About a month ago, the mini-fridge in my home office stopped working. I only realized it had died because a large chunk of ice fell from th...

A top hat A bowler A fedora and A rain cap these are Just some of the many kinds of hats On your head you may wear a hat Or you may ...

I'm not really keen on celebrating my birthday, especially as I get older, but here are four photos from my fourth birthday, wh...

Several years ago, Sylvia presented me with a boxed set of the Harry Potter books for my birthday. I was delighted, for friends whose opini...

Along with the Hugo and Nebula, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award is considered in some circles as one of the triumvirate of important SF...

Over the years I've played a lot of games, and they've brought me a lot of joy. It only just occurred to me that I've never chr...

Another of the greats has fallen victim to the merciless march of time; Harper Lee is dead . I was somewhere in my early 20s when I first...

I just finished Michael Bishop's 1994 Hugo-nominated novel Brittle Innings , the story of a teenager's experiences as a minor leagu...

Vroom! Said the child I was that Christmas morning Amazed by his plastic snowmobile And his matching pajamas Whatever happened to the...

How many times did I visit the Etstell farm as a child in the 1970s and early 1980s? Perhaps not as many as I'd like to believe, for ...

Sylvia wasn't feeling well today and took some honey and turmeric to settle her stomach. On a whim, I shot a photo of the remedy with...

It's Valentine's Day, and Sylvia is lounging in her pajamas and would probably be annoyed if I took a Valentine photo right now...

This Lego Pirates chess set is, of course, rated ARRRRR. 

By now everyone knows that I'm not a dog person, but I find this image strangely evocative. This would be the dog of my paternal gran...

Whatever happened To the humble symbol That signified cents? Pennies banished Nickels worthless A dime won't feed a pay phone (If...

This skunk was presumably captured on film by one of my paternal grandparents in the early 1960s somewhere near Dauphin, Manitoba. Judgin...

For the third time I'll be participating in the Edmonton Corporate Challenge Brain Freeze event. Since this year Corporate Challenge t...

Okay, so I warmed up pre-made Thai chicken and added gouda slices and microwaved bacon. But still, that's almost cooking, and "...

I don't have many photos of Dad's side of the family, so I was pretty happy to see these shots of his parents on what might be ...

My brother Sean and his friend Dave have started a podcast: "The Guys Guide to Gabbing About Goals." Listen to the first episode ...

Sean's friend Laura suggested I offer some thoughts on how to be a geek; she further suggested these thoughts should come in the form o...