I watched 10,000 BC last night and enjoyed the visual aspects of the film – lots of neat scenery and the action sequences were interesting. The film dragged for quite a while as the main character wandered across the desert (a metaphor for the plot?) and it was silly in a lot of places, but [...]

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So I went curling for the first time ever this afternoon with work, and Natasha got to come along and throw some stones down a sheet of pebbly ice with me. Initial impression is that it’s definitely more fun to play than to watch. Also, sweeping can be surprisingly tiring, especially when you’re giving it [...]

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Greg, Mad, Natasha and I did a fun skate up a good chunk of the canal (about 3/4?) last night, and this morning I woke up a little stiff. I think that’s one of those “old people” things I’ve heard about. Some stretching throughout the day is in order.
It was fantastic having a bit more [...]

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I’m tempted to do a series of food posts because Natasha and I cook up a storm on a pretty regular basis. Valentine’s Day was exceptional this year, anyhow, so it at least deserves a post.
Typically in the kitchen I’m the “prep guy” – I do all the cleaning and cutting, Natasha’s the “chef” – [...]

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We headed out for a date on Valentine’s Day to check out the movie “Coraline” and both really enjoyed it. The movie is an incredible piece of work – a technical and imaginative film that explores a world where all of a little girl’s dreams come true… at a price. I was blown away by [...]

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Deciding we were made of tougher stuff than most, Natasha and I opted to test our winter survival skills by walking around Andrew Haydon Park knee-deep in the snow. Apart from one guy and his dog, it was a pretty desolate place. Any paths that may have been broken in the snow had long since [...]

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Natasha and I headed down to Confederation Park to check out the ice carvers working on their tasty sculptures for Winterlude. When we caught them, they were still 9 hours away from finished, but many of them tasted nearly done. I’m looking forward to going back to lick the final results!
Among the highlights was this [...]

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EVERYTHING MUST GO! 100% MARKDOWN!!! I’D SELL YOU MY SHIRT BUT I JUST GAVE IT AWAY!
Okay, no, I’m not opening up a furniture store, BUT – we live in a pretty big building and near to the end of every month (moving day!) a bunch of discarded furniture always piles up in the [...]

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I completed a couple of neat tangible projects this week – there’s something about putting real things together that’s really satisfying since most of the stuff I do starts and ends as bits in a computer. Being able to hold something in your hand at the end of the day is really awesome.
I made up [...]

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For the first time in a long while Natasha and I went out pubbing with a little gang from work. I was pretty tired so I wasn’t sure I was up for it but I didn’t want to turn down the invite, so we met up with the gang to check out the Carleton Tavern [...]

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