Dec 15 2005
Last night Martine and I decorated our Christmas tree. We started a ritual last year in which, during the trimming of the new tree we burn a piece of the stump cut from the previous year’s tree. Let me tell you, not much burns faster or brighter than a piece of spruce that’s been drying [...]
Dec 12 2005
Sherry, the fortified white wine that originates from the Jerez region of Spain, was invented many centuries ago ago. Wine of various sorts has been made in that area for some 3000 years, but during the age of exploration people like Columbus and Magellan needed a wine that could withstand long journeys by sea. Someone [...]
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Dec 09 2005
The Mini has a favorite hiding place under a cedar tree next to the neighbour’s house. This afternoon I tried to get a photo of him in his spot and he attacked me as I snapped the shutter. OK, OK, it’s not quite as scary as this, but I don’t happen to have a pet [...]
Dec 07 2005
Last week there was a bit of a shitstorm in the U.S. (and in Canada) over the city of Boston’s decision to rename the city’s Christmas tree that they receive as a gift from Nova Scotia every year. The new name? The “holiday tree.” This is stupid on many levels. That kind of politically correct [...]
Dec 01 2005
OK, that might be a hasty assessment. But I followed a Google ad to the Fotothing site, out of curiosity. It seems to be a Flickr-like thing for sharing photos on the Web, complete with tags and other Flickr-like features. OK. Flickr is somewhat brilliant, so I have neither reason nor desire to switch, but [...]
