Monthly Archives March 2007

sunday of excess

Excesses at Target and Bikram! So I went to Target for the first time yesterday and bought a 1L bottle of Listerine (the 1.5L looked a little too big). You know, I was in the neighbourhood. I discovered that if you have a cart at Target you can take it with you [...] Read More…

conservative budget …and a majority?

The Conservatives are polling in majority territory following the government's 2007 budget. Eek! The good news is that Stockwell Day might finally burn after allegations surfaced that the old Canadian Alliance party under his leadership offered the Okanagan riding's MP $50k to step aside and let Day run in his place. How many lives [...] Read More…

adventures in prepared food

Um, yeah. This is one of the most horrible things you'll ever see: a first-hand account of preparing spray cheese-filled, bacon-wrapped hot dogs. "If syphilis was a food product, this is what it would look like." Sorry if I ruined your appetite. Read More…

monday not much to say

I made some really delicious salmon last night. It came out of its little poaching pouch perfectly cooked; the thick part of the filet was medium rare and it just melted in my mouth like butter. I took a picture of it but it didn't turn out great so I'm not going to [...] Read More…

what you can do with a man bag

So I was cleaning out some junk from my Jack Spade man bag today. I found this awesome little booklet of "Jack Spade General Information" that will surely be useful while I'm out in the field with my bag: Radio codes, you know like 10-4 and stuff. My favorite is 10-62: "Unable to copy, [...] Read More…

jeremy speed racer!

It's me! Actually, it's not. It's Érik Guay, the first Canadian to win a downhill on the World Cup circuit since Cary Mullen in 1994. But I was a ski racer too this season! My buddy Mark convinced me to join a league out at Alpental this year. I hadn't raced in [...] Read More…