Episode 106 - Cultured Cows

Isabelle spent yesterday visiting a friend who has a pottery studio. 

Of course you know what Isabelle does in such situations, she makes pottery cows.  So, we talked a bit about why she likes drawing, painting and potting cows. 

This led us into a discussion of 'selling out'.  I don't think that is actually a thing, I think it is called 'paying your bills' or 'doing your job'.  That said, it does feel cool when you have something that is made by a person rather than a machine.  Why?  Well I don't think either of us are sure, but it just seems right.

Anyway, so, that was our Saturday shopping trip, enjoy.

Episode 105 - Momma Burgers and Movie Theatre Popcorn

What will today bring?  Join us on our weekly shopping trip and find out!  Man, I'm still using so many exclamation points....

Maddie had a very brief visit with us as she was up for the psychology honours thesis conference.  The conference went well, but Maddie's plane was delayed quite a bit on the way here.  Everything worked out.  We had quite the discussion in this one about work life balance.

I've decided to make movie theatre popcorn.  This involves coconut oil and something called Flavacol, which you can see pictured in this post.  I am way more excited about this than I should be.

Episode 104 - Uppity Exclamation Points

Today we started out with a recording from our voice mail of a telemarketing scam about taxes.  I didn't answer the phone as I did not recognize the number but I googled it.  They try to get you to think they are the IRS, or in Canada, the CRA.  The best part is how poorly done the recording is.

Wait, Isabelle forgot her wallet!  Oh, yeah, I'm sitting on it....

Isabelle has been doing all kinds of stuff this week, like running an open mic, having a few of her pieces on display in different places in town, and, getting a parking ticket.

Isabelle is still watching Highway Thru Hell.

We talked a bit about language, especially written language, and how you English is pretty prescriptive when it comes to conventions about punctuation and such.  We both agree, however, that we use too many exclamation points.

We finished up by talking about codes of conduct and how everyone is offended by everything.