St. Patty’s Day

by | Mar 20, 2007 | Improv, Personal, Photography

Well that was a fun weekend home. Landing in Hamilton was a bit hairy because of the wild weather. The pilot had to abort the landing about 10 seconds from touchdown. The engines roared and the plane banked steeply into the sky again. My fellow passengers and I looked...

Day 2 of work

by | Mar 16, 2007 | Personal

Things are starting to settle down, more or less. I’ve now got more usernames and passwords than I can shake a stick at. I’m starting to keep a file with a long list of intranets and other internal systems that I need to access. I’m all set to work...

New job

by | Mar 15, 2007 | Personal

It’s been good so far. It was a bit adventurous getting here… Air Canada cancelled my flight from Hamilton, and put me in a cab to the Toronto airport instead. After all my careful avoidance of YYZ, I still ended up there in the end. The flight was good...

So much is happening

by | Mar 12, 2007 | Improv, Personal, Photography

This has been one of the busiest weeks I can remember. First of all, the big news is that I got a new job. I’ll be working for a software design company in Montreal as a project manager. It has all come together so quickly. On Monday night, I started discussing...

One-pot cooking

by | Feb 23, 2007 | Personal, Random Thoughts

I don’t like washing dishes. So when I find a recipe that only requires one pot, that’s a winner for me. Here’s a noodle recipe that I cook somewhat often. When I use the word “recipe,” it’s a pretty loose interpretation of the...

Happy Knee Year

by | Feb 19, 2007 | Personal

I went to the doctor’s this morning, and waited an hour to see him. I feel a bit crawly in doctor’s offices, with people hacking and coughing around me. Fortunately, in addition to being a family doctor, he’s also an OBGYN, so the condition of most...