misc

As product placement goes, this is actually pretty clever: most Americans will have no idea it’s a real thing (or assume it’s just a real Canadian thing) and most Canadians will just be excited to see their national hangout on American network television. On an unrelated note, I have two meetings scheduled in Tim Horton’s […]

Posted on 22 October 2009 and filed under Canada, misc

I didn’t really get into this whole Obama winning the Nobel prize thing one way or another, but I really enjoy this article about it in Maclean’s magazine. Here are some highlights: “And post-modern it is—the notion that positive thinking can be conflated with positive results, like The Secret unleashed on the worldwide political stage.” […]

Posted on 13 October 2009 and filed under misc

Clouds raining fire?

Posted on 28 August 2009 and filed under misc

Me, when packing things to send home: “I don’t need medicine. I’ve never gotten sick in the summer, and what are the odds of it happening within the next two weeks?” Voice in the back of my head: “You’re jinxing it…” Me: “That’s irrational.” Guess whether I’m sick or not.

Posted on 12 August 2009 and filed under misc, personal

Seriously, if you aren’t using StumbleUpon, try it out. I would never have found this, otherwise. “Trilobis 65 Floating Home Trilobis 65 is a semi-submerged dwelling environment. Reaching 20 metres in length designed by Giancarlo Zema for habitation by six people at sea. It is ideal for living in bays, atolls and maritime parks. The […]

Posted on 17 June 2009 and filed under design, misc

  I’ve thought this should be a t-shirt, and apparently it is, so now I just have to find it.

Posted on 4 June 2009 and filed under Canada, comments, misc

I’m a pretty big fan of t-shirts. They’re comfy, they’re casual, and for a brief period around 2003, they were classy when combined with a dress jacket and jeans (I think this time is past us now, though– I’ve been wearing a shirt and tie to work). I also have a notebook where I write […]

Posted on 2 June 2009 and filed under misc, social media

from stairporn.org » (found via CBC Radio 3 (again) ») UPDATE: it turns out that this in turn links to an entire site devoted to cat ladders called, appropriately enough, catladder.blogspot.com.

Posted on 27 May 2009 and filed under design, house and home, misc