So I’ve put in for my parental leave at work. I’ll be taking from when the baby’s born until Jan 5th. For you ‘Mericans, up here in Canada the Federal Gov’t mandates that employees must be granted paternal leave if requested and get their jobs back on their return. There’s various stipulations on the time [...]
I finished it.
Jul 27, ’08
10:44 PM
Back in October of 2005 – the 31st to be exact, I still have the email – my unbeknownst-to-me new lifetime friend, Jason A. posted an ad on Craigslist to sell his brand new Surly Cross Check frame. I was short on cash but had been jonesing for one for years – he let me [...]
Tips for idiot drivers.
Jul 24, ’08
8:53 AM
#437 in a seemingly never-ending series Here’s one. If I’m waiting in a line of stop-and-go traffic and you’re waiting to merge in, and instead of waiting your turn, you barge in and almost cause an accident, don’t wave to me with the ‘Thanks for letting me in’ wave – cause I didn’t. You just [...]
Breathe in, breathe out.
Jul 23, ’08
8:45 AM
Just got into work and still reeling from the Social Media throwdown last night. Wow. So much to process. Things I realized/learned. 1. I must download Flock today. 2. Plurk is far better than Twitter. 3. LinkedIn is the new – well – the new something, but if you’re not on it you should be. [...]
New literary blog.
Jul 20, ’08
9:27 PM
Hey all. As part of the launch of the new Goose Lane site, we’ve launched a literary blog as well, branta.ca which will feature all sorts of writing, authors, topics etc. There’s some really cool stuff up already – I’m excited to be a part of it and see it grow. Check it.