Some observations: One expects, reasonably, to have sore arms after canoeing. The sore abs (from bracing the paddle strokes) and glutes (from balancing the boat) are always a surprise. My
Category: Ephemera
Geeks in the woods
We are going to the woods on the weekend. No cell, no wireless, no anything but loons and wind and probably a few determined mosquitos. We have hot chocolate, marshmallows,
O, fear the hairy sasquatch!
CBC: Mounties in eastern Manitoba have nabbed a strange, hairy monster that has been stalking campgrounds in and around the Whiteshell Provincial Park for the past two summers. … …
Self-actualized pit viper
(A found poem, comprising titles from my spam) I. A certain tenseness could be sensed in the atmosphere of the household I have read your treatise–a very useful work, but
I knew it was good for something
Fat from the tummy or bottom could be used to grow new breasts
Two really bad puns
…which arrived back-to-back in my RSS this morning —
June.
More booths every week at the farmer’s market, and more stuff each week. This week: asparagus, strawberries, a few things like early cukes and broccoli. I arrived late, after a
Best LOLcat ever
Code! and Resist!
I’m at DrupalCamp, surrounded by a sea of (other) MacBook-toting geeks. There’s a conference of Marxists using the same space. A while ago they came in and carried off a
Man with Goofy & Donald Duck scarf
Man with Goofy & Donald Duck scarf Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. On Bloor Street. Happily we were headed in the same direction so I could follow him and take a
Alone, but not alone
The very delicately written piece by Mary P linked below brings to mind a conversation I had once with a newly-separated woman whose daughter was in the same daycare class
Random Punching Guy strikes again (and again)
From the Star: Why Jean has to watch her back A few years ago I was walking along Dundas a few blocks west of Yonge near the bus terminal, and
Women’s Post
Women’s Post Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I’ve never felt a need for this newspaper (or, in fact, noticed it before). Does this mean I’m an amateur woman?
Happy long weekend!
Reading at the museum Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Yesterday we bestirred ourselves only to head down to our local for brunch (crab-and-spinach eggs benny and double-chocolate cherry stout, mmmm) and
March 2007 26 Things
I did pretty well with the March 26 Things list (hope that link works — if not try this) — I got 20 of the 26 this time, better than
Birthday wisdom
I had a lovely afternoon at the craft show on Friday and am now the owner of: a laptop bag for my new computer (in grey flannel with red satin
Make a List
It’s raining Really hard Yay! Perhaps it’ll remove some of the disgusting scum left behind by the melting snow Temperature is well above zero. Rainboots instead of snowboots this morning.
Musical Crush of the Moment
It seems that Young Galaxy is streaming their entire album (which will be released next month) on their website. It’s pretty stuff, if a little bleak in spots. If they
White white dead stick white wet cold dead stick white
Smile Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I’m trying to do the 26 Things list for March (a sort of photographic scavenger hunt), and wow, it’s hard to take interesting photos right
“If you don’t shape up I’ll sell you to the Gypsies!”
…babies fetch about $10,000 these days, apparently. Bulgarian ones, anyway. It’s always so distressing when people live out stereotypes.