We live on Glen Mountain, which is a part of Sumas Mountain, in Abbotsford, BC, and often get deer in our yard.
This spring, a young doe had two fawns which we’ve been seeing quite often. Here is a quick video taken with my digital camera of one of the young deer just below our deck:

Teresa took the kids for checkups today at the doctor. Everything’s fine, and we now know that Gabrielle’s 58 pounds, Ethan is 48, and Aidan is 30.
But the magical moment was provided courtesy of Aidan.
Dr. Stepney, our family doctor, asked him if he always wore his bike helmet. Looking rather oddly at her, he gently […]

My new iPod just arrived - the 30 GB video version.
It somehow feels so much better than my 4th generation 20 GB version. It seems much slimmer (probably only a few millimeters), the screen seems much bigger (again, it’s probably not actually very much bigger at all) and overall just much more delicious.
Yum!
Now I’m figuring […]

Apparently Ethan got in trouble a couple of days ago at school.
The story is he poked a slug with a stick and rubbed the stick on another kid. When asked why, he first said he didn’t know why, and then said “Because it was fun.”
I have to admit I burst out laughing when Teresa told […]

As I’m doing some work on the the computer tonight (AKA bloghopping), our 3-year old Aidan pipes up:

I have to pee, Mommy.
Can I have a piggyback ride?

Hmmm. That’s a tough one to pass up!
Teresa and I both burst out laughing.

Syriana and Thank You for Smoking.

I had a strange feeling today. For a while, I couldn’t put my finger on it.
Then I realized what it was: for the first time in months, maybe years, I was pain-free. I’m sitting here typing with the same kind of wondering, puzzled, amazed emotion. I can hardly believe it.
As I’ve mentioned recently (one, two, […]

I picked up The Legend of Johnny Cash the other day and have been listening to it ever since.
Very simple, Johnny Cash was a genius.
His song Hurt is absolutely incredible - it blows me away. The honesty and stripped-down baring-his-soul nakedness is out of this world authentic, emotionally true.
Wow.
(Teresa and I recenty watched Walk the […]

I saw this very cool candle a couple of weeks ago at Apartment Therapy:

It’s from Elsewheres, and it’s great. But I would make one change to the design. I would make it just a little bit simpler:

Ok. I’m a simplicity Nazi. I admit it.
So sue me!