I stopped in at the lcbo after work tonight and picked up a bill and a half’s worth of booze. Mostly white wine (the white henry of phelam sibling rivalry is quite nice, 2 bottles), some bacardi rum (for mojitos of course!), a few stellas and some strongbow. Since the lcbo might be striking tomorrow night, i don’t want to take any chances of a dry canada day. There is always hull/gatineau, but i figure i might as well get it here while i can. I urge you to do the same!

Now i’m out on the side patio, which i’ve been spending a lot of time on recently, drinking a beer, cooking some spontaneous meat and doing the first blog entry in many moons. I’ve been quite busy, but a very good busy.

The spontaneous meat is from “Olympia Market Center” on gladstone. The place gives me the creeps but i’m comitted to give it a few more chances as it is so close to my house. The guy in there is creepy, but if you know what you want i’m sure he can help you out. I didn’t know what i wanted, but ended up leaving with a few small lamb chops which i’m sure will be tasty once cooked. For under 4$, you can’t really go wrong. If anyone else goes to this place, please share your tips as to whats good, and whats a goiter.

I ran the half marathon a few weeks back, and am now actually still excercising which is very unusual - normally i just give up and start training again in the new year. Not this year!! I’m also doing yoga a few times a week… its on my own, but its better than nothing. I’m definitely healthier than i’ve been… well probably ever!

Happy summer to all!! Get the hell outside (if you’re not outside already :))!!!

I need to spend more time on the details i think. I’m lazy, and this needs to change. Bite-sized is better than nothing, but doesn’t replace spending some QT with the old WWW.

What has been keeping me busy?

• electrical work - i turned a “ya, we can put an overhead light in the bedroom” into a complete re-wiring of the second story of my house… i found knob n tube, its gotta go, attic induced back pain ensues and will likely become a summer theme
• work work - work has been VERY tumultuous lately, and likely not going to slow down for 18 months. I predict overtime, stress, highs n lows, precipitation is expected
• running - i’ve been running like a mofo lately, i’m running in the half marathon next weekend and have been training for about 11 weeks, avg’ing about 4 runs a week, about 40km a week total. I’m f’in tired!!!
• fambly times - i was outside of edmonton recently visiting fambly. Hit up some rural areas, hit the mall, hung out, it was really great, got to meet some family i’ve never met. I’d never want to live in edmonton, but its an interesting place to visit.
• tweeting - because of lack of time i rarely hit up google reader anymore, and get most of my info from twitter. I follow @techcrunch, @ottawacitizen, @pitchforkmedia and misc ottawa folks. I post more musings there under @mobob than here thats for sure, its just way quicker and more convenient from my iphone that carving what feels like a stone tablet (ie this blog)
• thinking about my prize - i won a prize over at the esi blog and i’m not sure which option i will go for. I don’t want to be the cause of delightful banter and potentially unwanted attention so i don’t think i’ll pick the metablogging option, a recipe would make sense but doesn’t seem exciting enough, so it’ll likely be the topical one… just need an idea that would make sense and will get past their ethics committee and puddle of red tape - in fact, i think the esi’s ethics committee of today would’ve poopooed the very raison d’etre of the esi’s early days (ie metablogging the 5th muse)… or perhaps i’m being overly harsh

Go outside and breath its beautiful out there damn it!! Hang your clothes outside!!!

I love this restaurant, so it’s hard for me to show this. But they’ve
always (3+ years) had a hole in the mens bath ceiling, and there’s
always been a towel stuffed in the vent. The rest of the room is
nice, but the ceiling needs a makeover.

One new ceiling tile would turn this nasty shitter into a 4 star pisser!

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Now that the test is done, i’m ready for the 2 racks of ribs that have been marinating all day, yes!!!!

If it’s only demi, it is acceptable to eat the whole thing for
breakfast.

Especially when it’s a rye walnut baguettite from true loaf. So silky
and good, this awful pic does it no justice!!!

At least put some more glue on em!!!

This picture doesn’t really do justice to how nasty this loo is. And
the bar it’s in is pretty similar… It is beloved by those that
frequent tho, and that’s precious.

Now THIS is a forecast I support!!!

If only i was more on the ball, but my lazy preoccupied ass was not this time, nowhere near the ball… if any of you out there happen to have tickets, and go see him, and love it, try not to rub it in too much, i’m afraid i’ll cry.

Poached eggs on toast is the cure!!! If you’re feeling great, it’ll only
make you feel better. Guaranteed. Well… Unless the yolks are too
or not runny enough, but that’s just being picky.