I also had David send me a pic of his Star Trekkish but very mod “Funky Cold Menorah”…

In case you’re ever in the market for upgrading your aircraft, ASO (Aircraft Shopper Online) posted a deal for Christmas.
(Sent by David)

I didn’t bring my camera with me this time, but Allan took some photos, so maybe he’ll post them in Flickr and I can put them here.
I went to visit the kidlets this evening, and to make sure the coats I bought for them in Pennsylvania fit before David flies out next Friday (and they [...]

Flying over the Rocky Mountains, I’m writing this in the fourth hour of a six-hour flight, so that’s my excuse.
So here we are again, my fourth trip on CX889 from New York to Vancouver, but I’ve managed to spot new things on my walkabout. Making my way to the back of the plane, amidst the [...]

If I had a dollar for every over-the-top Christmas house/lawn makeover I’ve seen for the past month, I’d be RICH!
I’d commented on this over at Karl’s blog, too…
If there was a discreet way for me to take photos of people’s houses all kitted out for Christmas, I would do it. Instead, I’ve just been [...]

(er, not hot, per se, but available for a low price… anyway, read on, will ya?)
My friend Steve Savage is off to Russia in two weeks, and is desperately trying to raise some funds by selling off his remaining stock of his recently published book. In a bit of an experiment, he has listed a [...]

While I was at the Cherry Ridge Airport cafe on Sunday, I picked up the Scranton Times — a local rag — to see that we’ve made the section for wedding and engagement announcements.
What was interesting about the page was that the wedding announcements were OLD… some of them dated back to JULY! So, really, [...]

On Sunday morning we went flying, and it was gusty! I would’ve filmed our crazy-bumpy landing, except it was rather precarious and I thought shoving a camera near the windscreen was probably a bad idea at the time…
High up at 8500 ft, it wasn’t so windy. The air was thinner, and my head felt weird [...]

cat vs. humidifier face-off

Hugh meets the humidifier
David bought a humidifier on Sunday, because I’ve been REALLY DEHYDRATED. It’s considerably drier here than in Vancouver, and I’m forever electrocuting myself on car doors and in the house. I’m constantly drinking, and carrying around a bottle of moisturiser because my skin feels like [...]

Forgot to mention the gingerbread at the Stroudsmoor Inn on Saturday. Someone had constructed a miniature gingerbread version of the Inn, but with some additional features such as a train station — with departures and arrivals to/from NYC, Boston, and Philadelphia — and a ski slope (with an emergency rescue). With all the mini-lights, [...]