Thursday, March 30, 2006

What is it with Portuguese men and moustaches?

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Nice legs... wanna ride?

Resistance is futile... join the Giro. Register now at www.GiroToronto.com.

Don't have a bike? I will find you a bike.

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Pun Gents photo shoot for EYE magazine

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

200 bpm does not a heart-attack make

Symptoms: pain in right part of chest and shoulder. Wake up after midnight with a sense of doom, cold clammy hands and forehead; heart rate waaaaay over the limit.

Response:
"PLEASE TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL."

Signage at Toronto Western: Poor at best, had to drive around the block just to find the ER.

Tests: EKG was normal, blood pressure normal. Chance of survival ~%100.

Doctor's opinion: panic/anxiety episode, likely stress-related, possibly triggered by 'night-time' cold medication containing pseudoepinephrine.

Advice: Advil or regular Tylenol instead of Tylenol cold. If another episode occurs, breathe deeply; try Ativan.

Thanks to the pleasant nurse who brought me water - after 1.5 hour's lying in a bed waiting for the lone ER doctor to show up, so he could reassure me I wasn't dying.

But thanks mostly to Voula for driving me to the emergency room at 1:00 am, and shooting the shit with me till well past 4. Though I think she enjoyed talking with the cute MD - so it wasn't all tribulation.

I've got an entire day off work to scope out some happy pills, so why not also a new cookbook for V? She doesn't want flowers, but I'll do something nîce.

Friday, March 10, 2006

Things I love about the Chateau: Part I

I) The Hallway.

Our hallway's the tops. Open the front door to the Chateau and you see right into the kitchen; down a pleasantly slippery hardwood floor, sheltered from above by several friendly off-white arches (the first one so lazily round and welcoming). It's a simple, direct hallway, and it takes you past everything: living room, dining room, the girls' rooms, their bathroom, the closet, until you hit the most important room of all - la cucina.

It's a two-person hallway too, plenty of room for conversation and getting the update on last night's gossip. Yeah I like our hallway.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Sorbara fights back against RCMP

Hmm, as I predicted.

Problem is, nobody likes to admit they screwed up. Certainly not our state police force, who are accountable to nobody.

(warning - this blog may soon be the target of a fraud investigation)

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

a warmer soupy butt

Some people have no sense of humour. But if you chuckle at this, then you're in our good books.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Look Ma, I's 28!