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Posts from ‘October, 2008’

Pause

I forgot to mention that I’ve been back in Vancouver since Thursday. Unfortunately I came down with SARS as soon as I returned and have been housebound this whole time. Thankfully my mother sent me home with some turkey and apple pie on the plane, so I was able to live off of that for [...]

It’s been a relaxing few days at Mom’s house here in Kitimat. Unfortunately it’s been raining pretty much constantly since I arrived, so I haven’t been able to go out and take any photos. Though I haven’t really felt like moving much. That plus all the baked goods I’ve been eating mean that my jeans [...]

Quick family trip

Last night was strangely exciting for me. Unable to find anyone to have an election-results-watching beer fest with me, I sat at home alone and split my attention between the election coverage on the various local TV channels and the interweb, which gave me instant results about my riding. Despite being told that my riding [...]

How to keep away from gay?

The post title is a phrase someone googled to get to my website today. Depending on what definition of gay they meant, I might be able to help them. Today I managed to avoid all possible happiness, so they were right on with that one. I’m sure I also avoided homosexuals, but not on purpose; [...]

Friday Cat Blogging: To Serve Man

I’ve been thinking: when a cat kneads at your lap before curling up on you, or licks your hand in that cute bristly way, how do you know its true motives? I mean, sure, maybe it loves you, but then again, maybe it’s acquiring an appetite for longpig. Here’s my theory: kneading = tenderizing licking [...]

So true

(Via The War on Folly) Well, not really. One thing I’ve been surprised to discover is that I don’t have oodles and oodles of free time like I was expecting. Or at least I don’t have oodles of time sitting around with nothing to do. There’s always stuff to do. Or stuff to recover from [...]