Archive for June, 2008
Moskau ho-ho-ho-ho
This is quite possibly the most disturbing video I have seen in days. Thanks a lot Shannon.
JK Rowling is my hero
JK just gave a commencement speech at Harvard and she spoke on the benefits of failure. The whole speech is fantastic but the failure stuff hit home: The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you are not very well-acquainted with failure….I think it fair to say that by any conventional measure, a [...]
Lazy Sunday
Do ant bait traps work? I’ve discovered that ants have been getting into my kitchen via a very small tear in the weather-stripping on the back door. I hate ants. Sure, they’re harmless. But they’re all buggy and twitchy and make me feel itchy and seeing one crawl across the kitchen counter makes me jump [...]
I’m feeling Plurky
You read that right. One of my Twitter pals mentioned a new upstart called Plurk (I know, wtf?) that’s similar to Twitter. You get 140 characters, it’s sort of easier to follow convos etc. I joined (and if you want to check it out and sign up, just clicky, and you’ll automagically get me added [...]
Storminess and Geek Chic
Took some video of the oncoming storm tonight. Nothing dangerous and I was safe inside when it hit, although again, my town fared well when all was said and done (though this seems to be the storm that never ends. It hit here around 6-ish, and it’s after 9pm and now we’re getting hail.) Anyway, [...]
Pretty in Pink
I’ve never been a “pink” person, but on a website it can be fun. I was going to stick with the blues, but I never really warmed up to it. Anyway, yes I did some rearranging around here. Again. I got a wild hair last night around 9:30pm and decided that I needed more than [...]
Spook Attack
One of our favourite things to do with the kitty is let her bat around and attack our feet. She got in a mood while I was playing with the new cam
