Fishbooks

It’s official. I had my first “wedding” nightmare two nights ago. And what was it about? A wedding dress. Or rather, a lack thereof. I have been putting off finding time to actually go try some dresses on for a variety of reasons
a) I hate shopping
b) I don’t want something traditional and therefore don’t know [...]

Interesting article in the NYTimes Magazine about Dick Pound, head of WADA. Doping is a crazy phenomenon, and this article is quite enlightening. I just can’t imagine sacrificing my health & honour so that I can have a better chance of beating my opponents. But then again, I’ve never trained for something as elite as [...]

Ah, cartoons will never be the same, especially when Steven Spielberg is the executive producer for the Transformers movie. Beware the evil forces of the Decepticons. And check out the trailer too.

Woohoo, a whole website with products designed just for me! Maybe Ian & I should register here for our wedding gift registry (only he’s not left-handed….)
I am particularly interested in the left-handed pens. Are they smudge-proof?

I don’t know how I missed this “media” news on Friday (shows how out of the mediabistro loop I am) but apparently the infamous Judith Regan of ReganBooks (yes, she has her own imprint at HC) got fired. This is the woman who was going to pay for the OJ book, If I did it, [...]

I love getting holiday cards, particularly if they are unexpected. In this email-centric day and age, it’s nice to actually get something tangible in the mail from friends & family. Some years I am pretty good at sending out my cards, on time and to all the people on my list. Other years the cards [...]

Remember the “old” Paula Abdul? The one who used to dance in those coke commercials and sing pop songs? I admit it, I created a dance routine Straight Up when I was maybe 12. It was hot baby, hot. But, it’s amazing how that song can be transformed into something decent with just an acoustic [...]

So, in typical Montreal-style weather, it has been snow/sleet/raining/freezing rain all day. Our trees outside the building have about 1/2 an inch of ice on them already. Plus, it’s windy and the lights have been flickering all afternoon. Who knows when we will lose power and have to operate by candelight. I wasn’t in Montreal [...]

This one’s just for Ian. If you were as obsessed with a very simple, if versatile, toy when you were a kid, read on.

It was a packed sports weekend. First we saw the Habs thrash the Thrashers on Sat night. Good game, Huet played great (if Souray hadn’t scored on his own net, Huet would have had a shut-out) and the Atlanta goalie had some really nice saves too. Plus they honoured Serge Savard by retiring #18 to [...]