top five things i found today…in my office

I stole this Top 5 idea from Barb…and added the ‘in my office’ part.
1. Noma lights from the 1950s, with woodland creature bulbs.
2. My lucky paper clip.
3. A giant pair of wool socks from 1898. And I mean giant. My whole arm fit in there.
4. The monitor to the Commodore 64. It was underneath the [...]

tomorrow never knows what it doesn’t know too soon

Well, I’m back in the greater Toronto area.
Oh, yes, I forgot to mention I was back home in the first place.
Apologies for the blog neglect, but things have been a bit busy round these parts. Today sitting on the train for 4 hours was the first time I stopped since um…since I left Vancouver? What [...]

and then the puck went flying

What’s your favourite board game?
I have a few but my favourite go-to still remains Trivial Pursuit, and I am very surprised that it did not make the list here – the top 8 classic board games that destroy friendships.
In short:
8) Mouse Trap
7) Cranium
6) Battleship
5) Risk
4) Monopoly
3) Scrabble
2) Candyland
1) Checkers
In my early university days we used [...]

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Marc Johns
I worry about you all the time. If a long time passes and we haven’t talked, I wonder if you could have fallen and hurt yourself.
i never think that i could cause one(s) to worry. i am so used to being on the other side. when the above was said to me today my [...]

one more tab and your silk hits the chrome

i think i may have run out of things to say.
actually, i have many things to say, its just that they keep happening so fast i haven’t the time to write them all down…and by the time i do sit at the keys things feel outdated.
in unrelated news, i am currently trying to remove all [...]

there’s a concert in my kitchen from the supermarket

If you’re into the Canadian independent music scene (and why wouldn’t you be, eh), check out NXNE and the live stream. There are some really great bands at this festival, its worth a click.
Perhaps you’ll even see some of this. More here.

Well, I’m off to get my hands dirty. Finally have the kitchen to myself [...]

four play

I keep seeing this “4 Things” post around.
The only interesting question I’ve found on this tag is, “4 books you wish you could read again for the first time.” It made me stop for a second and ponder…because we can never go back. With each time you read a book, rewatch a film, or listen [...]

and if the grounds not cold

Did you know that are 666 panes of glass in The Louvre Pyramid?

Well, according to urban legend.
I just wanted a pretty picture to post for my 666th post. That seems like a rather large number for the amount of time I’ve had this particular blog, but on average my entry’s are usually quite short. Yes, [...]

a chemical reaction

Last week when I was filling out roommate surveys there was a page in the questionnaire that asked – what emoticon best represents your personality?
After I picked myself up from the floor from laughing at the question, I looked at my options. Believe it or not, there was a tophat and half grining emoticon, which [...]

it’s a very dangerous thing to do exactly what you want

You know that feeling you get when there is just too much to do, like a combination of overwhelmed and anxious and in order to deal with this you kind of just shut down a bit?
That’s kind of how I felt this weekend. I have so much to do, but I just could not focus [...]