My New Favourite Song

I can’t stop listening to Intervention from Arcade Fire’s new album Neon Bible. The church organ intro, the steady build, the unexpected chord changes near the end – it’s just great. I’ve been a little slow jumping on the Arcade Fire bandwagon. In the past week, I’ve read numerous articles about them, including a big … More My New Favourite Song

My Dad

Today marks the 6th anniversary of my dad’s sudden passing from heart failure. I have a fixation for dates and times, and over the next week I will find myself thinking often about how those events unfolded – the phone call, the surreal meeting at the funeral home, the memorial service, and the quiet time … More My Dad

A-I-D-A-N

After a family swim, B and I decided to take the kids to a restaurant for dinner. After finding out there was a 45-minute wait at our favourite spot, we ended up at one of those cookie-cutter non-descript chain restaurants. We waited nearly an hour for our mediocre food, which left lots of time to … More A-I-D-A-N

Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

Well, the Celebutante.com experiment is over after only two days. After an initial spike in readership, visits to the site dropped off precipitously. My goal of becoming an on-line phenomenon, leading to advertising riches, news stories, and a lucrative IPO appears more distant than ever.So, if you’re looking for celebrity gossip, I guess you’ll have … More Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

Format Change

I made my daily visit to PerezHilton.com the other day and was shocked to find out he’s getting millions of visits each and every day to his site. My pitiful blog only attracts 7 measly visitors every day. I can only conclude that my musings on music, family life and yes, professional wrestling, are not … More Format Change