shout-outs to team 1981

there are only two people in the 7some family reunion 2006 who share the same birthyear: dov and me. 1945, 1952, 1977, 1982, and 1984 take a backseat. so sad. anyway, although i've met dov before and he's been dating ioana for fivepointfive years, this was the first time we really connected. somehow, he became a real person on this visit . . . dude, if you're reading this, i hope you know that i mean. he's a shoulder to cry on (in theory) and he knows how to carve a turkey. two enthusiastic thumbs up.

leaving toronto means that, among other things, i won't be seeing justin again for a long time. which stinks quite a bit. he joined the team less than a month before me, and paved the way for my membership. i guess. also, he's wonderful. also, the 6some (7some minus sir james) went to a hungarian restaurant on sunday night . . . and i really wished i could tell him so he could laugh at me. sigh. i'll miss you, buddy! (yeah, and you'll take it!)

leaving toronto also means that, among other things, i am so back in calgary, and have been unpacking lots and lots. consider yourself officially invited to visit me in my loverly room and - if you haven't already - to meet my roommate jen. you guessed it, she's on the team, too.

woot, etc. we're taking over the world with our quarter-century-awesomeness! and why? because 1981=7x283. need i say more?

ode to me

socrates believed the unexamined life is not worth living.

he believed in asking questions about ourselves.

and look what it got him!

~stephen colbert, may 9th, 2006

well said.

un-convenient?

listen, it's been a while since i watched bill maher. probably years. but he's hit it on the head this time: in this monologue he talks about global warming, healthy selfishness, and treason. in this "war on terra", which side are you taking?

unnamed

i finally saw the name of the rose this evening . . . my mom is a huge umberto eco fan, so it's something of a surprise we've avoided each other for so long.

it's sean connery, f. murray abraham, and christian slater in a benedictine murder mystery that manages to be more interesting than the da vinci code (i'm not linking that) without necessarily being soft on church abuses. no spoilers here, but it did remind me that being human and seeking wisdom and joy might just be ok with God. good news, i think :-)

here are three memorable quotes, all from william of baskerville (connery):

how peaceful life would be without love, adso.
how safe, how tranquil . . . and how dull.

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have you ever found a place where God would have felt at home?

~~~

adso, if i knew the answers to everything,
i would be teaching theology in paris.

unsure

saw soulpepper's production of "the real thing" on saturday; it's shaping up to be a tom stoppard summer. i may have to reread "arcadia" before leaving toronto.

parents are flying away to cairo for ten days. get this: my mom told me what to tell the papers if she dies in a terrorist attack. not kidding. i'll post that once she and dad are back in canada.

before you get yourself into legal trouble, note well: billy blanks owns the rights to the phrase "now you know." i know this because i read the copyright and trademark information on my tae-bo tapes. and now you know. D'OH!

quote de jour (from stoppard, bien sur):
don't write it, just say it.