Broken Area

No, my thyroid is fine.  Listen and you'll get the reference.

So, on Tuesday I went to the Dr. and she immediately said 'you should see an ophthalmologist' and she got me an appointment that afternoon.  He is a pretty great guy and prescribed and anti viral drug to stop this eye infection.  That all happened BTW within about 3 hours.  So if you don't like socialized medicine for its supposed inefficiencies, bite me.  Oh and my work drug plan covered the drugs.  Cost out of pocket?  One dollar.  So I'm getting better, though it will take time, and it seems now Isabelle and Jon are getting sick.

Isabelle is off to a sort of giant play today, sounds interesting.

Sometimes people ask questions that really make no sense.  

Isabelle is settling in to her new job, which is exciting as hell.

So back to the regular schedule this week.  

I'm getting better, though this eye thing is a tad much.

We've asked before why people listen.  Another question is why we do this at all?  Like what do we get out of podcasting?  It's not like we're thinking of stopping or anything, it is just one of those semi annual 'what the hell is this thing that we do' things.

Isabelle has started the new job, which is awesome.  She's insisting on speaking French which makes sense as it is a French services job.

The new term starts Wednesday, so I have that going for me too.

The finale of Twin Peaks is tomorrow, I will bake a cherry pie.

So we went on a trip to Ottawa to look after some friends' dogs, and to hang in Ottawa what with the national capital things and such.

So I got REALLY FUCKING SICK.  Like, bad flu, haven't been this sick in 22 years (yes, I've kept count).  I'm getting over it now.

THEN OUR CAR BROKE DOWN.  Yeah, Broken Area etc.  Look if you need a Motel to stay in in Deep River, I can tell you where not to stay.  I can also say that the guys at Everitt's Service Station were top notch, thanks a lot to them.

ISABELLE GOT THE JOB.  I'm using  a lot of capitals this week.  So it is pretty exciting chez Michaud-Brodbeck.

So this is just a short one, no LCBO run today.

See you Saturday for a regular episode.

Hey, it's a day early!  

We were out to lunch, and Isabelle has a thing tomorrow, so why not shop and record today?

So, Jon has a new iPhone, and I have a new android tablet, which came with an extra gig of data.  That was cheaper than just getting the data.

I'm still biking.

Isabelle has become very interested in dreams and dreaming.  Why do we dream?  What does it mean?  As usual, I ruin everything with science.  Still, a neat artistic inspiration.

Today's episode is a little longer than usual because we took Maddie back to the airport.  She was supposed to go home yesterday, but many Air Canada flights were cancelled due to lightning in Toronto.  So, they rescheduled for today.

Then I needed chain lube for my bike.  So, we stopped at a very cool bike shop in town and picked some up.  Then we hung out there a bit, you can hear a bit of us being there, the people there at Velorution are great.  They never make you feel like a noob, and they aren't pushy at all.  It is a great store.

Then, it was off to shopping.

Hey, Isabelle has a job interview on Thursday.  Send positive vibes and such.

Jon came with us, but didn't say much really.

Enjoy.

For reasons that escape me, I referred to this one as 'episode 180'.  That won't be for at least three weeks.

We just got back from another camping trip, which was fun.  Isabelle's friend Alicia came along.  After day one, Isabelle drove Jon and me home and went back to stay another day.  She also tore the trailer down by herself (this is usually my job) and did a splendid job.  

She's very good at trailer parking, and has no idea how.  Implicit knowledge baby!

Isabelle and Alicia went to a beach and painted, that's cool.

Her ideas for her final project are coming along nicely.

It's summer.

It's hot.

There are a lot of people in the LCBO parking lot.  That is, perhaps, the finest poem I have every written.

Jon and I just saw Dunkirk, and they used the Sheperd illusion in it.  You'll hear an example in the podcast.

Kyle McLaughlin is in town filming a TV show.  That, frankly, is pretty cool.

Isabelle's Mom likes shoes from the 70s.  However, such shoes are horrible and dangerous and must be stopped.  OK, I'm really exaggerating.

Maddie is coming soon!

Oh there is a little glitch in this one, hope it doesn't bother anyone, but hell, what did you pay for it?

Hey, we're back!

We were away camping last weekend, so no podcast. We went camping with Isabelle's sister Julie. She was visiting to help celebrate Isabelle's 50th birthday. It was a pretty casual affair as you can probably imagine. Basically some friends, a fire, and 48 sliders of various types.

The camping trip was fun, though Jon wants internet, always. Our friend David visited us during the trip as well.

So, we're looking after a dog. A dog that looks like Johnny Depp on a bad day, right?

Isabelle is worried about getting dementia, I'm more concerned about living a life worth living.

All that said, not knowing that you own a comforter is odd....

Hopefully the art dept will be back on campus in September, though I have my doubts.

So, I just got back from the Marshall McLuhan Podcaster Roundtables in Hamilton.  It was a really good time.  For the second year in a row I went down with Mike, the virtual Yooper.  He drove in from Copper Harbor MI, and we then flew from Sault Ste. Marie to Toronto, then, on the the GO bus, and we were in Hamilton.

So that was Thursday/Friday, and we came back yesterday.  Isabelle was looking for firewood, and now we have firewood.  Our friend Jody delivered it, and we didn't hear him knock.

Isabelle tried out the Dairy Queen potato skins.  

Isabelle recently took a day trip up to Wawa.  Her brother in law once spent five days there, that he'd like back.  

Isabelle is still thinking about her final project, it's getting exciting.

Hey, we're back!  Oh and the LCBO didn't go on strike!

We went to London to visit my family, have a birthday party for me, but, much more importantly, go to the Ontario Miniature Print Exhibition.  It was really good!  Isabelle had a piece in the show, and the people there were really great.  They were really happy Isabelle came all the way from Sault Ste. Marie.  I don't think they cared about me.  The artist who was judged to have the best prints gave a talk, and it was really good.

So there was this guy in the grocery store who was impatient and rushing around.  So, I called him 'pal' condescendingly and he stopped bother me.  He still acted like a twit to others though.

Isabelle got something to eat at the store, but they didn't scan for points, controversy ensued.

I'm off the MMPR next weekend, so I'm not sure when the next one will be out.

Oh, yeah, I'll be on the Damned Fine Podcast (about Twin Peaks) theSunday.