http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/636540Only 13,706 to go. So far I’ve done this Ell’s way – just start at one end and keep working. Don’t sit back and imagine how difficult it’s going to be – do it. I find it difficult to believe that I’ve actually written over 36,000 words. No they aren’t all spelled properly. No they aren’t...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/636107If you read the last post, you would know about Ell winning a competition. A dash for cash at her favourite hockey team’s ice rink. She was nervous every day until the 11th, and I kept soothing her feelings by saying things like ‘imagine being in the middle of a skating rink in front of 20,000...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/634821Ell and I have been ill for 3 days with a really bad cold; not quite the flu but damn close, and I’ve had a thumping headache – (Ell calls the headache a NaNo migraine.) And today, the 8th day is an Indian summer and it will be for two days and things MUST get done outside. Deck and porch...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/634481Life is slightly chaotic. Wednesday was child minding day and it was horrific with a 4½ year old and a 2½ year old with flu like symptoms. They had their H1N1 shots on Friday but it wasn’t the live antigen so it technically couldn’t be a reaction to that. The live one they still have to get. The...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/634179Yesterday was one of the week’s fitness days, where Ell goes to her aqua-fitness and I go to the weight room to see what weight can pull me off my feet. It was busier than usual for a Monday, and I had to wait for some machines or take another one until the preferred one was vacant. One of the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/633775This is a curiosity post. Today’s was a Friday auction, and they are unusual because it means lots of people can’t attend because they’re working; most auctions are on Saturdays or Sundays. It was unusual for a few other reasons as well. It was an auction that seemed to consist of nothing but...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/633563Is this as plausible as No Plot, No Problem? My NaNoWriMo novel no longer has a plot. It does have one character but said character is becoming dizzier by the minute as his creator struggles to find a path for him to follow. NaNo starts on Sunday, and I still don’t know in which direction it is...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/632019The original article can be found at http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/ and click on l'Arpege. This description was in the Ottawa Citizen and was written by Mike Grenby in the travel section. It refers to the way the Food-Snob described a certain soft boiled egg that was served up in a l'Arpege,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/631040Ontario is banning the use of hand held devices while driving. The ban starts on the 26th of this month but there will be a three month grace period during which the police will turn a blind eye. The ban is long overdue. There is nothing on the road these days that chills my blood so much as...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/johnmcnab5912/630606The minister’s intonation as he raised the communion cup to his lips prior to drinking the wine surprised me. I’ve attended countless communion services and can repeat the invocation to eat the ‘Bread of Life’ before eating the unleavened bread, from memory. I also know that we drink the non...