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My collection of Olympus photography gear has just grown:

Olympus OM-2 built in August 1976
This picture
… is just intended to be a quickie until I can take some decent product shots to fit my black background. I’m not happy with this as it looks over-processed to me. I went from a slightly overexposed image […]

After shoveling the driveway last night, for the third time this week, the mounds of snow on my lawn have grown. I hope to take more pictures this evening.
In the meantime, I think there’s been a SNAFU in the Ministry of Weather:

Schizophrenic Weather
When I look at the next day’s forecast during biking season, if […]

Last Sunday in Ottawa we had some fine record-setting snowfall. 37cm fell on Sunday. We were lucky we had guests over: their cars took up space in the driveway and made some of the snow, er, portable?
Memorable snowfall moments:
* We didn’t have enough food - rather, I’d gotten food the night before but […]

Google sends out holiday schwag around this time of year. This year it was this nifty 2GB USB memory stickcard:

… complete with (p?)leather holder!
When my boss got it, we immediately plugged it in to see if it had any content. Or, shall I say, we tried to plug it in. The card […]

Another edition of the Black Mage’s Pro at Cooking, I bring you:

A Simple Breakfast
An omelette. Just an omelette. No toast, nor bacon, ham or sausage, nor fruit. A tall glass of milk.
On the inside, leftover perch, cooked for Friday’s lunch yet uneaten because I ate the leftovers from the fish I cooked […]

BREAKING NEWS!
I met her on December 17th, 2006. I fell in love with her on December 18th. She moved in with me around May. On Saturday, September 22nd, I asked her father a very important question. One week later, on the 29th of September, 2007, I asked her to marry me:

For […]

We interrupt our tale of exporation to bring you this edition of “Pro at Cooking”:

Veggie Delight
Following The Black Mage’s game, “Pro at Cooking” (see here and here), allow me to present an Awesome Dinner.
Steamed brocolli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, asparagus and carrots, pads of butter melting on top and sprinkled lightly with parmesan cheese. An […]

The adventure continues!

July 3rd, Day 5
The day starts with a trip to the local Toyota shop where my aunt and I have our cars looked over. I borrowed the receptionist’s phone to start the insurance process. I thought this would be a quick deal, but apparently there’s a “dude is standing in a […]

Today’s post will be short (yay!) with only two pictures (boo!).

July 2nd, Day 4
We wake up and discover that we’re in a nice warm room instead of a tent, and we won’t have to spend most of the day in a car (not that there’s anything wrong with that) for the third day in a […]

On July the First, in the year Two Thousand and Seven, the world had known the Dominion of Canada for Seven score years. At midnight on this hallowed day, beavers in the pockets of Kanuckis everywhere winked. None of the numismatists of the world noticed, however, since nobody was wearing anything with pockets […]