Author Archives: ubalstecha

Jun 06
2008

What Makes One Great

[  Mood: Fed Up WIth Life ]Currently Dharma is leading a well intentioned, but poorly informed poll on the Greatest Canadian is. (Somewhere in there is a comment on the audacity of an American telling Canadians which one of them is … Continue reading

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Jun 05
2008

A Monumental Occasion

[  Mood: Happy ][ Currently: Breastfeeding my son ]Geeklet underwent a huge milestone today. He got his first library card and took out three books. They grow up so quickly!!!

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Jun 04
2008

M is for Maple – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Sleepy ]M is for Maple is a beautifully illustrated alphabet book. It’s focus is on Canadiana, which suits me fine. H is for Hockey. Geeklet enjoyed the colours. If I have quibble it is that E was for English, … Continue reading

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Jun 03
2008

Hippos Go Berserk – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Cool ][ Currently: Breastfeeding my son ]Counting books are a part of motherhood. You read them with/to/at your child hoping that it will help them pick up numbers. Most of them are as dull as dishwater. But not this one. … Continue reading

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Jun 01
2008

Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style – AQR

[  Mood: In Love ][ Currently: Pumping breast milk. ]Note this entry has been in the works since Friday, but due to a variety of "fun" and "interesting" things that have happened, which I am not getting into right now, you are … Continue reading

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May 29
2008

Visions – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Breastfeeding my son ]Jade is having nightmares in which women are being strangled. While she sees some of the assault from the victim’s point of view, she does not see the killer’s face. The police are skeptical, … Continue reading

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May 28
2008

Poozooka

[  Mood: Shocked ]You may remember how I have blogged about the fountain of poop. I have now seen something far, far more terrifying – the Poozooka. This morning, Husband Unit was changing our son when suddenly he projectile pooped. (The … Continue reading

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May 27
2008

Living Dead in Dallas – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Breastfeeding my son ]Sookie Stackhouse thought her life was going well. She had a boyfriend, Bill, who also happens to be a vampire. Given that Sookie is psychic, having a vampire as a boyfriend is a good … Continue reading

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May 26
2008

Runemarks – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Sick ][ Currently: Breastfeeding my son ]It is 500 years after the end of the world. The old gods are dead and their magic along with them. The world follows the Nameless on and the Word. Maddy has magic and … Continue reading

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May 24
2008

Fall TV – The Replacement Fillers

[  Mood: Angry ]This is the ninth in an ongoing seriers of entries where I look at the upcoming TV season. Why? Cause I am a TV junkie. I need a hit! The networks have a special set of shows they … Continue reading

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