New York City!

During the week of my birthday (July 4th) I spent five fabulous days and four awesome nights in New York City!1. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time and I ended up having a great time! Of course it helps when you’re

Finally

You may recall me mentioning the deficiencies in my loft and the painful long wait to have them fixed. This Monday, after several months, one of the major items was finally resolved: the missing kitchen cabinet door. Oh how it mocked me, but no more! Witness its splendour!

The Underground House

Last night I had a recurring dream, or rather imagery, that I’ve had for years, at least since I was in my twenties. In it, I’m in a neighbourhood in some part of Scarborough (where I grew up). This neighbourhood wasn’t once that actually existed but one

Continuing Education

Starting back on May 5th I was taking an intro computer science course that will began my path (and hopefully not an overly slow one) towards obtaining a Certificate in Computer Programming Applications from Ryerson University. It was a night course: three hours on Monday and Wednesday nights and an

Awesome Barbeque Rub

Here's a little recipe for a delightfully spicy rub that I found in Sobey's Inspired by Compliments magazine a little while ago and modified to my liking. I use it almost exclusively with chicken, but I'm sure it would work with other meat options.

Mac

Using Spotlight as a calculator in OS X Leopard

Here's a little handy tip I discovered today thanks to the Apple Quick Tip of the Week podcast: You can use Spotlight as a basic calculator. Now the the thing is, the Dashboard widget is fine and all, but this is so much simpler and faster for doing

Dizzy Spells

For most of last week I was suffering from a benign case of vertigo. Whenever I moved my head, or got up from lying down, I'd get a dizzy spell. Sometimes it even made it a little hard to walk, so I took a few days off work

Deficiencies

This has probably been one of my longer, if not the longest, breaks to date. Sorry about that. So, three months later and I’m pretty much settled in to my new place. There are still a few things I’d like to get, but for the most part I’

Occupancy

In what seems like a sudden event, I now find myself taking occupancy for my loft after all this time (three years!). Last Friday (November 2, 2007) I actually moved a whole bunch of furniture and a few assorted things, just to get me started, and I’m on my

The end of another wellness streak

Well, almost 5 months later and I got sick again, damn it. I got a cold about Wednesday and I’m just starting to feel better today. Thankfully, for whatever reason, I rebound fairly quickly so my weekend has not been entirely shot. Hazah!

Running in the rain

Yesterday was an interesting and kind of weird day. I suspect it's because of the unpleasant association it will have to that awful day six years ago which perhaps makes people pay attention to details more than they normally would. I was having that kind of day. I

On my love of Wikipedia

I’d have to say that, on average, I search for something on Wikipedia about two or three times a week. That’s kind of impressive when you consider how often I used to look things up in a traditional (meaning, paper based) encyclopaedia, which is to say two or