Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
I’ll admit, I haven’t exactly been feeling the Christmas Spirit the past little while. Yes, we have the tree, and lights, and carols and parties galore! Not to mention, we’re young, in love, and engaged! Despite all that, things just haven’t been… cheery. This morning over our usual Coffee and Breakfast TV in Bed, Neil … Continue reading Grinchified
Snow awesomeness: skiing & boarding! Snowball fights! Snow days from work! Snow not-so-awesomeness: the cold! The bad drivers! The endless slushy muck! did I mention the cold?!? Holy hell Batman, there’s a reason I don’t live in Toronto, or Edmonton, or Montreal, or Juneau. This perpetual blizzardiness can just feel free to fuck right off … Continue reading Brr
I’ve totally backdated this entry to yesterday, when I meant to post it, except my not-so-hot hosting company took the entire server offline to backup a failing drive. I definitely expended more energy fretting about my lack of blogging ability than it takes to write an entry anyway, so I don’t think I should be … Continue reading NaBloPo-MOFO
I was all ready to share a great “Snow Day” video of me and the dog in the park. Unfortunately for you, I got sick of waiting for both Google Video and YouTube to stop being assholes. That didn’t happen before I ran out of patience, so no video for you. Hope you enjoyed the … Continue reading Crapping Hell
One of the culinary frontiers I hadn’t explored until today was shellfish. I don’t mean eating (I’m an old pro at that one), I mean preparing in my own kitchen. I doubt I would’ve made it there, had I not possessed an excess of wine in the fridge that needed to be cooked with. (Wine … Continue reading Mussel Man
I want to give you a good car-life, I really, really do! I got you inspected before buying you a little over a year ago, and other than that seemingly small pulley issue that the dealership said they’d fixed, you checked out A-ok. Well today marked the day I paid more in repairs for you, … Continue reading Piece of Shit Car
Jonathan posted on Metroblogging Vancouver yesterday regarding his opinion on having a dog in an apartment building. Vancouver’s no-pets-in-the-building policy is probably a good thing. If people want a dog, they should at least have a house with a yard or public park across the street. It’s an opinion I hear a lot from people … Continue reading Dog-gonit