Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-08)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Does the universe give you what you deserve or what it thinks you can handle?

Are Wal-Mart employees visibly relieved when the store finally closes?

Should I take the screen protector off my phone?

Monday, January 07, 2013

Act Of Caring (2013-01-07)

Act Of Caring

Though it shattered my soul like a blade to winter thorn ice, I held my furry baby as she passed into the great unknown tonight.

I have no more words.

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-07)

The Daily Affirmation

We got the nicest surprise today. Dillon's mortgage broker dropped off cupcakes.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-07)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Could I make money with a 3d printer/rapid prototype machine?

Sunday, January 06, 2013

Andi


I’m pretty sure there’s something wrong with Andi.  At the same time I can’t really pinpoint how I know this, what it means, or how to resolve it.  The only concrete symptoms I can point out is she hasn’t eaten anything (or so it appears to me) in two days.  Nor is she drinking any water or the milk I put out for her.  So my time of concrete symptoms is relatively short.  But call it intuition, or whatever you want, but I’m just sensing that something is wrong.

She has one other symptom.  Her body heaves like she’s breathing hard, but at the same time if you look at her face she doesn’t appear to be panting.  I don’t know what that means but its definitely not usual.

I am frustrated.  I got a sense of premonition that began during Christmas holidays.  Something seemed amiss, but I couldn’t nail it down.  She was eating ‘less’ but it wasn’t nothing.  At first I chalked it up to the fact that I had to buy her different cat food.  There was no Kitty Chow on the shelf when I went to the grocery store, so I picked something new.  I told myself that maybe the diminished eating was just a disinterest in the new food.

The perplexing part is she goes from appearing to be really straining, to periods of appearing fine.  Just the other day (Wednesday or Thursday) she was energetic enough to climb the shelves behind me that go to the ceiling, and knock stuff on the floor.  Now she’s sitting on my desk, her little body pulsing, and she gives me these sad eyes like I need to do something.

I don’t know what to do.  If it was something clear cut I would do it immediately.  But I look at her, her eyes appearing scared and unsure of what’s happening, and I can’t console her.  She wants to sit on my lap again, like she was doing before and during Christmas.  Now she can’t sit there for 30 seconds before she gets up and walks back on the desk.  I try to pick her up and she just fusses until I put her down.

I hope that I can take her to the vet tomorrow.  And I hope that there’s some kind of solution to her distress.  Because it pains me to know that she needs me to do something, and I really have no clue what could make her feel better.

Act Of Caring (2013-01-06)

Act Of Caring 

In addition to generally being solicitous of my kitty today, I also went to the store and got her some wet cat food, in hopes that she would eat something.

The Daily Photo (2013-01-06)

The Daily Photo

More pictures of Andi because she's not feeling well




Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-06)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Is Andi really sick or am I magnifying this in my mind?

Do I care enough?  Too much?

Should I attempt to bake something?

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-06)

The Daily Affirmation

I really enjoyed the turkey with bacon salad that I conjured up in my own kitchen.

We won the ball hockey game handily and it was a good way to get my mind off things.

Today I Learned . . . (2013-01-06)

Today I Learned . . .

'Gate lice' is a term for airline passengers who crowd around a gate waiting to board.

One click of the "repeat" icon in iTunes does not repeat the same song.

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-06)

La Connexion Francaise

Mon chat semble malade.

Saturday, January 05, 2013

The Daily Photo (2013-01-05)

The Daily Photo

We wrecked this plate of nachos!



Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-05)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Do I cheat myself of depth and vividness in my life by always trying to be in control?

Who invented restaurants?

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-05)

The Daily Affirmation

All of my broken pedometers were repairable with the simple fix of changing the battery.

I played a great game of soccer.

I moved up a spot in my Yahoo basketball draft.

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-05)

La Connexion Francaise

Ma oncle a morté ce matin.

Friday, January 04, 2013

Act Of Caring (2013-01-04)

Act Of Caring

I let myself be late for hockey so I could finish the drawing I was creating for a client.

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-04)

La Connexion Francaise

Ma nièce fait moi heureux ce soir quand elle m'assise sur mes genoux.

