Broken Area

Here we go again!

Music ‘Master Deadender’ by Bubble

And so, it begins.

Music 'Turncoat' by Anti Flag

Here we go!

Music 'Hundred Times Over' by Private Joker

We thought we'd go shopping a day early to hopefully beat the hordes to shopping for New years'.

Hey it worked!

Isabelle is a woman of leisure.  She's just lucky I'm around.

Christmas was a lot of fun.  Boy did it get cold, -33 the other day.  Plus, it snowed like a son of a bitch, like 50 cm, and no crews to clean it because (understandably) they were on holidays.  Today it was 'warm' 11 C.

Happy New Year from us!

It is our last episode before Christmas.  So we are on our way to shop, it should be a complete nightmare of nightmarish proportions (this is just a guess, as I am typing this before we go).  If I don't make it back, send out a search party, and I'll pop green smoke.

We made it back, and at the same time that we would normally get back, which should give you an idea about how long it took.

It actually wasn't that bad.  I mean it wasn't that good either.

Groceries were expensive, let's say it is good we had 280 000 PC points and leave it at that.  Then I got double charged at the LCBO, but that got fixed.

Rachel always sends us a nice e card during the Holidays, and it is really appreciated.

Merry Christmas to all of you.

I'm not sure that's the exact title we agreed on but it is close.  When we got home there was a clog in the upstair bathroom sink.  So for the last 45 minutes I've been fixing that.  All fixed.  Boy that ways fun!

Anyway, we went out a tad later today too, so not only are we close to Christmas, we're later in the day.  The store was packed.  Packed with people who don't know how to cook or stoop.  It's kind of cute in a way seeing say a young couple wanting to impress their family by cooking.  Cooking food they have no idea how to cook.  I then told the tale of helping out such a couple.

Isabelle's work is coming along nicely.  She says sometimes her stuff is too painty.  I am not sure what that means, but it makes sense to her and the other art people, so it is just a term I don't understand.

Isabelle's Dad built houses and was a designer and is the inspiration for a lot of her work.

No, really I did.  Now, I also bought littleneck clams, shrimp and chorizo.  They will all go together in a soup that will be great.

I've been marking.  Students don't understand what an A is, well some, I shouldn't tar them all with the same brush and all that.

People don't write things down any more.  Which means they use Isabelle as their external hard drive.

People don't write in general, which means they are shitty writers.

I'm still trying to get over the same of the kale.

As is our custom, we went and got a Christmas tree today.

As is our custom, we recorded this event for posterity.

As is our custom, Isabelle laughed a lot.

As is our custom, I have nothing left to say but am trying to take up space.

Enjoy.

Today we went for an extra stop, at the Jiffy Lube, and we recorded there as well, so this one is extra long.  Is that a good thing?  I don't care.  What did you pay for this anyway?

Isabelle has been on some training stuff for work.  I've been marking essays.  Essays are driving me insane.

We got our bolts torqued.  

Isabelle explains auxiliary verbs while I am tooth chipping angry.

We bought a new washing machine after the show, because, well, because ours is broken sadly.

Boy the grocery store was full of people today.  As was the LCBO.  You get some bonus coverage of me getting Pernod and gin, as Yooper has said he likes that...

Some people drive like jerks.

Thanks to Jasen with an E for the tip on the blinker.  It is fixed.

We had a quick studio visit to pick up some stuff.  Oh and Isabelle took a picture in front of a wall filled with ridiculous (to me) graffiti.  Hence the title.