Xander feels about needles the way I feel about needles (ie, "Keep them away from me!"). For both of us, it goes back to childhood needle trauma: his is more recent, but mine was more intense, and I've had longer to dwell on it. Nevertheless, as a parent, one must sometimes take one for the greater good ( Read more... )

1) X's surprising memorization of the entire book of Once More With Feeling, the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( Read more... )

Me (to very sleeping child): X, your awesomeness goes to eleven.
X (still mostly asleep): That's like, one higher, dude.

Clearly we're bringing him up right.

From Paula ( Read more... )

I picked up this week's issue of Monday magazine, and was thrilled and delighted to see that I was nominated in two categories of their annual M Awards (the magazine's awards to the best of Victoria's art and culture, as voted on by their readers ( Read more... )

Or is it Metropolis? I can never get that straight in my mind ( Read more... )

Is it odd that I find Mad World (the cover version by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules, from the Donnie Darko soundtrack, arguably one of the most depressing songs released since Nick Drake went over the wall) incredibly uplifting?

Thought so.

When that I was and a little tiny boy ( Read more... )

In amidst the fun and frivolity and snow and psycho drivingness, I missed reading my Globe and Mail on Saturday. Too bad, really. It was a bad time to miss the Globe Books section ( Read more... )

There are some pleasures in life, minor pleasures, fleeting pleasures, that nevertheless make living a richer, fuller experience. Things easily overlooked, but ever so appreciated ( Read more... )