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January 2, 2003
My mom is starting to resemble my mom again. At least from the outside. She’s off the ventilator and on small amounts of supplemental oxygen, so basically she’s breathing unassisted. The next step from this point is breathing “room air”. The tubes and various other snaking paraphernalia have been removed from her mouth. Thanks in … More
January 2, 2003
Flamingos viewed through condensation. Calgary Zoo.
January 2, 2003
After the demise of Ben Truesdale’s beloved Newton Connections, it wasn’t clear where the attitude and evangelism was going to come from. Fortunately, the past year has produced a plethora of brand-spanking new Newton-related weblogs. For example, John Swaine’s Wafflings, Daniel Padilla’s Newton Dose, and the most recent contender, The Big Fig Newton. There’s also … More
December 31, 2002
December 31, 2002
Rather than the usual year-end top ten of fave rave discs or some hopeful, yet unattainable set of goals for the next twelve months, I’ve come up with this simple list of things I noticed over the past year. A new job is exciting. Two new jobs is overwhelming. A new job is terrifying, even … More
December 30, 2002
My body didn’t have any problem jumping out of bed around six this morning, but I’m having a bit of difficulty convincing my brain that it should be at work today. As has been the case for the past several years, the company that signs my paycheck is dropping a new catalog immediately after the … More
December 29, 2002
It’s been a while since I’ve written about what’s happening with my mom. That’s partly due to things going well over the past few days, and partly due to a setback which threw me and my family for a loop prior to that. The thing is, we almost lost her on Boxing Day. Her condition … More
December 29, 2002
See what happens when your life gets turned upside down? You tend to forget to keep doing the little things that make the days enjoyable. Things like updating the domain name of the week, for example. I’ve never been one to completely shirk my duty, I just let it slide a bit. That being confessed … More
December 27, 2002
Frightful? Not in your life. Joyful. Peaceful. Cleansing. Enough of the grey and brown already. It’s winter for goodness sake and I’ve never been so happy to see it snow. This the first time in ages that a change in weather actually made me smile. Well, that and the fact that the kids have been … More
December 22, 2002
As if we didn’t have enough current affairs to keep us occupied this week, my not quite two year old nephew decided to liven things up a bit more by taking it upon himself to ingest part of a blown-glass Christmas tree ornament. He’s fine, but my sister isn’t any calmer due to the incident. … More