Cottage Stag

I spent this weekend at a “cottage” in the Kawarthas. I say “cottage” in quotes because it is really more of a gargantuan house with room for 16 people, a couple of hot tubs, two barbecues, a huge deck, a guest house, a large stretch of...

This is what Kevin Bacon looks like

So I had my appointment with the sports medicine specialist today. Before I got there, I went to the hospital to pick up my MRI scans on CD. The disk is pretty cool. It runs an application that lets you step through all the “slices” of the MRI like a...

Wire hell

I need to do something about this. It’s a mess up there in my loft, and it kind of prevents me from using that room. One of these days, when I can stand being without Internet for about an hour, I’ll take everything apart and put it back together again,...

Frozen Monkey

I’ve been doing a lot of everything lately, so this blog entry will cover as much as I can remember. The Arctic Monkeys concert was fun, for me anyway. They played most of the songs from their two albums, but missed Riot Van. I had hoped they’d play that...

Time in flight

It’s been a very quick few days. I drove up here to Montreal after spending the night in Toronto. I left at about 6 in the morning and got to Montreal by about 12:30. It was a bit further than I had anticipated, but the weather was good, and traffic was light....

The knee saga continues

I had a doctor’s appointment tomorrow to go over the results of my MRI. It’s official. I have a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and a torn miniscus on the outer side of the knee. I was hoping it would be something that would heal on its own, but I...