The news of Jack Layton's passing hit me harder than I expected. The weather which, a day ago, had been in full blue-skyed summer mode, took a turn for the dreary and stormy - an appropriate foil for the somber news stories that detailed Jack's swift fall to cancer.

Even though I never really sided with Jack's politics, I couldn't help but admire ( Read more... )

So, I'm officially one year from 30. One year away from being halfway to 60. And I think I found my first grey hair. But I quickly buried it beneath my other hair, as to keep it from glinting under the harsh overhead lighting ( Read more... )

Eeep. It's been a good long while since I've last posted, so I thought I would remedy that situation ( Read more... )

Oh, readers, I really have THINGS TO SAY about many subjects, but I think I'll stick with discussing my slightly awkward and tenuously inappropriate social behaviors while in the workplace ( Read more... )

You guys. YOU GUYS ( Read more... )

Ok then ( Read more... )

Oh my. Did we ever have a vacation saga. Our five day sojourn to the Sunshine Coast was like the Odyssey. I'm in talks with Homer right now to see if he's willing to translate our story into dactylic hexameters.

For ease of reading, I'll break the tale into sections.

Day 1We began our journey bright eyed and eager to see the famed Sunshine ( Read more... )

So I just cut off literally a foot of my hair. I think I spontaneously lost about 20 pounds ( Read more... )

Here I sit, hacking away and cursing my lungs ( Read more... )

Oh lord ( Read more... )