Another one from the depths of my email archive.
Step away from the buffet! Or not.
I have to agree with the Zero Boss on this one: the holiday season is not the time to be issuing moralistic reminders about healthy eating. It makes the nutrition
Dear federal Liberals,
Just how many months have we been forced to hear about the internal struggles of a bunch of fairly dull, fairly similar guys? The tedium has been intense and constant,
Hey ya, Charlie Brown
(HT, embarrassingly enough, to Blogging Baby)
Government warnings!
Thank you, Health Canada, for keeping us safe: Health Canada warns consumers not to use unauthorized intravenous health products due to potential health risks (2006 October 13) Hmm. Grey-market IV
I did not know that
Under the Employment Standards Act, 2000, if you are an employee who installs or maintains swimming pools grows mushrooms breeds and boards horses you are not entitled to statutory holiday
Tea party
Tea party Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Maddy was given a teeny-tiny china tea set by Honorary-Grandma E. as an early birthday present, so we’ve been having pretend-tea several times a
Read read read, sit sit sit
From Popgadget: Apparently it holds 5 linear metres of books.
Green
Elizabeth May, current leader of the Green Party of Canada, is running in the London North Centre by-election today in an attempt to be the first Green Party parliamentarian in
Again with the bacon
Pitchfork interviews Tom Waits Pitchfork: Do you have a favorite sound Tom Waits: Bacon. In a frying pan. If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and
Observation
The opening bits of Jack Johnson’s cute kid song “Upside down” and the Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” are distractingly similar.
It’s all in how you look at it
Me: Don’t touch that please, it’s very breakable. It’s just for looking. Five seconds later I turn around and the item in question is in Maddy’s hands. Me: What did
Silly me with all my RRSPs
….what I should invest in, at least according to the Toronto Star, is designer handbags. They’re ugly, but who cares? It’s so simple. You don’t even have to worry about
Pumpkin
Pumpkin Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. D did a wonderful pumpkin as always. Maddy chose the design. Boo!
Mea culpa
A big hello! and sorry! to anyone who’s ended up here via an incorrect link in the PDF/PowerPoint of my presentation today. A very long time ago we used to
Pink
I bought Maddy the best Halloween costume on eBay. I mean, it’s totally tacky but in the way that’s beeYOOteeful to a four-year-old’s eyes. She’s been all about unicorns lately
Mysteries of the Universe
Thank you, xkcd, for the clearest and shortest explanation of string theory I’ve yet seen:
Today
Today is: International Day for Disaster Reduction National (in the USA) Coming Out Day. My Mom’s birthday. Happy birthday Mom!
And now my back needs professional attention
Yesterday: Got up, ate breakfast, wished body would tolerate caffeine, read the (very thin) paper. Got dressed and headed down to the basement to help D mix up some thinset
Morning conversation
Teeter-totter 2 Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. D: Wake up, Maddy. Time for breakfast. M: blurgh. nnnn. snzzzzzz. ZZZZ. snfffblurgggh. D: Come on, time to get up. M: Zzzzzzzzz. Zz. D: