Monthly Archives: December 2006
OAFE Award: ode to shawarma
If you aren’t a resident of Ottawa, you probably don’t recognize the word shawarma. You may know its cousinsView full post »
What ever happened to Sugar Crisp?
I remember it gracing my breakfast table in 1983 or so, at the coaxing of that smooth voiced, doe-eyed bear singing &#View full post »
Growing up.
You’d think that I would already feel like a grown up. I’m over 30, have owned two houses, been married, amView full post »
Cracked pots.
Augusto Pinochet died over the weekend. I don’t know much about his time in power beyond what wikipedia tells me.View full post »
Scared of Santa
We all have one. A photo of ourselves as a child on the big guy’s lap. For some, it was what they’dView full post »
Dual Citizenship
It’s pretty clear to me that the Prime Minister of Canada should be a citizen of Canada only. This would be trueView full post »
Poo this, poo that
I mentioned the Poo Sisters in my comment on Liz and Mark’s engagement announcement … the photo below tellsView full post »
Out-Charlie-ing Charlie
Inspired by Kris’ Charlie Brown Christmas tree post, I thought I’d tell the sad, sad, story of ChristmasView full post »
WOO HOO!
Not many of us old married folks can say that we got engaged in a place as exoctic as Trinidad…but even fewer canView full post »
Numb3rs
Throughtout this pregnancy, numbers have taken on a whole new meaning for me. Every tiny milestone is marked with aView full post »
Bold prediction!
Pluto’s recent troubles, plus the moon being where it is at any given time, have provided me with an insight intoView full post »
As seen on Scrubs this past Friday night …
(Yes, we were watching Scrubs on a Friday night). Turk: I cannot believe you are freaking out about this! It’s aView full post »
Exploding Dog
One of my favourite ‘check it every few days’ websites is www.explodingdog.com. Alicia introduced it to meView full post »