After five years at the National Arts Centre, B has moved on to a new job. She is now the Director of Annual Giving at Ashbury College. Ashbury is an independent (aka private) school in Rockcliffe for students in grades 4 to 12. It’s a beautiful campus, surrounded by large estate homes, and it’s just … More B’s New Job

World Wrestling Entertainment announced yesterday that they had released The Boogeyman. Try as I may, I can’t read that sentence with a straight face. For the uninitiated, The Boogeyman was a throw-back to 1980’s wrestling, a time when gimmicks like The Missing Link and The Barbarian were commonplace. He was a scary looking guy with … More Bye Bye Boogeyman

It’s official – the orchestra’s Asia Tour has been postponed. It was scheduled to take place in November 2007, with concerts in Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. Now it looks like the tour will happen in the Fall of 2009. Touring is an expensive proposition at the best of times. Just flying 65 musicians half-way … More Asia Tour Postponed

You may have noticed I went about 8 months between the first post and the second. Why the big gap, you ask? Well, aside from the fact that I was a little busy raising two tireless little boys, I couldn’t think of a good name. My first choice was “Orchestral Manoeuvres”. Clever, huh? Actually, not … More About the Blog

In the early hours of Saturday morning, I heard something on the CBC news report about Homecoming Weekend at Queen’s. Suddenly it dawned on me – it’s been 10 years since Bronwen and I graduated. I thought it might be cool to actually drive down to Kingston to check out the festivities, so we packed … More Queen’s Homecoming 2006