Author: kev

Someone at work today asked me why I say “howdy” all the time instead of “hello” or “hi”. Frankly, I really had no idea why I have chosen this form of greeting, and confess to have never put any thought into it before. I didn’t think it was that important, but the person at work […]

Oustanding show by mother nature in the wee hours this morning. The temperature and humidty rose quite nicely this morning, helping to create some very loud thunderstorms. Great light show, buckets of rain in a very short time, and the house was shaking from some of the nearby strikes. The speed with which the storm […]

Ok, I think I got the basics of the template done, and the site appears to be similar to what it was before. NTS: It’s a bad idea to create a div named “body” – there’s one defined in every doc already. Good thing I only beat my head against that and a “(” where […]

Today was a good day. In fact, today was an outstanding day. I thought about work for all of five seconds, then got down to enjoying the prefect weather. I started with an 18km run with Sylvie, which took us on a nice route from Alta Vista up Main, over the Pretoria Bridge, down Queen […]

For the first time since… well, the first time I visited in 1976 and got a guided tour of the shiny new CN Tower after riding around in a police car all day, I’m enjoying a stay in Toronto. There are places where there are real neighbourhoods, not just suburban sprawl and an antiseptic downtown. […]

So it’s a lottery, and the odds of getting in are around 1-in-2, but I’m still pretty stoked that I’ve been accepted to run in this year’s marathon in New York. It’s a pretty cool route through all five boroughs, finishing off in Central Park. Hopefully Walt and Lee will still be there, and I […]

Thanks Jon. As usual, you’re one of the few that has the balls to say it. Outstanding clip from the Daily Show. I heard it on the radio yesterday, and found the clip today. The video was originally posted on Lisa Rein’s site..

I’m back home courtesy of WestJet, who did a flawless job carting me out West and back. It was bootiful out, so I raked my lawn and filled 5 of those big paper yard waste bags. The depressing part is after all of that I’m only a third of the way done. I don’t think […]

Update: I get a silly number of hits from Google on how to actually pronounce Siobhan, and have even received email asking why I don’t explain how considering the title of this post. Fair enough. It’s pronounced “shiv-awn”, like Chevonne, but with more of an “ive” sound instead of “ev”. Update 2: I also got […]

Jell-o and McQuade picked me up this aft for Jell-o’s final pint as a single man at the Ship & Anchor on 17th. Kj’s first words after getting underway from my sister’s place in the suburbs were “I have no idea how you’re getting home.”. That’s the best part about friends – you don’t really […]