Archive for June, 2007
little one
I was fish sitting for Brian while he was in Ottawa, and well, this little Betta fish (Tuffy) has so much personality. I swear it knows when I’m home and it starts swimming around frenetically and watching me. Now that he’s home, I needed to fill the void so I went and picked out my [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )to ottawa and back
I took the train up to Ottawa on Tuesday night and it was only about an hour late because we broke down just outside of Gananoque. Brian met me at the train and we wandered around the city, trying to find food.
I met my cousin and his wife the next day for lunch. We haven’t [...]
kimbooktu and booklounge
My absoultely favourite blog about all things books (actual books, book type furniture, games, gadgets etc.) just did a feature about a new blog over at BookLounge.ca. Definitely check out Kimbooktu frequently — she discovers a lot of very cool book-related gizmos and just ran her first contest ever that was open to contestants around the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )sir salman rushdie
Salman Rushdie, one of my favourite authors, was knighted. I still haven’t read Midnight’s Children, but it is definitely way up on the top of the list.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )rapid transit in toronto
I am SO excited at the potential prospect of my dream come through — rapid transit and more subways in the GTA! Here’s hoping it actually happens.
I am constantly frustrated with public transit (especially when I come home from London and wish that the tube could be superimposed over the GTA). (I’ve talked about taking [...]
mark haddon’s view of sense of humour, quite humourous
Despite the title of this post by Mark Haddon, his explanations and comparison between Americans, Canadians and the British sense of humour is spot on and so funny! What do you think? Do you agree?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pre Order Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Gift Certificate
If you pre-order the new Harry Potter from Amazon they are giving you a $5 gift certificate to use on another order on top of the already great discount. You can pre-order the book here and they will email you with the gift certificate info. Pretty cool!
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )one day…
Brian is contemplating moving to Europe. Not for a year or so, but contemplating (and I believe it’s a highly likely move). It would be great for his career for sure. And I think he should defintiely go. But I also think we would most likely end up ending things. So here’s a flash into [...]
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