I’m just enjoying one of life’s pleasures: a cup of tea and a finger of shortbread. Anything that is 31% real butter (as the Walker’s shortbread package touts) can’t be wrong. P.S.: I didn’t notice that my fingers slipped while I was typing and I added extra t at the end of “tea”. That would […]
A statue walks the dog, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Here’s a recent photo of Ollie in Yorkville. It’s funny because there’s no way a statue could walk a dog. Ha!
Summer 1988: Camp Tawingo, I was eleven years old. The summer soundtrack? Gn’R’s Appetite for Destruction. I remember that waking up to the guitar riff of Welcome to the Jungle on a daily basis. It was a little shocking (especially the liner notes and Robert Williams’ robot rape). At the time, I think I made […]
Front: has a photo (illustration, whatever) of the bird Back: has the information about the bird
I got a bottle of Coke Blak as a thank-you from Sony for hoaring some personal data at the Eaton Centre earlier this week. For those of you who aren’t in the know, Blak (c’s are so un-cool…oops…I mean un-ool) is Coke and Coffee. I mean, it’s a “carbonated fusion beverage.” And it sucks. Listen […]
Oh joy! Not only do the Masons want me to join, they’re going to give me a share of 2.5 million dollars (US no less!): To: gXvXn@yorku.ca Subject: Dear Benefactor Of 2006 Masory Grant From: Secretary Freemason Society of Holdenhurst Road Dear Benefactor Of 2006 Masory Grant, The Freemason society of Bournemout under the jurisdiction […]
Fishers and some spray, originally uploaded by Gavatron. I got home last night from EECOM 06 & Nova Scotia. I was there presenting a paper / workshop with Dad. Nova Scotia was gorgeous in all it’s maritime rustic glory. The conference itself was meh (I mean our presentation was outstanding, of course) as far as […]
Mark the date-October 12th, 2006-as the first snow of fall.
Lee, Katie and I had a discussion a ways back on the use of plastic bags for picking up dog shit. Our chat was along these lines: Given that plastic bags seem to be the easiest way to do pick shit up, and since plastic bags seem to be symptomatic of our “convenience today for […]
I’m flipping, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Just got back from a week at a cottage (not the cottage, as we don’t own it). My most impressive accomplishment? Learning how to do a front flip (thanks to my amazing diving coach / girlfriend). All kinds of photographic evidence of the trip on Flickr (click on the […]