Oct 30 2003
My computer is getting old and creaky, so it’s time to upgrade. I’m not going to throw the whole thing out, since the CD/DVD reader/burner is fine, the hard drives are good and plentiful, the sound card is adequate, the keyboard is alright, and the box is good. Instead, want to fill ‘er up with […]
Oct 29 2003
I received an email from PayPal yesterday. It said they were doing a random information check and that one of my credit cards was not registered properly. I’m always sceptical about these things so I looked a little closer. I clicked the link and it lead to what appeared to be a legitimate PayPal page […]
Oct 27 2003
After spending most of the weekend painting the bathroom and installing lights and mirrors here and there, and other miscellaneous home-building tasks, I fired up the kitchen last night and made our first serious kick-ass meal since moving.
Mushroom-stuffed trout
I began by sautéing a couple of handfuls of sliced mushrooms in an oiled and buttered pan […]
Oct 23 2003
Bombs away!
Image from Brandstaetten by Joerg Friedrich
I’ve written several times about the horrific aerial bombing campaigns that took place towards the end of World War II. They make the September 11, 2001 attacks look minor by comparison, with tens — even hundreds — of thousands of deaths occurring at each raid, and entire sections of […]
Oct 21 2003
Restaurant Fameux, 9:30 p.m.
It’s 1:45 a.m. I have not yet packed the bedroom. The TV, stereo, and computer are all still hooked up and wired. The back room still has some mystery piles. I just found another bin of mystery papers that need to be sorted (and mostly trashed).
Earlier, M and I went out for […]
Oct 19 2003
The science and technology of Guinness beer continues to evolve. A generation ago, the only Guinness options in Montreal were the lame “Canadian made” Guinness that was brewed and bottled under licence by Labatt, and the occasional pub that sold expensive keg draught of the real stuff.
Can that!
Then, in the mid-90s, Guinness came out with […]
Oct 16 2003
As M and I were admiring our big old trees the other day, she suggested we might want to trim them a bit. No longer necessary, as that big blow that passed through Montreal tonight tore a large branch off of one of the trees — exactly the branch that prompted our thoughts towards trimming.
So […]
