Getting There

A few days break occurred in my new regime due to a combination of sick family and a very busy weekend schedule.  It’s crazy how the days just get away from you.  Yes, yes…I should be well more than aware of this based on the fact I have a five...

Renewal

I’ve been experiencing some nostalgia over the last week or so, largely brought upon by the unfortunate deaths of a couple of my older friends.  This brought me to take a look at the old blog and I realized just how much time had passed since I added an...

Adaptation

For the first time in almost ten years, I’ve been forced to deal with employment issues…and a bit of an existential crisis. I have recently left RBC, and have found to my initial dismay that the career specialization I have fostered for years now is...

Play

I’m alone with the boys until next Thursday while Melanie helps her sister out in Minnesota.  This can be a bit daunting…however I think I’ve held up ok.  At the least the house isn’t completely trashed, so that’s a good...

OK, I think I might just be a bit of a hypocrite…but only a bit.During a recent table-topics speech at a Toastmasters club I was guesting at I was asked to discuss whether or not I would be upset if the Canadian Men’s Hockey team at the Vancouver Olympics...

Day 1 – Part 3

Melanie’s mother gave her the number for Alois – her uncle, who was expected to pick us up at Dusseldorf airport. We quickly called the number and got his wife, who informed us Alois had already left….though she gave us his cellphone number. When we...
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