Our company just announced company wide salary cuts in response to the economic downturn and poor  forecast for the tech industry.

My baby is going to have to eat sticks and rocks!

This morning Ontario police forces collaborated in a broad effort to dismantle gangs across the GTA.

"Today's search warrants were executed with surgical precision -- like a surgery," police Chief Bill Blair told an afternoon news conference.

I thought this was neat... obviously geared towards mothers but pertinent regardless.

Twenty things that change when you have a baby...

1. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.

2. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms.

3. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.

4. ( Read more... )

So my EI appeal was successful after having been laid off in the middle of December.

My cheques came in yesterday.

The day before I got my first paycheque from my new job.

*relieved yet somewhat exasperated sigh*

And remember folks... it always pays to appeal.

The first week at my new day job was pretty gruelling. I don't think I've been this consistently tired ever in my adult life.

So the dead of winter is coming to an end which is always a wonderful thing. Things seem to pick up in and around my life once things warm up, and I sure could use a thaw. Here's the State of the Union of Standley:

- so I got laid off from Diesel Playhouse in December because it got closed. This is a shame because I had just pitched them ( Read more... )

So you are stupid in your twenties right? I mean there are just a bunch of things that people tell you are true you are just to stubborn, ignorant, inexperience, or not-brain-dead enough to do or not do.

Take me for instance. I always treated my body like a back-alley gutter than a temple. Part of me really despised being stuck in this meat-bag.  ( Read more... )

To anyone who knows me well the music of Jeff Martin has profoundly affected my life. His former project Tea Party sold multi-platinum in Canada weaving a variety of world-music and middle eastern sounding instruments with occult themes lyrically. Jeff Martin is now touring with a new band out of Ireland and the Toronto Tabla Ensemble ( Read more... )

Haunch of Hero

Thigh of Thracian Hero, roasted and served with onions, seasoned liberally with tragic irony and smothered in the bitterness of glory lost.

Ingredients:

I Thigh of Hero (pork roast will suffice in case Grecian hero is out of season).
1 Decanter of Pure Tragic Irony, congealed (DO NOT substitute with Dramatic Irony which will invariably ( Read more... )

So I booked a meeting with the operations manager at Diesel, a pretty cool guy that I have been working with doing front of house management and security with. We have the meeting booked for 4 pm in which I intended on picking his brain for some business details in which I could write a proper proposal to pitch to the big bosses ( Read more... )