Xena even matches my bathroom!

Sticker on the cable bag of my Maxtor external firewire drive, purchased over the weekend.
I’m currently on my third external firewire drive. The first two are 250GBs, this one is 500GBs. Someone suggested that I get a 1TB (terabyte) drive, but I’m willing to wait — prices will always decrease for storage while capacity [...]

Coaster wisdom, brought to you by Monica’s comment. I looked down and there it was in front of me, Monica!

Today’s cameraphone pic: Lord and Lady of Leisure.
Laundry day at the House of Fielding, because Beano (I’m told by the catsitter) threw up on my bed a couple of times over the weekend. He seemed under the weather last night — warmer than usual, very pink nose, listless, antisocial — so I watched him carefully, [...]

Wow, it’s been a whirlwind long weekend but I have nothing but good stories about it all, including the drive home with three people who answered my Craigslist ad for ridesharing. Three cheers for carpooling!

I’m writing this in recovery mode from the wonderful dinner you see here (and more, consumed but unpictured), prepared for me by my host in Quebec City. It is my first visit here and I rolled up at dinnertime from a long drive that started in Toronto this morning. Look what I was greeted with!

I [...]

I should’ve known the baby gates were no match for a persistent kitty. Not this one, anyway. You can practically see the calculations and computations going on in his head: “Hmmm… will it hold me if I jump from here?”
Xena would’ve figured it out eventually, given time. She’s pretty clever: she’ll just kick back and [...]

My friend told me she can’t find 3-ply bathroom tissue in the U.S. I haven’t noticed.
Is this true, my American friends? Are you wiping your bottoms with less than your northern neighbours?