Gosh, it’s been forever since my last posting. Doh! Busy couple of weeks… Well, not really *that* busy. I’ve been staying up too late at night playing computer games, then sleeping in in the morning. As a result, I’ve been getting up too late to get much done. Better turn that trend around before it […]
Week two of sweet freedom. Friday and Saturday I was in Guelph for Thanksgiving, and came back into town on Sunday. I made a first attempt at a pot roast for Sunday dinner, which came off pretty well (and has been serving nicely as leftovers this week). Monday I finally crossed StarCraft off my list […]
I’ve managed to check a couple of tasks off the to-do list. The latest one was finally getting the wireless LAN working with the other router. So I can write this from the living room, via the internet connection upstairs in the office! The weather’s been spectacular for the last few days. I was up […]
I’m FREE!!! It feels wonderful… Not that I’ve been sleeping in, so far. I had a pretty normal weekend, but yesterday I got out for a game of golf with Bruce (fabulous weather, our last batch of summer heat timed perfectly for me), cooked myself a nice dinner, and went off to Mendelssohn. Today I […]
Last day. It’s been a busy week. I’m trying to wrap up work on an important design document, mapping out the user login process with connections through to another system that maintains user security rules. But I also managed to send in my time reports for the next 10 months… I guess I’m really committed […]
5 1/2 days left. The countdown continues. I had to work really late last night preparing a document for today and missed choir rehearsal. But with the end in sight, it all seems very bearable. The project’s got a weird dynamic at the moment, though; the bank leadership are hunkered down working on planning the […]
I’m now in the position of learning the same music (Orff Carmina Burana) for two different choirs (Exultate & Toronto Mendelssohn Choir) at the same time. Conductor’s interpretations, pronunciation of some words, etc. may vary — and I’m singing second bass for Exultate and baritone for TMC. However, I am getting paid for the Mendelssohn […]
A week since the World Trade Center/Pentagon attacks, and it’s clear the world simply isn’t going back to how it was last Monday. Sure, daily routine hasn’t changed too much, but there’s a lot of bitterness, a lot of fear, and a lot of anger. The only thing missing seems to be real, concrete answers. […]
On the canoe trip, I completed Park and Ride: Adventures in Suburbia, by Miranda Sawyer. Often very funny, this nonfiction book discribes Miranda’s trip into the deep dark secrets of suburbia in England, exposing some of the myths and explaining how the suburbs are working their ways back into the cities. An excellent read. 4 […]