I was on the train coming home from Montreal last week when I got a text from my wife – “The teacher thinks A has impetigo”. Great, I thought, yet another skin thing.  This one sounded vaguely contagious.  I quickly looked up “impetigo” on my handy BB Curve and clicked on the WebMD entry.  What … More Please Don’t Be Contagious

I’ve been watching the ongoing financial crisis with a kind of detached smugness.  While my modest RSP savings have been significantly reduced, I can sleep at night because of my big fat government pension.  Meanwhile, I’m enjoying my 3.5% mortgage rate and filling up at 71 cents a litre.  I work at a stable, well-managed, and … More A Turn for the Worse

I seem to be completely uninspired about writing things these days.  Maybe it’s the onset of winter, the sensory overload that comes with walking through a mall these days, or the mental fatigue that comes with trying to keep up with two young boys.  In any case, I’m taking the easy way out by posting … More Halloween Pics

About a month ago, dancer / choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui brought his work Myth to a major arts institution in Ottawa.  Production and New Media staff at the centre filmed the three-day set-up and condensed it down to a four-minute clip.  If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to set up a show from scratch, here’s your … More The Four-Minute Set-Up

Once upon a time, chances were pretty slim that I’d ever meet someone who shares both my first and last name.  Although my first name is pretty common, there aren’t a lot of Dearloves out there.  Since we’re also pretty spread out, it would be pretty unlikely that our paths would cross. Thanks to the … More Me But Not Me