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Why I love Chrissy
Amongst other reasons, I love Chrissy because she hit me with this surprise graduation gift:
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A daydream believer and a homecoming queen
...the homecoming queen being Amy, of course. I'm pretty sure she was never actually homecoming queen in high school, homecoming being a quintessentially American (and not Canadian) institution, but what I'm trying to say, through the clumsy use of Monkees lyrics, is that we're coming home tomorrow ( Read more... ) -
New name, same old soap-box
From today's Globe & Mail:
When in Spain . . .
Doug Saunders reports that Spanish law now requires husbands to promise to do 50 per cent of the housework (No More Machismo? -- Focus, June 3). "It makes me wonder how many other repressive, religious countries are waiting to be similarly unveiled and liberated," he writes ( Read more... ) -
From Bollywood to Bali wood
Well! It's been a while. Sorry about that, folks. In the interim, here's what's happened:
The Amy & I signed up with the fantastic Red Chilli Adventure in Rishikesh and went white-water rafting on the Ganges river. It was my first white-water rafting experience, and it was truly thrilling. And not in the cliched, meaningless sense of the word ( Read more... ) -
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Most of you know that The Amy is a great lover of yoga, and that it helps her to focus, de-stress, and get in a good workout when she's feeling low. So it's appropriate that after three brutal, punishing years of non-stop medical training (and a few brutal, punishing days in The Hottest And Most Hectic Capital On Earth), we find ourselves on the ( Read more... ) -
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India is... interesting. The India Lonely Planet book opens with the phrase, "India is a litmus test for many travellers." How true. We'd considered ourselves to be seasoned travellers, boldly going to all corners of the globe and such. We're used to crowds, and heat, and noise... but India has all of these things on a whooooole other level. It's a ( Read more... ) -
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More photosNot to worry, dear readers: I'll be distilling the photos into a Greatest Hits package for your viewing pleasure when I get home. My main reason for uploading them all is to make room on my camera for me. But if you're so inclined, the Box Set is on-line now ( Read more... ) -
More backdated goodness
April 29, 2006 ( Read more... ) -
...and boy, are my arms tired
Well! I've been in Thailand for 10 days now, and I've got some catching up to do. So let's back up and start at the beginning ( Read more... )