Interesting meme, although mine is kind of sad-looking (though I like the tiny red French Polynesia dots in the middle of the Pacific): create your own visited countries map
Author: Robyn
Older and wiser
Every year on my birthday I share a small piece of my accumulated wisdom. For the upcoming year my bit of (recently-learned) wisdom is this: Do not, on an overnight
First Day of Spring
Maddy was very indignant about the weather today. “This is the wrong kind of spring! There are no leaves!”
First mudpies of the season!
Sandbox #1 Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Lovely weather last weekend had us out at the park. (It’s now back down to freezing, of course.)
Did the plague cause Europe’s mini-ice-age?
A cheery BBC story for this cold Monday morning: Europe’s “Little Ice Age” may have been triggered by the 14th Century Black Death plague, according to a new study. Pollen
The new government
I’m in denial about Tony Clement being the new Minister of Health LALALAICAN’THEARYOU so here is a nice distracting picture of George Clooney. In other news, I have the worst
Blueberries are #1
Study: Blue Skies for Blueberries In terms of area under production, blueberries rank as the number one fruit crop in the country. Blueberries officially surpassed apples in top spot in
Crazy Train or Emotional Subway Attack
This was in my bookmarks from way back, and it still amuses me. I don’t believe a word of it, but the concept is fabulous, darling!
Vote!
Vote vote vote vote vote. Need help? See Elections Canada.
Our incumbent MP entertained me
…by losing her cool at our all-candidates’ meeting last week after being asked pointed questions about copyright and various conflicts of interest between her government role and her campaign donors.
Meme
Well, good thing I have a zoology degree then…. You scored as Biology. You should be a Biology major! You are passionate about the sciences, and you enjoy studying cell
What passes for New Year’s fun at our house
We raised, if not the roof, the second floor of our house by a centimetre or so. (Not by partying, sadly.) Safety-Averse Former Owner (SAFO) decided that cutting great huge
It moves! Run away, run away!
I drove a car the other day for the first time in oh, about 13 years, returning our Autoshare car to its parking spot a few subway stops west of
We clean up decently
Here’s a low-quality scan (in the real one I don’t have white fluff on my shirt) the photo we’re giving people as a Christmas present. Maddy was reluctant to share
My beautiful niece
Zoe Victoria W., born December 17. sniff Lookit all the gorgeous hair, and her perfect little lips! Ah, babies….
The science of “beer goggles”
Clive Thompson blogs that someone’s worked out “a formula describing the precise interaction of booze, lighting, and distance that produces this dread syndrome”.
Yay, I can finally mention the quilt!
I’ve been dying to talk about the quilt my Mom and I were making for my sister’s soon-to-arrive baby, and since it has reached its destination I can finally speak
Public Money Well Spent
Heady stuff: Manitoba researchers study why beer foams
Eggy Excess
Egg production in Canada totalled 436.1 million dozen during the first nine months of 2005. That’s about 14.5 dozen eggs per Canadian. And the year’s not over yet!
Kitchen destruction
Thanks to the tool of power, courtesy Lee Valley …our downstairs Once and Future Kitchen is about as empty as it can ever get. Now we can rebuild it with