Today is April 5th, 2009. More than that, it is the first day of Summer here in Central Ontario. “Wait a second,” you’re saying, “I thought the Summer Solstice wasn’t until June 21st (05:45, to be precise)?” While you would be correct, this is not the definition of the first day of Summer that I [...]

A while ago, I speculated on the possibility of a forthcoming live recording from Matthew Good. I’m a little late bringing you my overwhelming joy with this news, however we are indeed getting a Live At Massey Hall recording. Basically, the release is going to go something like this: October 7th — iTunes release (first 12 tracks) October [...]

I have always thoroughly enjoyed reading Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes. I find that Watterson — through Calvin — experiences the world in much the same way as myself, allowing me to connect with his characters on a much deeper level than most comics. One aspect of this is Calvin’s incessant curiousity in the world around [...]

A few days ago I decided to hit up Canada’s Wonderland for the first time in several years. One of the triggers for this was to try out their new hypercoaster, known as Behemoth (Wikipedia article). I woke up at 8:00am on Sunday morning and drove up to Bloor St. to meet up with my brother. [...]

It is official: I am a monkey’s Uncle! My beatiful baby niece, Chloé Marlow, was born on May 13th. Mommy, Daddy, and baby are all doing well, if a little tuckered out. This is one of the reasons I haven’t posted in a while =)

I must not like the idea of getting back to school since I seem to have a tendency to write long posts on Sunday afternoons. It’s a gloriously sunny day today, if a little cold at a few degrees below zero. The wind doesn’t help matters too much, but it is still nice in the [...]

I like to say I can play guitar. I got my first electric guitar when I was 12 or 13, a Peavey Predator. I still have it. When I was about 16 I started taking lessons from John Ellis. John was really into Classic Rock, and thus, by extension, so was I. I learned a [...]