So at last... There is a new arrival in my household. A sweet, slightly plump 3-year-old calico cat who is currently hiding under my bed. Her name is apparently Allie, but I think I will have to find a new name for her, because having her have the same name as a longtime close human friend of mine would be confusing all around ( Read more... )

According to a recent Globe & Mail poll, nationwide, the Green Party is now ahead of the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois, making them Canada's third most popular party ( Read more... )

So, one of the things we learned when kettunainen's mom was up here is that early teething runs in the family. Most babies don't start showing even preteething signs until about four months, but Kettu had apparently started full-on teething by three months, and her nephew actually had several teeth showing by then ( Read more... )

kettunainen, optimystik and I are delighted to announce the birth of

AIDAN SEBASTIAN WARNER-LANDSTREET

Born at 4:40 am, Thursday, July 26, 2007
At St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
8 pounds, 8 ounces.

Baby, both moms and dad are all doing fine, if somewhat exhausted.

( Pictures )

"Are you, sir knight, perchance, in love?" inquired the Knight of the Wood.

"To my woe, I am," answered Don Quixote, "though the sorrows arising from well-placed affections should be accounted blessings rather than calamities."

- Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part 2, Chap. XII

Well, there is nothing to take one's mind off one's woes like a new arrival in the family. My fur-family, that is ( Read more... )

Well, it has been a bloody depressing week, for reasons which I won't go into detail about now, but for a change have nothing to do with K. BUT... tonight was actually very good ( Read more... )

I've been tossing around the idea of starting a web journal for ages, but had held off partly due to uncertainty about the various methods available (straight HTML on my own site, a CGI script, or a remotely hosted service like this one) and about how anonymous or non-anonymous to be (my own web site has my real name all over it and is frequented ( Read more... )