Life

Blog posts about life, art, and everything.

Subtle, universe

Subtle, universe

June 26, 2013 | Blog

I 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.

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Loons keening

Loons keening

June 21, 2013 | Blog

I just heard loon calls referred to as loons keening. I’ve never heard it described that way before. It’s perfect.

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Parenting is like peeing in a room full of people

Parenting is like peeing in a room full of people

June 6, 2013 | Blog

If 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!

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And I didn’t even lose a nail

And I didn’t even lose a nail

May 2, 2013 | Blog

Know what’s better than getting your fingers caught between the articulated panels of a closing garage door? NEARLY ANYTHING ELSE EVER.

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C is for Cookie

C is for Cookie

April 30, 2013 | Blog

C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me. Cookie, cookie, cookie, starts with C. Cookie Monster

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Death and taxes

Death and taxes

April 5, 2013 | Blog

Death and taxes. At least death doesn’t come with paper work.

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Raccoon on the roof

Raccoon on the roof

April 4, 2013 | Blog

Its 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 […]

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Parenting is like a sci-fi fantasy epic

Parenting is like a sci-fi fantasy epic

March 6, 2013 | Blog

A 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 […]

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No ordinary cat

No ordinary cat

January 31, 2013 | Blog

The 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 […]

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Public school gulag

Public school gulag

January 30, 2013 | Blog

True story. While signing Kid A up for school today, a girl walks into the office and asks the admin for the key to the dungeon. I like this place.

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