The Daily Photo (2013-01-04)

The Daily Photo

Up-side down iPad


Just having a sit, in a box of old bills


The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-04)

The Daily Affirmation

I finished the drawing I've been trying to complete just before hockey.

Someone lent me a stick when I realized I'd forgotten mine.

I got to play hockey for the first time in three weeks and I scored a breakaway goal.

When your niece comes padding into the living room, her hair still wait from the bath, and she trots over to you, climbs up into your lap with her duck blanket, and makes herself comfortable for a little rest, its not a bad feeling.

Today I Learned . . . (2013-01-04)

Today I Learned . . .

Go hang a salami I'm a lasagna hog is the same, forward and backward.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-04)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Is having weird dreams a sign of mental instability?

Today I Learned . . . (2013-01-03)

Today I Learned . . .

The original name for the show "Hannah Montana" was "Alexis Texas"

Thursday, January 03, 2013

The Daily Photo (2013-01-03)

The Daily Photo

I needed to change up my beverage choice


Andi coming over the monitor again


Act Of Caring (2013-01-03)

Act Of Caring

I had a long, revealing text conversation about personal loss with a friend today.

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-03)

La Connexion Francaise

Une chose je n'aime pas est ma chat ne parles pas en arrière.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-03)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

KeSha: yes or no?

I think my desk needs cleaning.  What's the best product to accomplish this task?

I brought home a CAD file to work on this evening.  I half-way promised a consultant that I would have it done today.  Its now 10 o'clock, I've broken two copies of AutoCAD and currently have no viable way to work on this at home.  Is it unreasonable to say to myself, I've tried my best but this has to wait until the morning when I can use my work computer?

And pregnancy cause a depression?

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-03)

The Daily Affirmation

The price of gas went down again!  Its gone down twice since the last time I had to buy any.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-02)

The Daily Affirmation

My turkey salad with bacon seems like it turned out great.

I found the printer piece I thought Andi lost on me!

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-02)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai fait salade de dinde avec bacon!

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-02)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Where can I buy a food dicer?

Do you some people actually have no other purpose beyond making another miserable?

Act Of Caring (2013-01-02)

Act Of Caring

I did some basic searching to help someone with a job hunt.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Hello World!


I posted a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon to this blog this evening.  I found it while searching the internet tonight.  I kinda liked it.  It said something timely, both for everyone and for me.

Today is about new beginnings.  It’s not really, because we carry the baggage of all our previous years with us.  But when the calendar turns a fresh 01/01, it’s easy to believe we can start over.

So I am again going to try and start over.  I will bring with me the lessons I’ve learned on the path I’ve travelled this far.  I will go forward with memories in my mind that can guide me on the new path I will take.  But if I am able, I will attempt to leave behind the wounds and the nightmares that I have always chosen to let plague me.

I did a lot of reading while I was on Christmas break.  And many of these books were dove-tailing towards the same concepts.  You have to learn the lessons from what you’ve experienced, but once they are over, you have to let them go.

Let them go.

I am not one to let anything go.  My mistakes haunt me forever, while I discount my successes that have occurred in the same history.  It is a sad pattern to inflict, but as I’ve learned this is not uncommon among humanity.  And the lesson that goes with it is to stop the nonsense.

Stop the nonsense.

Remember your successes as equal as you would be haunted by your failures.  Neither of which should inhibit you from following a new path into the unknown.  Live life, don’t stay at home watching re-runs of your perceived dismal failure.  You have to get out there, live life, and fill your memory with . . . Memories!  They won’t all be good but to risk failure is to attempt glory.

So I’ll try.  I began writing this blog as a method of searching my soul after waving good bye to someone.  And part of me wants to say that I never learned to live after that moment.  But I know that’s not true, and I’ve lived 10x in the 10 years since I waved good bye, than I did in the almost 30 that came before that moment.  Both pieces of knowledge I will put in the vault, then I will go out to attack this new year with a fresh vigor.

Here I go.  Reborn when I never ceased to exist.  If you happen to catch me along the way, be sure to encourage.  It’s a daring adventure I’ve promised myself but that’s not to say I wouldn’t appreciate a kind word along the way

Hello World!

Words To Live By . . .


