Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
Because I’m feeling random like that 1. I don’t know if it was the full moon or what, but the dog decided last night that bedtime was a great time to go apeshit, and she tore around the bedroom at full speed, pausing only do to her crazy doggie doofus dance (picture bouncing repeatedly up … Continue reading Thursday Thirteen
Someone was asking me yesterday about social networks. And what with the constant stream of emails and posts about facebook, twitter, et al, I figured I may as well chime in on my stance. No. Just no. My feelings on social networks and web 2.0 in general strongly mirror Derek’s, who said it so well, … Continue reading Anti-Social
Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives. ~Paulo Coelho It’s no secret … Continue reading My So-Called Life
I just wanted to interrupt your morning to gloat about the whole Daylight Savings thing. I think it’s AWESOME! Normally I’m a surly cow about the whole “losing an hour of sleep” thing – but that was before jetlag! Since we got back, I have NOT been able to sleep past 4:00 or 5:00am (including … Continue reading Spring!
No, not the fitness blitz that Neil and I started. This is an entirely different regimen. I realized last Friday night that I am completely and utterly ill prepared for a trip to the UK. I have completely and utterly lost any and all ability to hold my liquor. I thought the Cinco de Mayo … Continue reading In Training
So through the hectic haze that is the holidays in December, and then that long, slow January, I was feeling a little… off. My blog posting slowed, work slowed, I wasn’t out and about on the town much and really just wanted to hang out in my wee cocoon of home and man and dog … Continue reading Authentic
I’m posting this mostly as a reference and reminder to the man (who will swear right up until midnight on the 23rd that he has ages of time to do his shopping) – but also because I have not much else of substance to post, and on the off chance that the internets at large may want to buy me a gift (hey, a girl can dream, right?).
And so I present to you, after the jump, my wishlist for the Non-Denominational Consumer Orgy of Winter Spending 2006:
Continue reading “A few of my favourite things”