“You will ride eternal, shiny and chrome!”
Brother #2 was in town this weekend. Just left, actually, wending his way across Toronto streets in the throes of multiple disruptions — rides, parades, torch runs, the like. We had […]
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Istanbul
For the second time in as many weeks I was invited to speak at a conference in Europe, so I braced my body clock for another impact and got on […]
Ben Istanbul’a gidiyorum
See you in a few days, ever’body. .:. Cover photo by Robert S. Donovan, used under Creative Commons license
“Squirrel! Where’d you hide your nuts?”
In the week or so that we’ve been back from Berlin we’ve eaten out a lot, due in large part to our near-complete lack of groceries. New-found patio weather’s had something […]
In which I use a brief interlude between flights to contemplate subtle changes in how we use our spare time
Spring is usually a pretty predictable time for us. The sun comes out and so do we: we drive down to Niagara once or twice, we buy a Hot Docs […]
90 hours in Berlin
OK, I’m very tired and very behind on a number of other things, so this Berlin trip summary is going to be a brief one. TUESDAY We left home at […]
Wir fahren nach Berlin
Bis bald! .:. Cover photo by Mariano Martel, used under Creative Commons license
“You didn’t see that coming?”
In between errands and work we found time to take a Sunday afternoon off. We watched Avengers: Age Of Ultron (imdb | rotten tomatoes) at the Yonge & Dundas VIP, and it was […]
Crimefighter
I’ve started watching the new series Daredevil (imdb) on Netflix. It’s pretty good so far, and it needed the freedom of someone like HBO or Netflix to let it breathe. Read: it’s […]
