It's the little touches that matter(ed)
Today I received a nice customer service letter from Scotiabank: Nice, right? Checking to see if I’d like to get a lower rate, or if I’m thinking about moving. That’s […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Every nineteen minutes
Have you heard of Drummer? As in, the band made up of five drummers from Ohio? Most famous of which is the Black Keys‘ drummer? No? Well, you should. Legally, […]
The cool thing is, there's literally a field below his house
As I have so many times before I made my Dad a CD yesterday. Or, rather, I compiled a playlist; I neglected to get a CD writer in my lastest […]
Where women glow and men plunder
Right now my brother Tim and his wife are on a plane, flying halfway around the world to begin a new adventure. As he announced on his blog last month […]
The band everybody (especially Canadians) should be listening to
Since the demise of The Rheostatics, the door has been open for the title of most quintessentially Canadian band. I was tempted to say The Constantines but they don’t have […]
5 significant moments
A meme on James Gardner’s blog (which is a great source if you’re interested in reading about innovation) caught my attention last week: a list of the five people who’ve […]
Entertainers
On his blog today, Dilbert creator Scott Adams wonders why people get so bent out of shape about the likes of Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh. During the peak ratings […]
Seasonal beer and '60s nostalgia, just like the pilgrims
It’s been three weeks since I blogged about anything but the France trip. Ahem. Sorry about that. Not that I could have managed much original thought in the past week […]
France: day 11, 12, 13 & 14
DAY 11 So much for sleeping in. The alarm went off at 6:45, and a room-service breakfast later we were picking up RER train tickets at Musee D’Orsay. About half […]
France: day 9 & 10
DAY 9 We left Manoir de Montflambert right after breakfast, taking a bottle of their champagne with us. We saw a fox not long after leaving the manoir, before we […]
