What the hell am I doing up at 1am on a work night? Oh, yes, to be the first to wish gamble a happy birthday! ;)

What an odd little quiz. While I'm hardly surprised that quality time and communication ranked so high for me, I must say that I expected physical touch to rate higher. Gifts and acts of service don't seem to hit such an emotional chord with me as just being held and talked to.

Hey, gamble, take this quiz! I'm genuinely curious.

The Five Love Languages
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We've finally closed the deal on a new car!

gamble and I have been working on getting another vehicle, on and off again, for the past month or so. His car did us fine when our offices were so close together but, now that he's moving to a job downtown, a second car seems practical ( Read more... )

( Simple Pleasures )

It's my first week off from work, and so I've been forced to find things to do for me at last. The ball is finally rolling on our financial planning. We met with a chartered accountant for a first serious discussion about tax planning. I had to drive Scarlet into the vet this morning to get a swelling looked at. Nothing serious, although I'll have ( Read more... )

After trying out Orcinus' 50mm 1.4 lens, I simply had to have one of my own. I got it just in time for my holiday on Wednesday, and so there should be plenty of available-light photographs coming out of this trip! I've never had a lens with this large an aperture. Not only can I take pictures in much darker locations, but I also have many more ( Read more... )

( What a strange intelligence test... )

I thought it was high time I made myself a couple more LJ icons. It appears as though everyone has filled up their quota except me. And, hey, maybe someone out there wants to know the face behind the wolf. ;)

Of course, everyone must have heard of the BioWare Buy-Out by now. The news is pretty exciting, in my opinion, because the company has even ( Read more... )

Thanks to thewerewolf for pointing out this episode of the fifth estate dealing with the increasing polarization of the American media. A mentality of "if you're not for us, you're against us" has settled over American politics. One tactic that the right wing has used effectively in its attempt to lay claim to American values is its careful use of language in ( Read more... )

Well, here we are in sunny Saskatoon to celebrate Thanksgiving with gamble's parents. We arrived safely yesterday evening in time for a late supper.

Scarlet was reasonably well-behaved in the car, although she went a bit stir-crazy around the fifth hour of driving. All of that pent-up energy was unleashed once she got into the house and met Prince, the ( Read more... )