Best of Canada 2009

While my photography has improved I am still not the prodigy I had hoped. It took 154 clicks of the shutter to get 10 share worthy photos. I love the flora and fauna as subjects and think a trip to the arboretum might be on the horizon once I read a few more chapters in the 'how to' books.

No, you don't need glasses

Blast you Vista. You got me again.

Upon printing and picking up the 2008 Holiday Examiner this weekend I learned of new defect--er um enhancement--in Word 2007. While complete with some very sexy photo treatments they degrade the quality of picture exponentially. My fine friends a FedEx Kinko's (love them!) offered to rerun the job at no cost but it would have required I head home, tweak each pic, resend job then go back and pick up. Sorry readers... I said "Screw it."

Consider it like this, I am 35 now and if I were on TV they would be shooting me through a filter, perhaps cheesecloth even. Why should my sans celebrity life be any different?

Surely I jest. I've uploaded the original photos for your online viewing pleasure. Enjoy.

Niece in a Box

The phrase made famous by the SNL short (Note: link takes viewer to uncensored content... when viewing it won't be 'bleep' in a box) here is a similar take on my first full day watching my niece Sophie. Old school play pen courtesy of Ikea.


We had fun today... she was extremely patient with me.

In a word... Eeewww

After putting the vacuum together and took it for a test drive in my living room. Below is a picture of my results. Allow me to give you some context:

• I live alone.
• I have no pets.
• I have wood floor laminate throughout my first floor.
• I take my shoes off in the foyer and spend my time barefoot or in socks.
• I have actually vacuumed before.

These are the results of vacumming a 4x7 patch of a 3-year-old wool area rug.

Needless to say my new Dyson sucks big time... in a good way.

Worth every penny!