Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Baby! The Other Other White Meat!

A little over six years ago, I was diagnosed with Cancer. I was told that among other permanent changes to my body, the chemotherapy and radiation was likely going to leave me completely sterile – I would be unable to have a baby by “conventional” means. At that point in my l... More >

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Holy Shit! We’re back!

Jesus fucking Christ! (Feels good to swear sometimes, doesn’t it?) Okay so the site still doesn’t fully function, but I’ve decided to make this site work for me. But first I’m going to lay down a few rules. They are for anyone looking to start a fight based on some ... More >

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Best Shots of 2009

I’ve had my DSLR for just over a year now, and while I don’t fully understand how to use its myriad settings, I like to think I at least have a good eye for shots…occasionally. This year I drove through the maritime provinces, visited my ancestral home, and went to Newfou... More >

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

French Wipeout?

Television without cable isn’t so bad. I live downtown and I get CTV in HD over the air (but not through the ocean), Global and CBC most times, and sometimes I can get City-TV and Omni 1/2. I also get several French channels. Now I like to think of myself as a bilingual couc... More >

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

I can't quit you, baby.

…but I can’t finish you, either.

A website is a little bit like a child. You conceive it (though using methods hopefully unlike the ones employed by humans) and grow it inside your computer, and – when it’s ready – you unleash... More >

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Coming this Fall

Moving!

I found a nice place right downtown, no more need for a car! Yeah sure it’s convenient, but at what cost, really? At some point, it’s not that much harder to just sit on a bus for an hour every day. 

Teaching!

This will be my fourth or... More >

Monday, August 24th, 2009

It's all going (mostly) according to plan

  • Template formatting: Done
  • Cool slider element for recent posts on Home Page: Done!
  • Twitter updates on Home Page: Working…sorta?
  • Recent Posts in Footer: Done!
  • Popular Posts in Footer: FAIL. See footer for my replacement.
  • Comment area:... More >

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Welcome to my slightly unsettling dream…

Installed Wordpress, changed over the template to my new one. Started bringing HTML elements over and linking all the CSS and Javascript. Here we go again…

I’m trying a bunch of new things I’ve never done in Wordpress before. Namely: