Just Bloggin’

We rode up in the elevator with the coach and several team members from the Toronto football team. They were huge. This is the second time in my life that I’ve looked around and seen nothing but chest at eye level. The first time was…

Still nothing to report. I’m in Montreal for the end of the week, since redmed has a conference to attend, it’s not a long drive, the weather is nice, and I can work from anywhere. So far I’m impressed. Montreal is treating me well. Good…

I find that I’m tired of my last epistle about Merlot being at the top of my blog … but I don’t have much else to say. I’m very much enjoying my life. I have great friends, great opportunities, incredible luck, and I think it’s…

I was at the vet the other day (tending to cancer cat), and saw something sort of amusing: There was a woman with a Chihuahua, whose anal glands had just been expressed (the dog, not the woman). She was deep in conversation with the desk…

You wanna know how bad off the cat is? I just gave the cat a sponge bath (she hasn’t been able to clean herself very well for a while, and she smells pretty bad) … and she *liked* it. Purring and purring and offering one…

My brother’s wedding last weekend was absolutely beautiful, and I need to document it in another post. First, though, I want to set pen to paper about our late night adventure with the belligerent drunk. The wedding was at my dad’s place, which is about…

I had forgotten about one endearing aspect of home ownership: Since property transactions are matters of public record – there are advertising groups who scour those records with incredible efficiency in order to send out official looking letters offering products for your mortgage or house.…

I spent most of yesterday working on the house. We’ve started dividing the world into critical-path and non-critical activities. Critical-path is “anything that is actively keeping us from moving into the place.” Non-critical is everything else. We then proceed to laugh at ourselves because we…

I was awakened most horribly this morning. My cat, Merlot, has a cancer of the jaw. It involves bloody drool. This morning, I think that she was feeling sick and lonely, so she came and sat on the headboard above me as I slept. Aaaaaaand…

I got high praise at Judo today. A visiting judoka from our friendly neighbors to the north was working a particular throw. There was some discussion about whether said throw would work on someone taller than her – and it was suggested that she try…