Uncustomary customs?

According to this article we could be in for changes when crossing the borders. I realize that for many of you "wikileaks" may not be the news gospel, but realize that it's just reposting a canwest news article that also appears in the Financial Post and the Vancouver Sun.

Key points in the article:

• Security officials would be charged with checking laptops, iPods and even cellular phones for content that "infringes" on copyright laws, such as ripped CDs and movies.


• Guards would be responsible for determining what is infringing content and what is not, as well as the authority to order "ex parte searches" (without a lawyer present)


• Officials should be given the "authority to take action against infringers".


• Infringers with content in their possession would be open to a fine and they may also have their device confiscated or destroyed.


• Federal trade agreements do not require parliamentary approval.


• Would include Canada, US and EU.

So let us think about this for a few seconds:

Rafiki's first 12 weeks

Who is this Person?

She's turning into a QuesaDiva!

Gran's 92nd Birthday!

Not looking a day older than 62.... :)

Happy Birthday Shannon!

Here's wishing you a wonderful day and the best year yet. It seems that it will be a year full of exciting changes. May all your dreams come true. Much love, Mom and Dad

Just for Brennan

You've all seen tea that eases upset stomachs, helps one sleep, calms one's nerves... there is tea for headaches, tea for nursing mothers, and tea for flatulence. But here in Spain, they have TEA FOR BRENNAN!

From the things-that-make-Dave-cry-dept:

29 MILLION dollars was spent on this:

Creation Museum

Isn't it wrong that it is open on Sundays?

Sigh...

From the somebody-has-too-much-time dept

To sum it up in one word: huh?

New toy for the lake?

A chainsaw is so 1990s.

Check this out

How well do you know Africa?

I got 25 with no cheating at all...how do you score?

Africa Test

Shan...I expect perfection :)

(Edit: For those of you having difficulty, memorizing this song should help. Yes I know it's slightly out of date, feel free to do better)

A Holy Patent

I bow to our new godly overlord.

(Warning, link goes to the patent office...just in case you aren't allowed to go to those links).

WordPress 2.1

The blog is now updated to WordPress 2.1. Hopefully this should cut down on the Spam, and make it easier for people to post stuff. Sorry I haven't been posting much recently, but I'm hoping to start putting stuff back up ASAP on a more regular basis.

Thanks to everyone who is posting :)

Quesadivas

Shannon and I have been incredibly busy preparing for a concert with a ladies singing group called the Quesadivas. Our performance was last night and afterwards there was a champagne reception. Here is a picture of Rodric, Brennan,myself and our accompanist Rob Lowe at the reception. BTW, the concert went well and I think everyone had a good time.

Happy Birthday Brennan!!!

Hey Bren, here's wishing you a very happy twenty second birthday. I hope you get out to celebrate a bit--but try to keep things under control, okay?

Grammar for dad

'looking back on things, If I had paid attention in my English linguistics class in first year, I definately would have been better with my English grammar (pluperfect subjunctive). That I have not done so, is clearly reflected in my lack of knowledge of various grammatical tenses (present perfect subjunctive). So had I but known that the pluperfect subjunctive and other obscure grammatical tenses interested you so, I would have enquired further to my professors and perhaps have been able to clarify things further for you (pluperfect subjunctive). However, I wouldn't be writing this if I hadn't seen your comment about it on dave's post...(pluperfect subjunctive). However, if I were to continue writing this thing, then I might not do so well on my math midterm...(future subjunctive). You might be interested in this ;)

The Humility of Humidity

Figured it was time for a new post in the Entertainment Section. This is what happens to me when I get tumbled by a few waves, have my stuff washed out to sea in a tide I wasn't watching, then drive home for over an hour in a thunderstorm. Enjoy.

Submarine anyone?

Wahoo! Screw the hummer and the ferrari! I want this!! I just need to dig up the $78million to buy it...that's a lotta trees...
Click here!

Shower at Shuswap

Although the master bathroom is not quite finished, we are thrilled with our new shower. It has had a trial run and the water flows, the jets jet, the radio plays, the steam steams, the ozone sterilizes and the phone rings. Wow!!!

Thanksgiving in Canada

We had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. Here are a few shots of the feast--and one of the ineveitable work that one has at the end of the season.

Salmon Run 2006

Yesterday Rodric and I went to see the salmon run in the Adams River for the third time. This time I brought my underwater camera and got some cool footage... here are a few pics, and if you want to see a video go to:



For those of you who don't know anything about sockeye salmon, basically what happens is that they are born in a river, they swim to the sea and hang out there for 4 years, and then something inexplicable happens and they decide to return to the exact spot that they were born to lay their eggs. The female digs a hole with her tail, puts in the eggs, then a male comes along and fertilizes them, they get buried, then both parents die. For some reason every fourth year (being this year) is a particularly large run, and the spawning grounds are packed with red salmon. As well as these live ones that you see, there were hundreds of dead ones floating along the shores which attract lots of birds and bears, etc. It's really amazing to see. Canada's version of the Great Migration... or something.