My brother-in-law is twice the size of the average man! Um, nope, the food's just tiny... Apparently Martin has always wanted to feel like a giant by devouring a meal of little foods.  •  My twin brother and my sister prepared the meal. My brother explains: "Because little food like brussel …

A few years ago I took a history course at university on twentieth-century Britain. Among all that we studied one particular tidbit of knowledge was especially valuable. I learned what a Rude Boy (abbreviated Rudie) is.  •  I've sung or hummed along countless times to the Clash's "Rudie Can't …

I ran across this excerpt from Roald Dahl's notebook earlier today. It's interesting how organized he was to record an extensive vocabulary for quick reference.  •  “When I began my career as a writer, I started collecting words in an old school notebook. Half of the pages in this book have …

When I got out to my car last night around one in the morning, the windows were thickly coated with ice and it was about -20°C outside. Amazingly, I've made it this far into the winter without an ice scraper in my car, but last night my procrastination finally caught up to me. I didn't even have …

If you can put up with the annoyingly cool Flash interface¹, CBC Radio 3 is a fantastic source for listening to new music. Will Pate directed me there this morning to listen to a jazz group called Baron Samedi ESQ and I found a lot more. It looks like they have a regularly updated playlist you can …

I'm a fairly regular customer at the wonderful Formosa Tea House on University Avenue in Charlottetown. Since hearing they planned to expand into a new space this coming spring, many excited rumours have been flying around our fair city. Well, last weekend my girlfriend, my father, and I happened …

The great online cartoon Diesel Sweeties has the absolute worst New Year's joke ever and Metal Steve doesn't like it.

After the disastrous incident with my old digital camera a few months ago, I've been planning my return to the world of photography. Thanks to the generous holiday assistance of several people, I'm now gladly back in the game with a new camera.  •  Because my deceased camera still had living …

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm off to Ottawa to visit my brothers and for our family's holiday get together. I'm also looking forward to my first experience on a Canadian train since I was about three. Should be fun and hopefully relaxing.