Robbie and I enjoyed watching the Royal Wedding in bed this morning. No, we weren't up with the cuckoos for the live transmission from England, but we caught the first repeat on TLC. We enjoyed it a lot, and it was fun watching it together as we snuggled together under the coverlet. It was great spectacle and very romantic, as everyone seems to ( Read more... )

It's Family Day here in Ontario. In the States it is Presidents Day, but as holidays go, I still get a big kick out of Canada's official celebrations. "Family Day!"

It makes me smile.

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For the last month I have been on pins and needles about a letter I received from the Canada Revenue Agency regarding my 2008 taxes. Waiting for H&R Block to resolve the situation was more than I could handle. After several failed attempts to get through directly to the CRA, I finally talked to someone on Wednesday. She clarified for me the ( Read more... )

Anyone who has read my blog knows I am very enamoured of my iPhone. I consider it one of the greatest inventions of the human mind ever. I have dreamed of having a miniature computer that does what it does since I first read about “belt-loop computing” in some science fiction novel, and I couldn’t wait until I would have such a thing myself. The ( Read more... )

Last night I joined John C in London for a performance of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later at the Grand Theatre. The actual performance took place in the small McManus Studio Theatre, which was, I regret to say, a torture experience for us “big boys!” Getting into and out of the narrow, uncomfortable seats was difficult at best and painful at ( Read more... )

It has been a stressful week. After a relatively easy (though nevertheless painful) US tax filing accomplished remotely through a CPA in my home town of Stillwater, I started the process of filing a return in Canada on Monday. Thursday is the cutoff date to submit returns and payments. Today ( Read more... )