A New Year

The Daily Photo (2013-01-01)

The Daily Photo

The blue light shines


A blue (and blurry) high-flying kitty


La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-01)

La Connexion Francaise

Je n'aime pas le Association du Soccer.  Ils font de mauvaises décisions.

Today I Learned . . . (2013-01-01)

Today I Learned . . .

Tricyclic anti-depressants are so named because their chemical structure resembles three linked rings.

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-01)

The Daily Affirmation

When your niece and nephew come into their grandparents house, and upon noticing you they both coming running to throw their arms around your neck; that ain't bad.

On Day 1 of 2013, I filled every category in my tracking spreadsheet with a non-zero; an accomplishment I haven't completed in many months.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-01)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Should I buy a QRay bracelet?

What would deep-fried lamb taste like?  [1:24 AM]

Act Of Caring (2013-01-01)

Act Of Caring

Even though I don't like it when the table is cleared for dessert, I helped empty it for my parents tonight because they were busy in the kitchen.

Monday, December 31, 2012

The Daily Photo (2012-12-31)

The Daily Photo

The end of 2012


La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-31)

La Connexion Francaise

He suis mal á l'estomac.

Heureux Nouveau Année!

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-31)

The Daily Affirmation

New Years Eve on the couch with my cat sleeping on me is an alright way to go out of 2012.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-31)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Can you buy a multi-disc DVD player?  Not, does such a thing exist but, is there an actual store into which I could go (or visit online) and buy one?

Why do people swing their arms when they walk?

If there was no reason you couldn't, would you walk around naked?

Sunday, December 30, 2012

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-30)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai joué beaucoup jeux au video.

The Daily Photo (2012-12-30)

The Daily Photo

Andi in her typical, relaxed repose


Then a few hours later, she attacks me by biting



The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-30)

The Daily Affirmation

Its Sunday night.  Normally I'd get a little blue about that, as the morning would bring the return to "the grind" which can often be very much like being inside of a pepper grinder.  However on THIS Sunday night I take solace in the fact that tomorrow morning I face NO obligations, and actually have 2 more days of vacation to go!

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-30)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Should I buy a treadmill? And if so, how much treadmill do I buy?

Friday, December 28, 2012

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-28)

The Daily Affirmation

The Hobbit turned out to be an excellent adventure!

Dillon fixed my broken iPad 1!

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-28)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

What if I already won, and I didn't realize it?

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-28)

La Connexion Francaise

La cinema commence á neuf heures moins quart.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Daily Photo (2012-12-27)

The Daily Photo

Quarter to three in the morning and I can't go to bed because someone didn't get her lap time today


Today I Learned . . . (2012-12-27)

Today I Learned . . .

Green eyes are a sign of a gentle and compassionate person. Green-eyed individuals tend to be very beautiful. They are passionate and have wonderful relationships. They do have a little bit of a jealous streak, however.

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-27)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai acheté un nouveau appareil photo!

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-27)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Why do I repeat having this pop sound (much like the cracking of a finger) in my chest when I stretch?

Could I spend $1 billion dollars?

How came up with the idea for hats?

Should I read more famous works of literature?

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-27)

The Daily Affirmation

You can not feel bad when there is a cat sleeping in your lap.

I found a good, new video on the internet.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-25)

La Connexion Francaise

Joyeux Noel!

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-25)

The Daily Affirmation

There is no more peaceful of a day than Christmas.  Things that might ordinarily upset you, just pass by unnoticed.  It is serene and wonderful.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-25)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Is this as good as it gets?  And if it is, am I okay with that?

Monday, December 24, 2012

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-24)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai acheté l'eau et trois poussins pour un famille Afrique aujourd'hui.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-24)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

What will I get for Christmas in the morning?

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-24)

The Daily Affirmation

The tow truck driver was much faster than the time estimate on the phone when I called for a boost

Canadian Tire (both of them) were surprisingly serene for the day before Christmas

I bought clean water for a family and 3 baby chicks through Plan Canada this afternoon

Sunday, December 23, 2012

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-23)

The Daily Affirmation

I had a nice little nap this evening.

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-23)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai endormé et j'ai manqué jouer Starcraft II avec Sean.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-23)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Am I getting a benefit from all of these goals that I pursue?

Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-22)

The Daily Affirmation

After some initial fuzziness, my medicine regime took away my headache

The Daily Photo (2012-12-22)

The Daily Photo

Action shots from tonight's party




Pictures of Michelle's as yet unnamed hedgehog




La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-22)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai une mal de tête.  J'ai pris une médecine.


Act Of Caring (2012-12-22)

Act Of Caring

I added water to the hot tub this afternoon and changed the filter.

Today I Learned . . . (2012-12-22)

Today I Learned . . .

"Hypopituitarism"is the disease that doesn't allow a person to feel love.

For every person on Earth, more than 50 Lego pieces have been created.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-22)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

How can I get the sweat smell out of my work-out area in the basement and all the stuff in my soccer bag?

Even after she gets in shape following pregnancy, are a woman's measurements different?

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-21)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai acheté beaucoup livres.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Today I Learned . . . (2012-12-21)

Today I Learned . . .

LTE is an initialism of Long Term Evolution, marketed as 4G LTE, is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using a different radio interface together with core network improvements. The standard is developed by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) and is specified in its Release 8 document series, with minor enhancements described in Release 9.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-21)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Does a short woman get uncomfortable when she gets hugged very closely by a much taller woman?

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-21)

The Daily Affirmation

Lunch at Jerry's is always great

We finally sent away a report that dogged us for months

Thursday, December 20, 2012

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-20)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai joué jeux de video ce soir.  C'etait amusant.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-20)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Am I the annoying weird guy that everyone else just tolerates?

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-20)

The Daily Affirmation

I got a raise and a bonus today.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The Daily Photo (2012-12-19)

The Daily Photo

Here's what the new turf looks like at the Sasktel Soccer Centre


La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-19)

La Connexion Francaise

Mes crampons de football sentent mauvais.

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-19)

The Daily Affirmation

I finished a CAD model that had been plaguing my work-mind all week.

Our men's soccer team played a game officially did not lose.

Today I Learned . . . (2012-12-19)

Today I Learned . . .

A carbuncle is a skin infection that often involves a group of hair follicles. The infected material forms a lump, which occurs deep in the skin and may contain pus.

It is difficult to peddle an exercise bike while interacting with an iPad

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-19)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

What is a carbuncle?

How much baking soda do you need to deodorize a sports bag?


Tuesday, December 18, 2012

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-18)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai emballé tout de mes cadeaux.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-18)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

How many times in an average day does someone think of me?

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-18)

The Daily Affirmation

I found exactly what I wanted for my sister as a Christmas present

My Dec 18 evening shopping trip was actually a pleasant experience, and I found two James Bond DVDs for me at Wal-Mart (of all places to go at Christmas time)

Monday, December 17, 2012

Act Of Caring (2012-12-17)

Act Of Caring

When a potential liability was pointed out in our design I didn't instinctively react defensively but critically analyzed the problem and agreed that it was a problem.

At 10 o'clock at night I cleaned up the mess left from my deep frying, put away the last of the dishes in the dishwasher and turned it on.

The Daily Photo (2012-12-17)

The Daily Photo

This helped calm my stomach today


La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-17)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai fait frits Oreo.

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-17)

The Daily Affirmation

I woke up 15 minutes early and finally got in my planned morning work out.

My deep-fried Oreo's were so popular, my Dad took the leftovers home.

I received a whole bunch more books!

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-17)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Why does everyone keep asking me questions?

Why do I struggle with Macro camera mode so much?

How does one demand the absolute highest level of performance while conceding that total perfection is impossible to attain?

Sunday, December 16, 2012

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-16)

La Connexion Francaise

Je comprend français élémentaire.  Je ne comprend pas temps du verbe complexe.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-16)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Can I buy a new paper tray for my HP OfficeJet J4580?

Could I build an OS/2 Warp virtual machine?

How can I recycle used cooking oil?  Can you ignite cooking oil?

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-16)

The Daily Affirmation

I have successfully completed the completely irrelevant SIRS alcohol server training

Andi slept in my arms for about half an hour this afternoon

I caught a fast, skinny teenager on a breakaway from behind in ball hockey tonight

We won at ball hockey 3-2