I walked down to town today to buy my friend's daughter a Christmas present.  Her husband is English (even if he has been living in the States long enough to no longer have an accent), so I thought it'd be good to get her a couple of typically English children's books.  So, obviously, I got a Paddington Bear book and another one called That Rabbit ( Read more... )

My internet connection is going in and out (BT is having issues) so let's hope I can actually type up and post this entire entry without anything going awry.

I found out some interesting things about my family yesterday.  Upon examining the family tree that Evelyn drew up, I found out that I have a relation who was Bishop of Ontario (Protestant) ( Read more... )

According to the family tree Evelyn made, I'm related to the Right Reverend Edward John Bidwell, who was Bishop of Ontario from 1917 to 1926.  I'm also related to Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, yes of the Column.  Or, you know, if we want to get technical "The Most Noble Lord Horatio Nelson, Viscount and Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Burnham ( Read more... )

I went to mass today.  The sermon was...interesting, to say the least.  I actually had my MD and recorded the whole mass (mainly for the Latin bits, but it didn't come out too well cause there were a couple of kids sitting in front of me who would not shut up!).  Here's a link for the gospel/sermon if you want to take a listen: http://www.sendspace ( Read more... )

I've been really quite depressed all day ( Read more... )

I didn't make a post yesterday because I didn't do anything worth posting about.

Today, though, I didn't do much more.  I went to confession, not really for confession though as I didn't do anything wrong.  Note that I said "do" and not "think."  I think terrible things all the time.  At any rate, this was more for advice than anything.  The priest ( Read more... )

I went to the National Maritime Museum today.  Pretty fucking cool, if you ask me.  There was a whole gallery devoted to Nelson, some amazing stuff in there.  They had the uniform he was wearing at the Battle of Trafalgar when he died.  The breeches have blood all over them and are cut open in the front from when they were taken off.  There's also ( Read more... )

Today was not quite so eventful.  I don't think I even got out the door.  I did, however, pick up a new design job.  So that's a plus ( Read more... )

I didn't do anything at all today.  Well, nothing fun, but I did get a bit of work done.  And I watched The American President, so now, of course, I'm absolutely fiending for West Wing.  And more prawn cocktail crisps, which are divine...as long as you don't smell them ( Read more... )

This post is not so much lining out my day (it's only about 3:15 though, so if anything interesting happens between this post and the end of the day, I'll make sure to post), but more a rambling, personal musing on...stuff.  I've been thinking too much lately ( Read more... )