The Blork Blog

Space Cadet…
I know it’s my role as a curmudgeon to complain about things like this, but I’m totally on-side with this Lance Bass kid’s desire (and ability) to be the world’s third space tourist. The 23-year-old Bass, who made ka-jillions of dollars lip-synching with that annoying boy-band
‘N-Stink
has the financial resources (in the range […]

Oh, my aching legs!
The Montreal Tour de l’île is this Sunday, and I’m thinking of entering. For the uninitiated, the Tour de l’île is one of the world’s biggest bicycle events–thousands of people take to the streets on bicycles and complete a long circuit that is closed to car traffic. It’s part of a […]

Fringe Festival’s

a-comin’…
Yessirree. It’s a-comin’.

Tough life, even with the five-hour lunches…
To celebrate M’s new job which starts tomorrow, plus the fact that it was actually a really nice day today (clear sky with a few puffy clouds, no wind, 25ºC), I declared a picnic.
The plan was to book out of work at 1pm, claiming a half-day of vacation. […]

I’m sitting here looking for a synonym for "conclusion" that is visually similar to "INTRO" (it’s for a Flash navigation button). RECAP? Maybe. REVIEW? No, because it could be interpreted as "replay" by people for whom English isn’t their first language.
This brings to mind my university physics professor (I took a course in astronomy […]

A quick Sunday meal to finish the weekend…
First, a salad of two lettuces, tomatoes, and cucumber, with a vinaigrette of olive oil, Dijon mustard, and lemon juice.
Second course: lightly sauté three kinds of mushroom (shitake, peid bleu, and some very tiny wild things whose name I can’t remember) and some shallots in some butter. […]

Yes, I know
that last post is the longest blog entry in the history of humanity, and no, I won’t be mad if you don’t read it. :-P