Just got back from up north; not too far north, just a little. Neptune and I spent the week with two of my bestest friends, Lis and Maggie. We all turned 30 this year, so Maggie planned a getaway in the Laurentians. There were supposed to be more of us, but you would be surprised [...]
Hello readers! I am going away until Friday, to a place far away where there is no WiFi. I promise to write and post a bunch of crap when I get back! Until then, then.
I love picking this up: the thin newsprint volume of Nouvelles Parc-Extension News. I am actually totally blown away right now because they have a website. Usually there are some spicy stories in each issue, but this one was a little on the boring side. No tales of drug busts, or police heroism, only a [...]
When we moved into our house two years ago, it was kind of like walking into a scene from Silent Hill. Dumpsville; gross yellowing blinds on all the windows, drawn of course; back deck closed in with translucent plastic, everything once glorious but now tattered and dark. Anyway, the old lady we got it from [...]
Last night, I went with Murray to his elementary school, Harold Napper in Brossard. He had been invited to talk as part of a CARAS award the school had received. Basically, until a couple years ago, this school didn’t have any kind of music program at all. It’s an amazing idea, to give instruments to [...]
To all five of you who actually read my blog,
Sorry things have been so lame around here. For the past week, I’ve been fighting a lingering and really annoying stomach flu. I feel weak and wobbly all the time and thinking for more than two seconds about a single topic is impossible. TV has been [...]
I realised another of my child-rearing pet peeves: sand at the bottom of the slide. Like when kids take a bunch of sand and put it on the little flat part at the end of the slide. And then leave it there. I’m always finding myself pushing sand away from slides with my hands. Who [...]
I realised that when we have friends over for dinner, I get a little OCD when it comes time to load the dishwasher. I hover like a hungry vulture, watching our guests’ every move, just waiting for an inadvertent slip up: “Oh those knives don’t go in, and neither do the wood things…you’ll have to [...]
From the CBC:
HARPER SAYS MEETING BONO ISN’T HIS ‘SHTICK’
Prime Minister Stephen Harper snubbed U2 singer and activist Bono at
the G8 summit, saying he is too busy to discuss the African AIDS crisis
with him.
Wow. Stephen Harper is really hardcore. He is definitely not a people’s Prime Minister. This reaction clearly shows his dedication to Canada’s rich, [...]
Ohmigod. I didn’t even know there was a Canada’s Next Top Model. I am ashamed and fascinated. This is so Canadian that I don’t even think it airs in Montreal. Anyway, I have I mentioned before that I love America’s Next Top Model? Tyra Banks is totally nuts, but she’s not even the best part. [...]
