If you live anywhere in Southern Ontario, then there’s a pretty good chance that you too experienced the freezing rain extravaganza that was our weather yesterday. It started off pretty innocuously but by mid-afternoon and onward it was a straight-up gross-fest. I had spent my day avoiding the roads as much as possible (my single read more
Tag Archives: dogs
Sometimes, you’ve just gotta vlog
July 6, 2012 – 10:47 am
Sometimes you have great, thoughtful, classy type videos planned. And sometimes, you’re deliriously tired and your doorway is haunted by a soggy ghost. It’s at times like these that only a rambly, nonsensical vlog will suffice. Sorry, guys. On a serious note though, if you didn’t make it through the video, I do ask for read more
Four years of Jasper: Lessons my dog has taught me about love, happiness and living a good life
April 2, 2012 – 2:15 pm
Yesterday, Jasper – my noble, quasi-philosopher and totally shameless canine companion – turned four. Four. In doggy years that means he and I are approximately the same age, developmentally speaking. That’s irrelevant in the grand scheme of this post but, man, is it ever weird to think about. Four years, and how quickly they’ve passed. read more
Dear Diary: Making new Christmas memories (the hard way)
December 20, 2011 – 4:11 pm
I’m still having a hard time believing that Christmas is just a small handful of days away. I blame the vacation – coming back halfway through the season kind of threw me off my holiday game. I also blame the lack of snow. It was raining yesterday, people. There is nothing festive about rain! Still, read more
Weekend Wrap-Up: He’s a Bear-chicken-fish-dog
July 18, 2011 – 10:20 am
This past weekend consisted of a lot of good things. There was, of course, the final installment of the Harry Potter film franchise to take-in and weep over (yes, I wept. Quietly.) As an over-all experience (books and films) that I’ve invested over ten years of my life to, I’m surprised I’m not as heartsick read more
Dear Diary: Night Terror Tag Team
May 5, 2011 – 2:10 pm
May 5th, 1:00 am I had a nightmare. Y’know, the really disturbing kind. The kind that snaps you into wakefulness and leaves you feeling disorientated and embarrassingly vulnerable. I’ve been in my new place for about a month now and in the grand scheme of things, the transition has been seamless. But in that moment read more
My 2010 in Five Minutes: a Bizarre Highlight Reel of Epic Proportions
December 15, 2010 – 7:45 pm
If I were to be told that, in five minutes from now I would lose all memory of this past year, what moments would I want to hang on to the most? What highlights would I be able to scramble together in those last fleeting five minutes that I would most like to take with read more
local business profile: little stinkers
January 10, 2010 – 10:58 pm
[As I continue to experience and come to gain a greater appreciation for local businesses in and around the Belleville/Quinte area, I've decided to share them with you here. These are places that not only support our local economy by being owned and operated by entrepreneurs in out community but are also businesses that offer read more
I think this post has something to do with being true to yourself
November 27, 2009 – 10:40 pm
In my attempts to be a better person for my dog/in general, I’ve recently started reading a book called Cesar’s Way by Cesar Millan, star of National Geographic Channel’s The Dog Whisperer and a personal hero of mine. While I’ve been a longstanding advocate of Cesar’s techniques for rehabilitating dog and training people, this has read more
