On this blog, the first Friday of October is traditionally declared as
“Blogacatmas”, the feast day in which bloggers are encouraged to engage
in that most stereotypical of blog activities: posting pictures of
cats. Here’s the first one, courtesy of my friend Eldon Brown…
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Oct
07
2005
The First of Many "Blogacatmas" Pictures
Oct
07
2005
The Onion’s Infographic: "Intelligent Design Trial"
Yet again, a quote from The Simpsons comes to mind: “It’s funny because it’s true.”
Oct
07
2005
Two More Wedding Pics
Hey, it’s my blog and I’ll post as many wedding pictures as I want. These are from a set taken by my Uncle Ni.
Wendy, me and Dad at the reception.
Nothing could stop me from rocking out at my own wedding.
Oct
06
2005
Java Developer Wanted
My friend Hector contacted me asking if I knew any Java developers
looking for a new gig. I said I didn’t, but I thought I’d post it here
and see if any of you might be interested. Here’s the basic info:
Senior Java developer
The company is “up-and-coming” and develops GPS and geolocation software
Offcie location: [...]
Oct
06
2005
Blogacatmas is Tomorrow!
As is tradition on a number of Blogware blogs, the first Friday of
October is Blogacatmas, that special day on which we engage in the
bloggiest of activities: posting cat pictures! Remember, the photo need
not be of your own cat (I’m allergic to the hateful little
eggrolls-in-waiting myself), but any [...]
Oct
06
2005
Weisblott’s Back!
There’s been a bit of a void in the Accordion City blogosphere since Marc Weisblott’s local news/gossip/opinions-and-rants blog, Better Living Centre (named after the big building at the Canadian National Exhibition), went off-line. Although he’s been blogging at Fifty Most Toronto and the city is well-represented through the Toronto-focused blogs BlogTO and Torontoist, I’ve [...]
Oct
06
2005
Turner’s Take on the Clark Hall Pub Hitlist
Inspired by both his wife Ashley’s take and my quick post on the tunes on his Clark [Hall Pub] Standards playlist, Chris “Turner” Turner has written up notes on his selections. He’s very kind to me in his writeup for Sloan’s unrequited university love anthem Underwhelmed and has one of the most bang-on summaries of [...]
Oct
06
2005
Scenes from the Wedding Rehearsal Dinner
I’ll have a chance to upload the wedding photos this weekend. In the
meantime, enjoy this sneak peek from the wedding rehearsal dinner on
Friday, September 23rd!
Me and Wendy at our table at Changsho Restaurant, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Me, Wendy, Dad and Mom.
My [...]
Oct
05
2005
Clark Hall Pub Hitlist
Ashley Bristowe writes up Chris Turner’s Clark Standards Songlist, a compilation of the big hits at Clark Hall Pub, the engineering student-run bar at Crazy Go Nuts University where Turner and I used to DJ. The list covers Ashley’s stay there, 1991 through 1996, which overlaps significantly with mine (1987 - 1994; I DJ’d at [...]
Oct
05
2005
SaveMyAss.com
Here’s a clever business: “SaveMyAss is a personal assistant that helps you make your girlfriend
or wife happy by sending her flowers on your behalf, on a regular but
semi-random basis.”
Oct
05
2005
When News Organizations Go Unstaffed
[Dave Edwards from Big Story
IM'd me to point this out] The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, still
in the throes of its employee lockout (a tentative agreement was signed
yesterday), has been making do with other employees filling in for news
writers, and it’s showing:
A screenshot of the [...]
Oct
05
2005
Pandemic Flu Awareness Week
“Not to rain on your honeymoon parade and all,” Liz “I Speak of Dreams” Ditz wrote to me in an email, “but this is a pretty big issue.”
(No problem, Liz. Part of my mission statement is to use my blog powers for good!)
The week of October 3rd through 9th [...]
Oct
05
2005
More Photos Soon
Here, courtesy of Rannie “Photojunkie” Turingan, is a sample of the shots he took at my wedding. The rest will be available soon.
Pictured below: Dad, in his barong, about an hour before the ceremony.
Photo by Rannie Turingan.
Oct
05
2005
Blogacatmas 2005
The first friday of October is fast approaching, which by tradition on
this blog is Blogacatmas, the annual celebration in which I invite all
bloggers to engage in that most stereotypical blogging activity:
posting pictures of cats on their blogs!
This Friday, October 7th, I encourage all of you [...]
Oct
04
2005
Newly Married Life is Sometimes Like This
Click the comic to see it on its original page.
Chicks can be so touchy, man.
Oct
04
2005
Politics and Clothes
This one’s been sitting in my “Drafts” folder for some time, and an article in today’s National Post (Conservatism Wears Bobby Socks, paid registration required) has inspired me to finish it.
Back in July, when President Bush announced his nomination of John
Roberts for associate justice of the Supreme Court, the normally
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