I haven’t been posting much in the last few weeks because I started a new job in arts administration, the sexiest of all hipster occupations (after, maybe, producer at CBC Radio 3 or professional cycling advocate). It’s at the Ontario Crafts Council, near Queen and Ossington. I write grants and promotional copy.
The job is totally [...]
Huzzah! From NASA:
Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it.
“It must be ice,” said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. “These [...]
Believe it or not, this is the first time I stood on Parliament Hill*. Though I’ve been to Wat Pho four times, the Great Wall three times, and the Jungfrau twice, I have never been to our nation’s capital. It’s a little embarrassing.
I was in Ottawa for my cousin Bill’s wedding (which was lovely), and [...]