar were equal for the first time in nearly thirty-one years. The last time that happened (again, about thirty-one years ago) was November 1976. I’m nearly thirty-one years old. In fact, I was born in November 1976. [...]

I was thinking about how I could put together some kind of download-ready minatures game.
Chris introduced me to Warmachine a couple years ago. You go to the store. You spend ten bucks on a little metal figurine. You bring it home, paint it to look all mean and evil. [...]

As it happens Derek, Shannon, and LuLu are in town for a few days and we met up at Red Robin for dinner this evening.
We arrived at roughly the same time, and actually ended up meeting in the parking lot. We tottered towards the door, four adults and a one-year-old slow to reach [...]

…or is everyone just on Facebook these days? Not counting the usual, steady stream of spam that typically floods my inbox, I did not receive a single e-mail today. Not one. Nil. Nada. Nicht. I think that’s the first time in, well, years. Honestly, I’d be hard pressed to think of [...]

I was reading something this afternoon and something jogged my memory:
We were shopping in one of the larger department stores on Oxford Street in London and we stumbled across a large, central display from a company called Edible. The display was tastefully and stylishly arranged with a variety of exotic “foods” from around the [...]

Apparently the place to be on a Friday night is the Victoria and Albert Museum. We spent a good two and a half hours wandering through there last night amidst an atmosphere of improvised concerts and organized mayhem. We felt like we were crashing some private function, but it turns out it’s just [...]

I thought I should share this. Someone has far too much time on their hands. Though, I’m not sure what is more disturbing: the fact that one of these exists, or the fact there is a matching opposite.
A Battlestar-esque Office Intro:

An Office-esque Battlestar Intro:

Make sure you have the sound on. And by the [...]

The PVR has been faithfully and quietly recording every episode of Lost for the last couple of months. This is good, though if only because I’ve been too disinterested to watch the quasi-weekly slog of plot as it is actually broadcast. I found, however, that when you string a number of episodes — [...]

Perhaps not quite as world-wide-news-worthy as the planet story is the simple revelation that today is our third wedding anniversary. There you go, Karin: three whole planets just for you. And you say I never get you anything.
Setting new standards for guys everywhere…

Anniversary #
Traditional Gift
Modern Gift

First
Paper
Clocks

Second
Cotton
China

Third
Leather
Small Planets (2 or 3)

Fourth
Fruit / Flowers
Appliances

Fifth
Wood
Silverware

Sixth
Candy [...]

Karin and her co-workers conspired to bring us this story:
Calgary’s population is set to hit one million people, two years earlier than expected.
The city released the results of its 2006 city census Monday, showing the highest one-year population burst ever at 35,681 people. The city projects Calgary’s population growth will not slow down for [...]

I’m sitting on the deck with the laptop, drinking coffee, and checking my email. I need to write a blog post because as I sit here a man drives up to the construction sites behind us. He hops out of his red SUV, loads up a dozen pieces of brand-new lumber from the [...]

Grass as a fascination? I think I may need to start a whole new category. If I had a longer USB cable I would SO do this: www.watching-grass-grow.com
In the meantime: day six with a brand-spankin’-new lawn and it’s STILL GREEN. It’s been a hot couple of days. Record-breaking heat. The temperature seems [...]