2014 Annual Report: Focus
If last year was a year of adjustments, 2014 was a year where the focus shifted entirely. Our jobs become the dominating, and sometimes sole, draw on our attention. Of course, we […]
Monthly Archives: December 2014
The best of everything from 2014
Rather than write a bunch of separate posts I’m smashing everything together into one gigantic lump. All lists are in alphabetical order unless otherwise noted. .:. MY FAVOURITE MUSIC OF 2014 […]
Michael’s on Simcoe
Yesterday was our 11th anniversary. We spent it watching hockey. That’s how cool my wife is. After we watched Sweden smoke Denmark (accompanied by two hours of loud, drunk commentary by the […]
#HereWeGo
It’s an annual Christmastime tradition to me, watching the World Junior hockey tournament. Since this year’s tournament is being split between Toronto and Montreal we bought four ticket packages — two […]
“I’m a soldier, man. I like guns.”
And so, the great ‘sprint to watch the highest-rated films of 2014 because we’ve been slack all year’ begins. We started last night with two fairly quirky ones: We could see why The […]
I cannot stuff any more food in my face
As is usually the case when we spend Christmas in Toronto, Nellie has prepared a Christmas feast. Or a series of feasts, as it were. Christmas Eve soppressata, prosciutto, cheese, and baguette w/ a Blue Mountain […]
Hello, new phone
Three years ago I bought my first (!) real smartphone after living with Blackberries for a long time. I loved my Galaxy Nexus and it served me well for a […]
Early Christmastime
We did Christmas a bit differently this year: in order to be back in NS at the same time as a brother and his family we flew out last week — […]
Selma
Last Wednesday, after meeting a buddy for drinks at Weslodge, I saw an advanced screening of Ava DuVernay’s movie Selma (imdb | rotten tomatoes). It’s not being released to theatres […]
All they needed was a retired shooting guard
Another pretty good weekend: the Murphy girls were once again in town. But first I got to see the Raptors game Friday night which, despite the loss to Cleveland, was […]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 