Category: real life

  • A Kinect by Any Other Name

    One of my best friends just had a daughter. She went through her first few days of life without a name; just this generic mini-person with nothing to refer to her as. She now has a lovely name, but I can understand the difficulty in coming up with one that will serve her well for…

  • Halifax Reducks: Great Graves

    Remember last time I was in Halifax and I witnessed the surreal scene of a girl in a prom dress torturing some freakish bird creature? Well, I caught up with said bird creature when I returned recently. This time we were with a dog1, and apparently the thing learned to fight back. It must have…

  • Sweet Potato Lobster Poutine

    I love poutine. My phone’s wallpaper has long been a picture of poutine that I took in Montreal. I keep it there because it frequently reminds me of the happiest time of my life. Thus, I was excited to hear the news that a Smoke’s Poutinerie is opening here in London on May 31. When…