Making pumpkin pie this afternoon. The world (or, at least, this apartment) needs more pumpkin pie.

Convergence: The Joy of Cooking has a recipe which is almost identical to the one printed on the inside of the wrapper of the pumpkin tin. I'm using the one in the book, except of course for doubling the quantities of all the spices. (Except the ( Read more... )

Words of dubious wisdom from Iris Evans, Alberta's minister of finance & enterprise, on the "sacrifices" her children have made in order to "raise their children properly":

"They've understood perfectly well that when you're raising children you don't both go off to work and leave them for somebody else to raise."

Thank you, Ms Evans. Thank you for ( Read more... )

1. In embarrassing news from my home town, the Calgary Catholic School Board, apparently because of calls from concerned parents, has decided to remove Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass from school libraries pending a review. Reasons this is stupid include (a) shutting gate after escape of livestock (it's already been there for more than a decade ( Read more... )

From Overheard in the Office:

10AM We May Have Lost Our Laser-like Focus on the Customer, Though

IT guy #1: So, Stan* is trying to bring some cohesiveness to our group...
IT guys #2 and #3: [Laughing.]
IT guy #1: No, I think it's working. Because now we're all like, 'Fuck you, Stan.'

1135 64th Avenue
SE Calgary
Alberta, Canadia

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