Screwtape Letters

I am missing my copy of Screwtape Letters.

I loaned it out a number of years ago, but I cannot remember to whom it was loaned.
It was my grandfather's, so it does have some special meaning to me. It is a small paperback with dark cover art, published sometime in the 1960's I think. It was in rough shape when I loaned it out, some tape rips and such. It might have my grandfather's name in it (Sidney Dove).

Please search your bookshelves for this, I really would like to read it again.

Thanks.

Killer Bunnies

I played "Killer Bunnies" last Saturday and loved it. This has to be one of the most creative and ridiculous card games known to man. And what makes it better, as I found out today, is that it is an almost "open-source" card game. You can download the card templates and make your own. A sketched version of one of the bunnies, some of the downloaded elements, and a bad facsimile of the Enviro font, and you have what you see below: The Jonny Bunny Card. My attempt at it may not be awesome, but the potential is there. I'd be glad to work with anyone to create custom cards for the next game night.

Count onward list, for someday I will be next.

Eons ago, a group of enlightened men sat together to fathom the unfathomable, to discover the undiscoverable, and to list the unlistable. These men hold within them a gnostic knowledge of the ordinal nature of love, death, progeny, and the killing of zombies. They sequestered themselves away for what seemed an eternity, returning only when the sacred lists were complete. Few of the uninitiated have ever heard the wisdom of the lists, fewer still have actually laid eyes on the remarkable foolscap, but all recognize the power held within them. Some say the lists are prophetic. Others say that they are causal. But in the end, all agree on the simple fact that they are right.

< I intended to do more with that but I'm tired and really lost my train of thought. Simply know that lists from highschool have now correctly predicted the first two engagements from our group of friends and seem poised to fairly accurately predict the order of the next few. I do actually hope for some inaccuracy though as I am otherwise doomed to be the last fellow married. >


So it is with great joy that I heard of the latest couple, engaged as prognosticated. Trevor and Melissa, two most excellent friends, engaged last week through an appropriately comedic yet ultimately romantic plan put in motion by the ever-creative Trevor.

I figured I would share my favourite photo of them, sitting in what also happens to be one of my favourite places (the Vermillion lakes @ Banff)

Touch

I get excited about some rather nerdy things, most of which have very little relevance to daily life.

This is not one of those things! I beg you watch this movie and then to take 30 seconds and simply think of the possibilities that this technology allows for. I cannot be alone in my appreciation of this.

Multi-Touch Demonstration by Jeff Han

I remember when my friend, Victor, excitedly told me about this technology. I passed it off as a gimmick, not really seeing what he saw. Victor describes himself as a "blue sky thinker" and I discounted his excitement as simply futuristic dreaming. After almost four months of lunch-hour conversations, I am proud to say that my stance has changed. His appreciation of this new technology, driven by his ability to truly imagine its use in the not-so-distant future, is absolutely infectious. We spend our lunch-hours in lively conversation, talking about Jeff Hans (the creator of the technology in the video) and other inventors in a manner reminiscent of the school-yard discussions about Batman/Superman/Spiderman. How cool (and useful) would it be to have their powers? Though Hans and his peers may not be jumping between buildings or flying around the world, I love that I can look at their achievements and ideas and know that I am not simply dealing with fiction anymore! This is a reality which is only a few years away from being perfectly accessible to us. And we can only begin to imagine how any of these new technologies will change our daily lives.

I need a recipe

To anyone with any knowledge of the kitchen: I need your help!

Spaghetti al Limone (ie. Lemon Spaghetti)
I first saw the recipe on David Rocco's "Dolce Vita" and, immediately, my interest was piqued. When I got around to checking the Food Network's website, the recipe was nowhere to be found.

If any of you, or any of your cookbooks, have a recipe for this, I would love to hear from you.

Many thanks.