No Dress Rehearsal. This Is Our Life.
One of my co-workers mentioned that his son did a project on his great grandfather and his time in the War, and used a website to find his enlistment information. I visited the site and found my grandfather’s attestation form!
Here’s the link to the site.
This was a busy weekend for us – we went out for dinner with friends on Friday evening, and last night we attended a party celebrating Leah’s cousins 50th birthday. The event was a catered backyard party in the heart of the city. It’s been a long time since my last backyard party and I forgot how nice it is to have a little private outdoor space. Living in a condo tower certainly has perks, but outdoor space is not one of them.
Dinner on Friday at Izakaya was good; not as good as the first time, but still enjoyable. The highlight of the night was meeting Josh’s girlfriend – the first time for all in attendance.
Tonight we’re headed out to dinner on a triple-date with Louis & Paulette, and Josh & Michelle. I’m excited to finally meet Michelle. Full details will follow…
Here’s a thought for consideration:
Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
OK friends, I need some suggestions for music to play at our wedding reception. We are not having a DJ, or dancing per se (those who want to dance are certainly not going to be told not to!).
Here’s what I’ve got so far, and the approximate order that they will be played in (I need to add in some Hip, but aside from that, I think we’re set!):
You Make Me So Very Happy – Blood Sweat & Tears
You Were Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
You and Me Song – The Wannadies
I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today – Guster
You’re All I Have – Snow Patrol
Ramona – Guster
I Remember Everything – Mike Lynch
Collide – Howie Day
At Last – Ella Fitzgerald And Joe Pass
Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
A Long December – Counting Crows
Michelle – The Beatles
Strong Enough – Sheryl Crow & The Dixie Chicks
Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
Something You Got – Harry Connick Jr.
I Don’t Feel Like Dancing – Scissor Sisters
Down Together – The Refreshments
Greeting Card Aisle – Sarah Harmer
One Of These Things First – Nick Drake
Beautiful World – Colin Hay
Come Together – The Beatles
Only You – The Flying Pickets
Step On My Old Size Nines – Stereophonics
Goodnight Josephine – The Tragically Hip
Wouldn’t It Be Nice – The Beach Boys
Everyday I Write The Book – Elvis Costello
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – The Police
Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard
Holiday In Spain – Counting Crows
True Faith – New Order
To Be Free (Live By The Sea) – Oasis
Sgt. Pepper (Complete album) – The Beatles
Common People – Pulp
Trading Air – Athlete
Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
Everything – Michael Bublé
Hey Baby – Bruce Channel
Night Drive – Jimmy Eat World
Naked As We Came – Iron & Wine
Ageless Beauty – The Stars
Dance Tonight – Lucy Pearl
Sonnet – The Verve
Rave On – Buddy Holly
To Be Young – Ryan Adams
KC Accidental – Broken Social Scene
Ooh La La – Rod Stewart & The Corrs
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
Turn Me On – Norah Jones
Here With Me – Dido
Wherever You Will Go – The Calling
Fireworks – The Tragically Hip
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Disco 2000 – Pulp
Mona Lisa – Guster
Talk Tonight – Oasis
If you liked Ocean’s 11 and Ocean’s 12, you will not be disappointed in Ocean’s 13! We saw it on opening weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it.
As of June 11th Prince Edward County, Ontario’s newest wine growing region, is producing VQA-approved wine. Richard Johnston, chairman of Prince Edward County Winegrowers Association, had this to say – “We are coming of age. In eight short but challenging years we have gone from being dismissed as preposterous dreamers for trying to grow fine wines in an impossibly cool climate, to heralded winegrowers using innovative viticultural techniques.”In full support of dreamers, I think a trip to Waupoos Estates Winery, and others along the Taste Trail, is in order! So far I like the sound of Rosehill Run’s pinot noir, The Grange of Prince Edward County pinot gris and Norman Hardie Winery riesling.
Wow.
What a way to end the series! When Tony selected Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” on the jukebox, I had a feeling that the end was near… but I thought it was the end for him, and that is how the series would end. Never did I imagine that the series would just end. The editing in the final scene was superb and really built the suspense, leading us to believe that something dramatic was going to happen… but instead, nothing. Just a black screen.
That’s how to do it.
I recently read an article that said 30% of people are either larks (early birds who wake up bright-eyed and ready to go at the crack of dawn) or night owls (people who perk up in the evening and don’t go to bed until late in the evening). The rest are hummingbirds–people who can usually adapt when they need to, though it’s easier or harder to do so depending on where you fall along the body-clock continuum.
Chris is a lark. I am somekind of owl/hummingbird hybrid, which bascially amounts to a cranky lark most mornings. As Chris is 100% up and similing almost as soon as the alarm goes off – you can imagine what he puts up with until I warm up to my generally cheerful self about an hour later.
The same article offered tips on becoming a lark – alarm clocks, excercise, bright light etc. However, the authors had no solutions for making this a happy transformation.
So readers, any suggestions on how to turn this cranky lark into a cheerful lark? My sweetie, my co-workers, and I will thank you for it 
If people talk about a campaign, does that mean it is a success? I don’t think so, especially when all the talk is about the fact that FLICK OFF looks an awful lot like FUCK OFF, and not that people need to use less energy.
I was at the Acura dealership last week having the oil changed, etc. While I waited, an older gentleman sat down in the chair next to me. CP24 was on the TV and a story about climate issues was on. Some how we got to talking about climate change, and what each person can do to make a difference. He was very passionate about fixing this problem, but somewhat uneducated about how to do it. This man was well-spoken and knew all kinds of things about the situation we’ve created for ourselves, and what proposals/programs the governments of the world were working on; however he did not know what he, as just one man, could really do. This is a problem. A big one.
He was familiar with the Flick Off campaign, but solely because of the t-shirts. The website, while flashy, is light on content… or at least the content, if it is there, is buried under mountains of clichés.
If the population of North America had the wit and the wisdom to convert clichés into routines, we wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place! “Close the door, you’re letting out all the heat!” “Close the door, you’re letting in the heat!” “Turn off the lights when you leave the room!” Etc, etc. These are all common sayings that most of us heard regularly as we were growing up. But it seems as though the lessons learned as children were not really learned at all.