Stairs

Monday, 31 March 2008, 23:01 | Category : photo

Vernal Equinox

Sunday, 23 March 2008, 21:12 | Category : family

I celebrated Easter with my family, hosted in my home. A delicious meal of honey-baked ham, honey-baked turkey, cheesy potatoes, assorted vegetables, strawberries, and chocolate crinkle cookies baked by my eldest daughter. Yum.
Then a partial game of Monopoly with my daughters, my mom and my mother-in-law, mercifully cut short when my kids [...]

Once

Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 11:19 | Category : music/movies

Ipsissimus was right. She knows I am a huge fan of Damien Rice and told me that I’d like this new artist she found. Glen Hansard. I guess it looks like I have a thing for Irish folk singers, doesn’t it?
Glen Hansard is with the band The Frames. He also released [...]

Juxtaposition

Monday, 3 March 2008, 12:07 | Category : Politics, culture

[Why do I always seem to have an avalanche of words AFTER I have shut down my computer for the evening?]

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
That is the message in this book that I have been reading – In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. It’s a good book. [...]

Tribute to Jody

Saturday, 1 March 2008, 16:00 | Category : Hockey

On Wednesday night, midway through the first period, the Jackets played a video tribute to Jody Shelley who was back in Nationwide Arena for the first time since he was traded to San Jose on January 29th.
It was a montage of Jody’s greatest moments as a Blue Jacket, from scoring goals to fighting to his [...]