Attended Avacal May Crown yesterday. Although no longer able to fight rapier for more than a few minutes (curse you, tennis elbow!), I was surprised and relieved that after several years hiatus, I could still draw a relatively light(40#) bow and hit the target more often than not ( Read more... )

Chlorine powder left in a 9th-floor stairwell causes evacuation of the entire hotel? So just how much powdered chlorine was there? How long had it been there? To evacuate the whole hotel there must have been a substantial amount of it. While powder may have an odor it is not likely to cause the kind of fumes needed to evacuate the hotel. Now, if ( Read more... )

R.I.P.
Cpl. Nathan Cirillo of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Gunned down by a coward as he guarded the National War Memorial in Ottawa today.

Went to see Guardians of the Universe tonight. First time in a theatre in a long while...
O.K., I admit it, I went for the raccoon.

It was awesome! Funny and sappy and lots of action....can't remember the last time I heard a movie audience applaud...

Marvel hit a home run with this one...can't wait for the sequel.

Indy (Grousebusters Indecent Proposal) passed today after a brief struggle with cancer.

She had heart. She was a good dog. She was a good mother.

I'm buying and selling books in my spare time, since I'm not working. As well as reducing my library against the day that I keel over, so as to spare everyone the task of cleanup. If anyone's interested, I'm on Amazon Canada, "The Curious Dog ( Read more... )

Does anyone know how to embed a sound file in an email so that it plays when the email is opened?
My wife wants to sent out a simple greeting card with a carol attached, but it's proving to be mutch harder than either of us anticipted... :(

In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, I know there will be renewed calls for gun controls ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's fricking snowing already. Bah.

the truth comes out as the fire burns low ( Read more... )