Life
Blog posts about life, art, and everything.
A diary of a home renovation project
July 4, 2013 | BlogWherein the author, with very little home renovation experience, attempts to complete a bedroom and office space in the basement of his home in preparation for baby #3 (code name Omega) who is due in July.
Subtle, universe
June 26, 2013 | BlogI swear to God this is true. With no prompting from me, my computer just interrupted the CBC radio stream in iTunes to play Monty Python’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. Subtle, Universe.
Loons keening
June 21, 2013 | BlogI just heard loon calls referred to as loons keening. I’ve never heard it described that way before. It’s perfect.
Parenting is like peeing in a room full of people
June 6, 2013 | BlogIf a young couple were to ask me what it’s like to be a parent, I’d tell them it’s like peeing in a room full of people, because I swear to God I haven’t been without an audience in the bathroom since 2009, and all that’s missing are score cards and applause. 10!
And I didn’t even lose a nail
May 2, 2013 | BlogKnow what’s better than getting your fingers caught between the articulated panels of a closing garage door? NEARLY ANYTHING ELSE EVER.
C is for Cookie
April 30, 2013 | BlogC is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me. Cookie, cookie, cookie, starts with C. Cookie Monster
Raccoon on the roof
April 4, 2013 | BlogIts 4:30 am, do you know where your raccoon is? It’s on my roof eating frozen death from my garden hose, that’s where. Ryan 1, raccoon 0. After a bit more sleep, I climbed onto the roof to see the damage. That ring tailed bastard ate through the vent pipe flashing! Being on the roof […]
Parenting is like a sci-fi fantasy epic
March 6, 2013 | BlogA young couple asked me what it’s like raising children. I told them every day was like living a sci fi fantasy epic. The 2 year old is goose stepping around the kitchen island with a bath towel on her head yelling ZOMBIE! over and over and over. The 4 year old, who has totally […]
No ordinary cat
January 31, 2013 | BlogThe old cat has a psychological prowess. A way of the mind. An uncanny ability to motivate bloodless ends to misdirected mice who find them selves inside this house. And so it is, that I find myself thinking I should feel badly for the mouse who just now went scurrying across my basement floor. Is […]