Category Archives: Hobbies

Something you wore

Montreal 7 – Winnipeg 2 Ça sent la coupe! Photo a day challenge – January 2012 You Breakfast Something you adore Letterbox Something you wore Makes you smile Favourite Your sky Daily routine Childhood Where you sleep Close-up In your … Continue reading

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Steve

Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. … Continue reading

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Gates Minus Jobs

Too soon?  Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates & Garfield minus Garfield  

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Minotaur

This is for Iron-Fist, who asked that I showed him some of my phone doodling… Lead pencil & pen on paper. Click for original size.

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Something Big…

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Influenced

We’ve always been avid TV watchers in our house. Not my TV, but we have the same model. Like most people of our generation*, we rarely just “watch TV”. Ever since laptops became part of our daily routine (and then … Continue reading

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Face(s) Time

My brother – not a doctor – loves to Face Time with me. Duck Face Time Scared Face Time Normal Face Time. I love my brother.  

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Scotland Recap – Part five

I’m pretty sure this will be the last part of the massive recap. You can read parts one, deux, three and four before moving on. Or not. You’re a grown ass person, right? Driving from Elgin to Pitlochry Elgin – Hunting for Whisky … Continue reading

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Scotland Recap – Part four

You can read parts one, deux, and three before moving on. Hopefully, this is the very last part, as I don’t want to turn this into the Wheel of Time. Driving from Skye to Inverness Saying goodbye to Portree. The hotels … Continue reading

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Scotland Recap – Part three

Part one is here, and part deux is there. You know what to do. Driving to the Caslte Around 5:15am we made our way down the stairs and were met outside by our host Gibson. He got up at the … Continue reading

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Scotland Recap – Part deux

If you didn’t read part one, you probably should. To be quite honest, I’m pretty sure you can figure out what’s going on if you start here, but you’ll have to apply some suspension of disbelief and just accept that for … Continue reading

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Scotland Recap – Part one

Flying in Transport from home to airport almost uneventful. Almost, because we witnessed a car hit two pedestrians! The kids were crossing the street between stopped cars and never looked the right way. To top it off, they started yelling … Continue reading

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The Loot

From left to right: Edradour matured in very old Tokaji cask, Ardbeg Fèis Ìle, Campbeltown Longrow and Caol Ila Moch. Click to embiggify These are the bottles I brought back from Scotland. At first I thought I was going to … Continue reading

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1,737 Pictures

Hey! Just another quick update… I managed to upload all my Scotland pictures to Flickr. You can see the whole Scotland 2011 set, unfiltered. Warning: the pictures don’t do justice to the beauty of the landscape. You really should go … Continue reading

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Mr. FancyPants

This is my favorite distiller. They came out with a “Manager’s Choice”. At 400$ a bottle, this makes it slightly out of my price range. But oh just so slightly. I can almost taste it. Quick poll: Am I bringing … Continue reading

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