As the BC Scene festival becomes a distant memory, our attention has turned to the Prairies, which will be the theme of the next festival in 2011. I traveled to Winnipeg last week to start learning about the arts scene in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Winnipeg Folk Festival was also taking place, and it sounded … More Winnipeg Folk Festival 2009

Yesterday, while trying to find out if you can barbecue bacon (don’t ask), I stumbled across this amazing recipe.  I guess it was a bit of an Internet phenomenon when it was posted late last year, but it passed me by.  I’ll skip the directions and just let you look at the pretty pictures – … More Here Piggy Piggy

I have a marketing poster of Stewart Goodyear on the wall in my basement. The other day I was hanging out down there with K. As we were playing around on the marimba, he pointed to the poster and asked “Daddy, is that Barack Obama?” Ah, what a cute kid.

It was Wednesday morning, and I couldn’t find my keys. In the rush to get out the door, I did a quick check of the usual places (basket, kitchen counter, dresser, pants pocket), but they weren’t there. Strange, I thought, I wonder where they could be? Later that day, I began a systematic search of … More K’s Father’s Day Present

I had an idea for this exact same product years ago, but I never got around to obtaining a patent.  Just like my “novelty wigs for bald babies“, other people are raking in the cash because I was too lazy for R & D.