Living
Inspiration in Dog Walking
I’ve been having trouble thinking of topics to write about this week. Well, ‘Personal Blog’ stuff anyway. I spent some time pulling together a quick ‘Business Blog‘ to show some colleagues at work. If there’s some interest I might get one started at work. But it’s been tough finding things worth writing about once I [...]
Motivated to Innovate
I’ve been reading a lot of Seth Godin’s stuff these days. LOTS — books, e-books, blog posts and anything else I can find. He’s not only a breath of fresh air but he’s helped me look at the work I’ve been doing in a new way. How’s that? Well, in Free Prize Inside he talks [...]
My Political Compass
I found this neat survey over at the Doc Searls weblog last week. It attempts to plot one on a 2×2 matrix based on the more traditional ‘left – right’ political continuum but also on a social axis. I ended up “Left Libertarian” and quite a ways on the edge at that. Not exactly in [...]
Excerpts from the 2006 Christmas Letter
After three years of disappointments, I finally wrote another Christmas letter. I think it topped out at 5 pages once Cindy increased the font to something viewable by the Bifocal Generation. That means it’s a little too long to simply copy in one post. Besides, by the time anyone I know finds this blog it’ll [...]
The Dog Whisperer
I was extra-tired at Robyn’s practice because Cindy and I were up late watching old episodes of “The Dog Whisperer” They are hosted by Cesar Millan whose shtick Dog Psychology. He’s absolutely hilarious! My favorite line to dog owners: “They’re not less than human; they’re just not human” The main theme of the show is [...]
Boy in the Snow
While the oven may be snowbound and Van may be iced up, this week’s cold temperatures and heavy snowfalls has brought one of my favourite people back to life. Ben, aka Snow Boy, has once again magically transformed from moody bookworm to icy adventurer. Within 24 hours, there was a 4 foot igloo in the [...]
Van in the Snow
Back in 1993 we decided that our new minivan was going to last us a long time. We didn’t want to be strapped with perpetual payments (no matter how “easy” and “monthly” and the decision was consistent with our frugal values. At the time, we didn’t know what a ‘long time’ looked like. Some vague [...]
Oven in the Snow
It’s snowing for about the fifth day in a row now and as I look out the dining room window at the brick oven I can help but wonder what effect all that snow has on the brickwork. I didn’t get a chimney cap installed (or designed) in time so there’s about 4 inches of [...]