And so it begins. A wonderful start for the host country, scoring the first goal of the tournament, and holding their own really well against Mexico ( Read more... )

In honour of one more really disappointing vote by my neighbours to the south:

The Same Sex Marriage Debate - Simplified

Kinda says it all, really...

5 Things Cities Could Learn From Burning ManSo we've been back for almost a week. The photos are up on facebook. We've unpacked, the laundry is (mostly) done, and I'm finally getting around to writing here again ( Read more... )

The Man burns in 101 daysWe have actually not too much to do this time. Just a new tent, since the wind storms of the last few years have left our current one not quite structurally sound. It would be fine for the average family camping trip, and we're actually thinking of giving it to my brother and his family, but is just isn't quite up to the 80 ( Read more... )

I think I need to get a copy of this book.

An exerpt:

The rise of Idiot America, though, is essentially a war on expertise. It's not so much antimodernism or the distrust of the intellectual elites that Richard Hofstader teased out of the national DNA, although both of these things are part of it. The rise of Idiot America today reflects - ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago at a party, a good friend of mine, who had recently been chastised by her boss for being too *ahem* forceful at work, asked me how I, as another rather forthright and forceful woman, managed to navigate that particular minefield and maintain respect in the workplace without being branded a bitch. We have very different tempers (my ( Read more... )

This weekend's culinary adventure was making your own butter, using the directions found in my latest cookbook, "Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes". Surprisingly easy, but really, really messy ( Read more... )

So I got approval to go to Chicago at the beginning of May for the next IHE face to face. Sadly this is not necessarily an indication of how things will go long term, but rather a "let's keep going as usual while we figure out what's really going on" kind of non-strategy thing. But hey, I get to go ( Read more... )

We leave for Burning Man in 140 days.;

Which means it's time to start saving money for our trip. Something we have not been very good at in the last few weeks.

We followed our trip to Kingston and our trip to Montreal with a trip to wine country this weekend with _notanartist_ and Adam. As always, it was tons of fun, but not anywhere close to cheap. We came ( Read more... )

Getting from my house to Gila's mid-day. Time to drive: 35 minutes to 1 hour, depending on stuff Time by transit: 45 minutes Time by bike: 18 minutes