Apr 11 2007
So I finally redeemed my coupon for free Tim Horton’s coffee. I went at off-peak hours and nobody laughed. OK, I’m over it. But as I was approaching the counter at the Tim Horton’s kiosk in the Promenades de la Cathédrale, some stupid hipster chick with her emo glasses, pockety canvas shoulder bag, and tattoos [...]
Apr 09 2007
Can switching to WordPress increase your blog’s readership? Mid-way through July 2006, I moved this blog from Typepad to its current (and original) home at blork.org. The move involved a switch from the Movable Type-based Typepad platform to installing and using WordPress. (I use my own installation of WordPress, which is not to be confused [...]
Apr 05 2007
We’ve been eating a lot of meat and pasta lately, so for a switch I made a couple of these salads for dinner, inspired by (but certainly not conforming to) Salade Niçoise. Funny – the trout looks pretty raw in this photo, but I roasted it at 450° F for at least ten minutes. It [...]
Apr 02 2007
Julien tagged me with this “seven songs” meme, where I’m supposed to talk about seven songs I’m enjoying right now, and to spread the love about them. Um… You see, I have this weird relationship with music. It’s not that I don’t like it – quite the contrary. It’s just that everything about music has [...]
