happy canada day!

On this day, 139 years ago, our big little place on the big blue marble was created. My parents were married on the 100th anniversary, and the 125th anniversary seems like it was only yesterday. Happy birthday to the place I will always call “home”, no matter where I end up. *sniff* (and ya, I […]

`jen

I know exactly how you feel (at least, I’m pretty sure I do). Good luck. Remember: sunshine and fuzz therapy in large quantities.

so maybe they’re working

I’ve run three times this week, and things are feeling a lot better. The excruciating pain along the fifth metatarsal has faded considerably. My knee isn’t telling me to stop after twenty minutes. I now get some pain in the arches, but I was told to expect that as the foot adjusts to the corrections […]

r&r

Today I shipped my less-than-two-month-old camera back to Canon for repairs. In the process of shipping it I learned several things: I really dislike packaging fragile things for shipping. Think “snowball made of cardboard and bubble wrap”. I should be more careful with carpet knives if I expect to have all my fingers when I […]

crackd

Well, fuck. Seems I have a wee bit of a problem with my new camera. It looks like the glass filter that covers the CMOS is cracked (the lens is sparkling, and when I look at the sensor I see a line going side to side that matches the shape I see in the pics […]

if england played brazil

It is just before the England v Brazil match. Ronaldinho goes into the Brazilian changing room to find all his teammates looking a bit glum. “What’s up?” he asks. “Well, we’re having trouble getting motivated for this game. We know it’s important but it’s only England. They’re rubbish and we can’t be bothered.” Ronaldinho looks […]

and while I’m bitching about expenses

4046 I was mostly ok (as in I wasn’t going to cry, but I’m still somewhat pissed about it) with my nano getting nicked, because I had a year old 4G that has never been dropped, and has been working like a champ. Bad things started happening last week, and now the champ is down […]