Red + Blue = Purple

I wouldn't call myself a flaming red Republican, but I have always leaned towards the conservative side of the spectrum in any political contest. I attest that primarily to my upbringing, and secondly to my pigheaded nature of never being wrong. However, I stumbled upon this little endorsement today that was both intellectual and compelling. If more pundits presented their side with a more balanced argument, rather then claiming that the other side has dragons in their basement, I might be more easily convinced. That being said, if I could vote in this election (I am a Canadian, unfortunately) I would be voting for Senator Obama.

more like a month in the life... and even thats a stretch!

pre-script: This post is going to be all over the place... just a heads up.

I really need to get on this whole update bandwagon... so anyway, it's half way through October and where has the time gone. School is still chugging along for both Laura and I, some of it is going well... some of it could be going better :P 

Between school, work and being a parent to the cutest little boy on the face of the planet... which reminds me hear is a gratuitous cute picture...

I am finding time here and there to pursue at least one or two of my hobbies... in fact just today Brother Hamish an

d I brewed up a couple batches of homebrew, a Pumpkin Ale with a whopping 30oz of pumpkin in it, and a Happy Holiday Ale which is generously spiced with nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon. I'll let you know how those turn out in about 2 months or so.

A couple of weekends ago Comrade Mikhail and myself toured out to Riding Mountain National Park for a weekend of hiking and enjoying the remnants of summer before the bitter cold sets in... all in all I hiked close to 30kms, and 20 

of the that 30 was with 20kgs on my back. We saw a moose and an elk

and signs of bear were everywhere, though thankfully we didn't run into any.

Here is a list of things that I have been thinking about lately:

-Vermicomposting

-Earth Sheltered or

 Underground Architecture

-The collection and study of Fungi and Lichens

-Eastern Religions and how they pertain to my walk with Jesus

-Leaving Manitoba... sights set on the Eastern coast of either Canada or the USA

-Food Histories and

 how the comsumption of food or lack there of affected immigration to America

post script: here is more cuteness... cause you can never get enough cute :)

This just in...

New Photos of Teddy

Fictional Cartography

My final project for Intro to Thematic Cartography was to make a map, however the information could be fictional. I was assigned India, so I ask you, how could I not make the corelation between Rudyard Kipling and man-eating tigers? I therefore present to you rigorously researched data in an easy to understand choropleth map.

click the picture to zoom in