Don’t Be Frightened

Last night, Chuck and I were able to see my #10 favourite band of 2008, Frightened Rabbit, Live in concert.  First, I loved the venue – especially for its location, which is here in Charlottesville!  Not having to drive an hour or two to see a show just makes the night so much better.  The [...]

The Coalition Is Dead

Ignatieff has today announced that his Liberals will “swallow hard and accept” Prime Minister Harper’s budget, providing that the Tories provide regular status reports to ensure they are keeping the commitments made.  This means that the present government will live to see another day.  The Coalition is Dead.
Personally, I think this is Iggy’s best move. [...]

Political Blizzard II: Iggy’s Revenge

When we last left our heros(?) in the Canadian Parliament, things were very tense between Prime Minister Steven Harper’s Conservatives and a hastily assembled coalition of the Liberals, the NDP and the Bloq.  In order to avoid a non-cofidence vote that would have resulted in the coalition taken power (or, at the least another election), Harper persuated the Governor General [...]

Viva La Revolucion

As I write this, I am at home with little to do and Theresa is at work, collecting bacon to bring home. It is a necessary situation that I don’t think either of us are too crazy about. But to make things a little more bearable, we have begun a fun tradition – [...]

Speaking Of My Year End List

I am super excited that two of the bands whose albums made the list are coming to Charlottesville in the next couple of months: #10, Frightened Rabbit, and #3, Plants and Animals.  If anyone would like to accompany Theresa and I to these shows, please let me know.

Favourite, Not Favorite

You may have thought that there was a spelling mistake in the title of last year’s most popular post, Our Favourite Albums of 2008, but I assure you that it was not.  Favourite is how you spell the word in Canada, and in this case, as in many other instances, Theresa and I decided that [...]

Christmas

Theresa and I just returned to Virginia after a busy but wonderful two weeks back home in Alberta.  Here are a few of the great things about our trip.
Family: It is always great to be with family after a long absence, and this vacation was no exception.  Both the Millers and Valgardsons were privileged to have their [...]

BAILEY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!

E-mail from my sister Bailey to me: 
“you better rerten this mesage. all i wanted to say MERRY CHRISTMAS and I ROCK.  I want you to put something on the blog about me. i want to be rembered. and if i’m not remberd i will not be happy.”
Well Bailey, here it is – a testament to the world [...]

You Win Some, You Lose Some

 
Ever since I bought the tickets a few months ago, I had been excited that this year we would be flying out of Charlottesville, instead of having to drive the 2+ hours to Washington DC.  As we soon learned, flying out of our small airport can have its ups and downs.
 
Flying Out of Charlottesville:
Our plane [...]