It was about two years ago now that my friend Ed unexpectedly passed away from heart failure. I had been meaning to write a big long blog entry about my experience dealing with the loss and grief, that was going to be all meaningful and insightful, but I’ve come to realize that I am certainly [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
The camera came back
Back in the 1970s (and before I was born) my mother worked in the library at Douglas College. There was this intern, a young woman named Sheila, who was asking about the library’s cameras and if she could borrow one. She was going on a trip far away (South Africa, maybe, or somewhere similarly distant) [...]
The story so far
On a Friday afternoon in late August, I had just come back from lunch with workmates, and was sitting at my desk configuring a new database and looking forward to the weekend. I’m often kind of chill on Fridays, so I was being a bit lazy about it and chatting with friends online at the [...]
Friday Cat Blogging: What’s missing from my life
I always had this nagging feeling that something was wrong, that I was missing out on something. Turns out I was right. Kittens and a roomba are all that lie between me and a life fulfilled.
I’m not sure if this is an old April Fools joke or not, but Thinkgeek has the Control-a-Cat Remote Control [...]
Working from home is difficult
Keep finding a cat on my lap. Can’t say no to the fluffy belly.
Nothing to write about. Too busy working on contracts. All I have is work and cat.