I managed to talk my sweet into going to Hopdevil last night and had this tasty lager. The bar seems to have branched out from its specialization on Belgian Trappist ale to a more worldly offering. In fact, they only […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…