Take the Luongo Way Home*

In my recent absence from the blogosphore, I didn’t get a chance to comment on the big trade! Big Bert down to Florida, along with Alex Auld** and Bryan Allen, for ROBERTO LUONGO and some other random. We finally have a goalie! A real freakin’ goalie!!! I mean, we’ll miss Bert, Alex & Bryan, but […] →Read more

Random Things That I Think Are Cool

In no particular order, here is some random cool stuff: If you add a bunch of Mentos into a bottle of pop, it makes this wicked pop explosion. We use it to demonstrated some principles of chemistry to kids. A friend of my recently sent me this link to a video of some people who […] →Read more

You’re not in Vancouver any more

If you are one of the people who does not like to hear me complain about Toronto and sing the praises of Vancouver, you may want to skip this entry. The entry below this one is a lovely summary of my trip, in cheesy number format… perhaps you would enjoy that? OK, I am only […] →Read more

You’ll have to excuse me, I’m not at my best

I’ve been gone for two weeks, I’ve been drunk since I leftThese so-called vacations will soon be my deathI’m so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest!OK, that may be a bit of an exaggeration… but it’s a good song nonetheless. So, I’m home now. I had a very restful two weeks […] →Read more

I Saw Mommy Kissing Zanta Claus

A while back, Jorge mentioned this guy Zanta*, who runs around downtown Toronto in a pair of shorts and a Santa hat, showing off his 6 pack abs and screaming at everyone. Guess who I saw while walking home from the movie yesterday? Anyway, not really much to report on my trip so far (which […] →Read more

Well, I’m about to head off to the airport, but before I go, I thought I’d share a few more things with you… you know, just to keep you entertained (I know you’d be bored without my witty banter). First, many, many, many, many thanks to Di from Stem Cell Technologies. As you may recall, […] →Read more

Vancouver – will ya miss me?

I think she will. She was crying all day because I’m leaving. Of course, today was the day I had to run all over campus, picking things up and dropping things off. Couldn’t have been yesterday, when it was sunny and warm and wonderful (although, come to think of it, I did have to run […] →Read more

Happy 6/6/6!

In honour of this day of the devil, I present the closest thing I have to a relevant photo: vampire Beth being slain by Blade: P.S. Be sure to scroll down to read yesterday’s entry… I really want to hear everyone’s opinion on it! →Read more

Welcome to Cougartown

I have recently been discussing with various people the correct definition of a cougar. This topic has come up in conversation for absolutely no reason at all, why do you ask? A search of such illustrious sources as wikipedia and urban dictionary have revealed that there appears to be no consensus on what constitutes a […] →Read more

This and That

or Ramblings Thoughts of a (Slightly) Hung Over Bethie thanks to Mary for posting this article about how being a prof is the 2nd best job around! Their rankings were based on stress levels, flexibility in hours and working environment, creativity, and how easy it is to enter and advance in the field, as well […] →Read more