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Archive for October, 2007

Happy Hallowe’en

I’m happy that it did not rain tonight. Trick-or-treating was great with the kids, although I’m kind of disappointed that more neighbors did not have pumpkins out. Back in the day, in the mid-1970’s when I was a kid, Halloween was a HUGE deal. Or maybe it’s just HUGE in my little [...]

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Halloween Recital

Marina singing Originally uploaded by jkm3922
Believe it or not, my daughter has the voice of an angel.

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Poem Of The Week (POW)

Spelling Test
1 Harlequin Fanny Nub Dewey
2 FacebookPokeNudgeHotness
3 ChemotherapyOxaliplatinBevacizumabIrinotecan
There will be a test on Friday.Your life may depend on it.

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Hump Day

I spent the last 40 minutes searching for a spider.
It was under my daughter’s sheets (yuk) when she went to bed. She leaped out of the bed screaming “CREEPY-CRAWLY, CREEPY-CRAWLY!”. I saw the spider, then ran into the bathroom to grab TP so squash it with, and when I got back 7 [...]

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Girls Night

Karen and MeOriginally uploaded by Talking to Air
Last night I had a fabulous night out on the town with my friends KA and Karen. We enjoyed great French food at Jules Bistro, where I had the set menu special: salad, steak and fries, and chocolate terrine for $21. [...]

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Instant Poetica

Cry for me
A Tinkerbell crownpackaged for rough waveson the trip from China.
A new knifesharpest at its tipdesigned to chop tomatoes.
A tetanus shotten years of protection fromobligate anaerobic bacterium.
A momwho should have learned her lessonthe last time this happened.

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Poetry

The following is the poem I entered in the Vancouver International Writer’s Festival Poetry Contest. I am writing a lot right now, and may post up more poems as they evolve. For now, I hope you enjoy this one.________________________________________________________

Unrealized
On the ferry, between the capital cityand where I liveI can see many quiet islands.Some [...]

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That’s ’70s Geek

That’s ’70s Geek Originally uploaded by l0ckergn0me
This photo of Chris Pirillo makes me yearn for a simpler time. When life was all sunshiney and kids wore matching clothes at Christmas.

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Weekend Hi-lites

Dizzy Profile Originally uploaded by Talking to Air
It was a busy weekend here in our house. We had a chance to dog-sit Dizzy (a.k.a. Podcast Puppy) on Saturday night, and that was fun, yet tiring. On Sunday, Derek and I declared the day a [...]

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