So, despite all the drama, missed connections, lost boarding passes, lost baggage ticket (!!! I blame the next point for that) and an evil, counterproductive check-in worker, I am actually sitting in my father-in-law’s kitchen. It could be worse, we […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Still sitting on the tarmac in Ottawa, 65 minutes after we were supposed to take off. What do you think are the odds of us making our 70 minute connection? There is another amazing story to tell, but I will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once again Team Awesome will be cycling for CHEO, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. I like doing this ride because, as a dad, I hope I won’t have to use their facilities and those that do are able to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We all went to my Mum’s house for our Easter Lunch as usual. I had a secondary task: finding this model kit: Kid #1 has become fascinated with the Lancaster bomber in the Canadian Aviation Museum, and has begged […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thanks to the Hugo lists coming out, I finally took the time to finish off the Harry Potter movie franchise. Monty Python can illustrate how I felt about the movie more than anything else: Important characters from previous movies would show […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Quandary: I like to read everything in each category before voting on them. George RR Martin’s A Dance With Dragons landed on the novel list. I do not like to read middle books of series first (OK, exception made for Cyroburn, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Almost every summer, we visit Croatia and spend a few weeks on the island of Cres, a pretty nice, laid-back time spent drinking coffee, eating fish, swimming, and drinking beer and having kremsnita at the café in the old lighthouse […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m starting to slow down, but I’ve at least realized why (I hope). Shadow Rising has roughly 140000 more words than Dragon Reborn, but it’s less than 100 pages longer (when setting up the tickers on the right, I ignored […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, it’s official. I’ve got my tickets to Croatia, and I’ve registered for KonTakt, aka Eurocon/SFeraKon. This should be EPIC! Go, having a legitimate reason to be there when it’s on! I will post a full trip report when I’m […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They say that imitation is the finest form of flattery. To that end, I figure I’d share some of the yummy beers that I find in my fridge from time to time. On Tuesday I had a bottle of Harviestoun’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…