May 2007

Truck face

May 31, 2007

When I was in university, I used to use this phrase, ‘truck face’. When you woke up in the morning, all groggy, your face feels heavy and puffy and you generally feel plain exhausted, then you have truck face. Truck face hit last night when I was watching the game. I am not sure if […]

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Sarah

May 30, 2007

For those of you who don’t already know her, this is Sarah. Sarah is dying. Many, many people are hoping that that is not the case, that there will be a miracle. We can all hope. But unless the miracle comes, we will lose Sarah soon. I’m not going to turn this in to a […]

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A Dog’s Brain (or: Last Night’s Heart Attack)

May 30, 2007

Last night we took the Beagle to the leash-free park at Lemieux Island. Lemieux Island is where Ottawa’s water purification plant is located, and as the name suggests, is an island right on the river. This park is great, because it’s entirely fenced in except for the entry and the edges around the water. It’s […]

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A slight bloggy hiatus…

May 28, 2007

… sorry about that. However, I was having far too much fun driving through the misty hills of Ireland seeking out my next pint. This trip was incredible, both on a scale of vacation-enjoyableness as well as on a personal level. Stepping away from a few depths I’d mired myself in to gave me a […]

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Ugh.

May 22, 2007

This is disturbing. You’ve been warned. Tonight in the bar, Sky News was on the television in the corner. The scrollbar on the bottom read that Chinese Zoos were being criticized by animal rights groups after Sky News obtained footage of live animals being fed to tigers for entertainment. Ugh, right? Well, it got worse. […]

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Maybe Blogger is f*cking with me

May 21, 2007

Posting - Erstellen! maybe I’ ve somehow accidentally enabled German as my default language. Or maybe I’ve been drinking. Either is equally valid as a reason why I see the words Ensitellungen and Blog anzeigen on my screen. This could also be the same reason I saw a beck’s beside the bathroom sink just now. […]

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Bacon and plastic

May 17, 2007

Here I sit in the Air Canada Arrivals Lounge at Heathrow. This place is a little slice of heaven. After a 8 hour overnight flight, where you have little room, less air and no patience, you come out of baggage and walk in here, where they offer you a private room with a hot shower. […]

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An abundance of fun

May 14, 2007

Why is it that everything fun always happens all at once? I can be living the most mundane, everyday life for months, then all of a sudden there are 8 cool fun things happening all at the same time and I can only pick one. We’re heading to Ireland this week.. and missing the rest […]

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What I wish Blogger did

May 11, 2007

In case nobody’s noticed, I tend to blog in spurts. I’ll churn out three posts in a day then not write for a day or two. And what I wish Blogger did was allow me to delay posting something, so that I would know that something’s posting while I’m not writing. I’ve tried setting the […]

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Organics: Part the Deux.

May 11, 2007

You may remember my rant from this post about finding out more on Organic certification in Canada. Well, within probably 15 minutes of me sending the email to QAI, I recieved a response. Very impressed! I like people who read and answer their email right away. The response is below: Dear Shannon - Thank you […]