HiR:tb Toots (@warwalker)

Gone Fishin’

It’s 2:55 a.m. and I still have to get some sleep before rising at 7, loading up the car and heading out the door for a week of fishing with some friends.

My wife is the most awesome person in the world for allowing me to do this while she stays behind and heads to […]

No Fat Lady Yet: Tidbits from the Balsillie/NHL Ruling

Not Yet Needed in a Phoenix Courtroom

I spent some time this morning (on my coffee break, relax everybody) looking at what Judge Redfield T. Baum had to say about the Phoenix Coyotes bankruptcy proceedings (Odin Mercer at Five for Howling has posted a link to a copy of Judge Baum’s ruling.)

Much will […]

Ralph Wiggum Makes an Appearance at the Joe

Y’know, I hate it when guys say stuff like I told you so, but I did correctly predict the winner of tonight’s Stanley Cup Final and the recipient of the Conn Smythe Trophy. No doubt the media will be arriving on my front lawn tomorrow morning wondering about the secret to my prognosticative prowess; here’s […]

Passive Aggressive Sign Language

Rona, as it used to was.

Not far from the friendly confines of Juniorvania, there used to be a Rona store. Careful and attentive readers may remember this store making a cameo appearance in a home improvement saga related to the making of shelves from last year. I think I went in to that […]

Bushed.

It’s been a busy couple of days of gardening, and now I’m bushed.

A Panorama of the New Rear Garden

Yes, I waited three days to post THAT photographic pun. Sue me.

For an idea of what the newly landscaped area looks like, check out the “Before” picture. Well, you could if I remembered […]

Ferris Bueller Had the Right Idea

Shhh! Don’t tell anyone, but Spouse and I have taken a couple of days off from work.

A day off is a wonderful thing; if you’re anything like me, you have it in mind to accomplish so many things, but you also want to just revel in your chance to drive in the slow lane […]

This Space Occupied.

Actual reasons no writing got done yesterday:

schedule included one hour set aside to undertake “put up the birdfeeder” project; actual time elapsed to complete “put up the birdfeeder” project: four and a half hours, including two trips to three Canadian Tire stores in two different municipalities; the grass – it keeps growing, and I […]