Ah, earworms. The good, the bad and the ugly. This is the good kind. I heard it Friday on my way home, and I've been driving the Scotsman crazy singing it all weekend. It would be less painful for him if I could actually sing. Oh well.

Just thought I'd spread… Read full post »

I went down to my storage locker in the basement yesterday in search of my old Brownie badges (thank you surly). I knew that somewhere buried under old skis and folding chairs and fans was a box full of boxes full of things I’d long forgotten. I wasn’t prepared to really… Read full post »

 Why is this couple smiling? 

When I was growing up in the suburbs of the Big Smoke, Toronto was nothing if not staid, conservative, blue suited, church-like, white, Anglo-Saxon, protestant, uptight and boring. BORING. Well, haven’t we just grown past all of that? Now, there i… Read full post »

While the Cat's away, the mice will play, or so the saying goes. This week I've been left to feed the cat. Unbelievably, kitty trusted me not to just award myself a tiara and be done with it. And surprisingly, I can be trusted. Go figure. 

For any of you who… Read full post »

Is this man too racy for Nashville?

Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -ized; -iz·ing
Etymology: Thomas Bowdler died 1825 English editor
1 : to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
2 : to modify by abridging, simplifyi/… Read full post »

Tomorrow, President Obama wraps up his first year in office with the State of the Union speech. He promised a whole lot of change, but so far, it looks like a whole lot of the same old thing wrapped up in a shiny new package.

Meanwhile, north of the border, Prime… Read full post »

There has been a lot of flouncing and Canada bashing going on lately. I know they aren't linked (or are they????), but this post has been sitting in my draft pile for months, so here it is adjusted for the moment. I've read just one too many off-handed comments about invading… Read full post »

Cat and JK Brady meet Surly at the Toronto Airport.

Dreams do come true.

Live blogging??? You decide...

For Julie Tarp...you wear the hat, you wear the cowboy...OS Style

Leaving the restaurant....

The waiter had the longes… Read full post »

My Russian grandmother doled out two things in copious amounts: food and love. Both were untouchable in their quality. Most, if not all, of my memories of her include the traditional Russian dishes she made for us.

A Sunday dinner at my grandmother’s house was a smorgasbord of tr… Read full post »

You know that slide show that has been passed around via email for the last few years? The one with an invitation to a party and full of pictures of Tahiti? Yeah, that one. Well, I laugh when I get it, because I've been there. And it really is that beautiful.… Read full post »

I really don't care so much about this latest OS dust up, but then I wasn't hurt by any of this. But others were hurt, and they have as much right to be hurt as I have not to be.

Feelings are real, everybody has them, and discounting them does… Read full post »

Eh:

An interjection or prompt spoken by Canadians.
Equivalent to the American "huh?" or "right?"
Usually used to prompt a person to respond to what was said or to indicate a lack of understanding.

1) Joe: That girl is hot, eh?
Dave: You're damn right.

2) Dave: The dog… Read full post »

When did you know? When life smacks you in the face, do you realize that you saw it coming all along?

I spent five years in an on-again/off-again relationship with a very successful lawyer. We lived 3000 miles apart most of the time, so it was good that… Read full post »

So, I'm sitting here with about 30% of my brain cells firing after a night of festivities and food.

And I'm bored.

And I can't do lists because I lose them before I get out of the car.

I need a little hair of the dog...as in OESheepdog.… Read full post »

1. Hungry Cat for stealing my Canadian mojo thing... and for her damn clever Friday Wraps. I can do Wraps too you know.
2. Surly for her ugly food pics that the Editors make me look at for a day or more on the cover. I can do ugly food too you know.
… Read full post »

When I was 16, our family moved back to the Toronto area after spending four glorious years living in lotus land (Vancouver). During our time in the West, and because we had no family out there, we spent Christmases skiing in the interior. I loved it. No fuss, no… Read full post »

This is Frivolous Friday Fluff Stuff. Or it is scientific discovery, depending on your view of the world.

Ok, men of OS, I beg of you, please, before I go insane (again), help me understand some of the secrets of the universe like:

• Why is a man with a degree
… Read full post »

Stolen from http://www.recipe.com/images/joys-ricotta-cookies-R074245-l.jpg because I didn't have time to make these before posting thanks to Surly's sneak attack

Riccotta-Cheese Cookies

2 cups sugar
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 container (15 oz or 425 g) riccotta chee/… Read full post »

Still in use after all these years

Christmas makes me cry. Not anguished sobbing tears interrupted by gulps of air or weepy, sniffly, scrunch your face up tears; just plain tears. Last week, the season of tears started officially when I was driving and the song Little Drummer Boy… Read full post »

I know, at first you thought I'd started an International incident by starting a spanking party on Ramesh's post. It was possible seeing as the OS server farm is likely in India. But that's not it. And who could complain with that many comments 670 at last count. Way to go… Read full post »

I haven't even read it all yet, but I just know by her use of CAPS that this is for real...

bye bye suckers OS. I'll send you postcards from paradise. Enjoy your turkey.

bye

bye

Hello dear,
I am widow from BRITAIN . I am married to Mr Bennett Dorrance… Read full post »

“Hey, what about Christmas?”

“Gah, please. I haven’t even started shopping yet, and the buskers are already doing Christmas carols in the subway.”

“Do you think Aunt Helen will give us bunny slippers again? Does she even realize we are over… Read full post »

I'm a little late to Foody Tuesday, but with all these sweet potato recipes bouncing around, I thought I'd share this soup my brother-in-law served us last weekend. The lime, peanut butter and cilantro really give it a wonderful flavour.

Sweet Potato Soup with Lime Creme Fraiche&… Read full post »