October, 2010
Waiting for equilibrium to return…
Just a quick little note to say that I am alive and well and had a great vacation. Well, it’s not quite over yet… I’m still in Barcelona, Spain for the moment. I head back “home” on an overnight bus tomorrow, getting back on Monday. I’ll then have a few days to recover before going [...]
So, is it true…
… that your houses are made out of wood in Canada? … that you have stores that are underground? — that there are people that speak French in Canada? … that you have forest fires? Kids are precious. Other gems: Do you have lots of computers in Canada? Is Canada a rich country? What do [...]
Last minute travel plans.
I don’t normally book a major vacation 2 days before I leave, but that’s exactly what I did today. I’ve been searching around and comparing prices on and off for a couple weeks now. All inclusive resorts in the northern parts of Africa, guided bus tours around various parts of Europe, Disneyland Paris… at some [...]
Please tell me I’m not stupid.
This is a screen shot of my most recent Bell statement. There are other pages, but this is the summary page (so I am not withholding any relevant details by not showing you the other pages): I am sorry the numbers aren’t terribly clear, but I think you can still make them out. If you [...]
Conflicting Interests
I’m sure you all know for now that France is on strike. I’ve mentioned it before and I’m sure you’ve seen it on the news. I am in a small town, so things are pretty quiet here and if I didn’t watch the news at night, I’d hardly know anything was going on. In larger [...]
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