A few ways, recently, I’ve been reminded I’m not living in Chicago – or even just the USA.
1. I went in to get my Ontario driver’s license, and it cost $75 (for 5 years validity). Illinois was about $20.
2. I chatted about #1 with the driver’s licensing person helping me and she couldn’t believe how [...]
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i’m not in Chicago anymore
sunglasses?
We visited Kanyalkumari, where the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea all meet at the southernmost tip of India. It’s a stunning and beautiful place, and it’s easy to stop just about anywhere that has a glimpse of the sea to just soak in the sea breeze, sea view and glorious sunshine.
Of course, [...]
“No business, no rice.”
I’ve known for many, many years — probably since I was a child — that rice is a staple of the Asian diet. It was just like that, a simple, bare and almost uninteresting fact, rice is a staple of the Asian diet. However, since jft and I have immersed ourselves in Asian culture and [...]
a new look for a new year
I’ve made some changes to our site design (via CSS throughout the site and the magic of Photoshop for the banner for any geeks reading) so we now have a new colour scheme and banner for those who are keeping score.
A new look felt like an appropriate way to start the new year and new [...]
Happy Holidays from Sufjan Stevens
Ari sums it up over on his website.
Click here (and then on the video) for a musical holiday greeting from rIAm’s and my latest favourite musical artist.
(sorry for all the clicking, but i’m not feeling like recreating the same link at the moment) — hat tip to Ari, though!
To My (New) Family
Italian Speech:
Vorrei dire qualche parola per Renee e la sua famiglia. Anzitutto vi prego di scusare il mio accento.
A Renee, ti amo. Vivere insieme e` la cosa piu` bella del mondo, specialmente oggi. Ma devo anche dire che Toronto e le nostre vite non sarebbero quello che sono se non fosse per [...]
Great weekend
What a wonderful weekend.
rIAm and I had a “date” Friday night, where we cooked up some delicious wild Alaskan salmon, accompanied by fresh-from-the-farmer’s-market asparagus, bulb onions, and mushrooms, along with a tasty wild/basmati/brown rice mixture from Trader Joe’s. The rice and asparagus were done indoors, the rest on the grill, and everything was super yummy. [...]
My Eyes Feel Great but My Legs Hate Me
I’ve been talking about doing two things for quite a while; I finally did both. Yes, one week ago today, I got contact lenses. And yesterday, I rode my bike to work.
OK, so if you’ve known me at all from about 4th grade up until a week ago, you know me as somebody who wears [...]
