July 2010
19 posts
My boys
I took my nephews (8 and 5) to see despicable me yesterday, the movie was wonderful but the ride home was even better. I was driving and my oldest nephew asks from the backseat “are you an adult?” which is understandable, I live with my parents and he equates that with not being an adult. The discussion moves onto what I went to school for, try explaining to anyone under 10 what a...
"Saneman"
bgilliard:
In the Walrus, Adam Sternbergh finds a place for Michael Cera in the national psyche, but first opens my young eyes to this gem of a Heritage Minute waiting to happen:
For those not versed in Marvel Comics lore, Alpha Flight was a band of Canadian superheroes created in 1979 by John Byrne, a writer and artist who grew up in Alberta and who was, at the time, arguably the most ...
also, this is my new favourite →
itsmejanessa:
somebody teach me to make it on my own!
Janessa, hummus is really easy. Chick peas, garlic, blender, use some of the juice from the chickpeas, lemon, tahini paste (find it in the international section) and then this one seems like it has more spices added to it. just go nuts!
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a do run run
I’m starting to run again, and try to be in better physical shape but i need a sweet playlist to help in that. I need pump up and slow down songs Suggestions?
Reacclimatizing
bgilliard:
I want to re-blog and re-tweet everything. I need to refine my e-responses back down to a casual e-meh.
I am glad you are back in civilization!!!! I have missed your witty banter and look forward to wonderful tales from the back woods!
Sticky hot and a/c woes
So I’m enjoying another night of work sitting in my car that lacks a/c on one of the hottest days of the year and I would give anything to be in my ridiculously cold basement. You see the thing with my house is that since it’s ancient the a/c doesn’t really keep the 2nd floor as cool as my parents would like so they run the a/c and the basement and ground floor are like ice boxes...