The Blork Blog

A couple of years ago I pointed out a really scary Easter Bunny that was part of the Easter decorations in the building where I work. Well, it seems the diabolical decorators have resurfaced, but at a different venue. Check out the holiday decor that adorns Place Bonaventure:

Wow! That’s just plain weird! Talk about nightmares […]

Hey, you know that 20 pounds I lost this year? Looks like somebody’s found it.

I was on CBC Radio’s Daybreak show this morning, talking about my blog and the Canadian Blog Awards thing. I was on early – 6:40 AM – so I’m sure you all heard it. If you want to listen again, here’s an MP3 of the interview (6 minutes, 1 MB.)
And of course, don’t forget to […]

Some of you may have seen this video already, but I was messing around with YouTube and decided to post it there. It’s the video Martine and I shot in Rome last May during our wild scooter ride around the eternal city.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5A72VELpNk

Ride, baby ride!
(Technical note for Wordpress users: if you have trouble embedding YouTube or […]

I hate sucking up for votes, but I actually made the “top five” cut in two categories at the Canadian Blog Awards first round of voting; “Best Blog Post Series” and “Best Activities Blog.” If you’ve enjoyed my blog (which will be six years old next month!), then send me some love over at the […]

The Mini, our very curious and adventurous cat, left the house at about 10:00 A.M. Saturday. That’s typical – he does his morning rounds and then comes back around noon. On his return he paws at the glass on the front door and demands to be let in for lunch. He eats quickly, then takes […]

In the debates over the value of organic food production, it is not uncommon for people to point out to the “dosage” factor when it comes to the use of pesticides. According to that argument, the numbers indicating the level of pesticides occurring in industrially farmed produce mean very little unless they are balanced against […]