Episode 111 - Russian Languages

I'm back to writing these things a bit before we go to make my life easier.  (I do have such a rough life what with the good job and the sabbatical and the great family, I really am hard done by...)

Jon came shopping with us this time, which added an extra layer of Jonnosity.

Isabelle is taking a new course this summer, it involves 'intermedia' which is the idea that you take some piece of art in one medium and make art in another medium out of it.

We talked some about the fires in Fort McMurray, that whole thing has been insane.  Pretty cool thing though is that so far there has only been one reported death.  Amazing that.  Indeed, at the LCBO they were taking red cross donations, the feds are matching donations, and so far 26 million has been raised.

Everything was fine once Jon got his cracker chips....

Episode 110 - Isabelle's Record Collection

You may remember a previous episodes, entitled 'Dave's Record Collection' wherein the music was ripped from some of my old vinyl.  Well, Isabelle went to a sale of some sort and picked up a bunch of records.  So, today the music will come from those albums

It is finally spring, and we got into the spirit of it last night by having our first backyard bonfire.  Lots of people do that up here, and we are no exception.  

We had a meeting at Jon's school with the director of his program and with other support people about how Jon is doing and his future.  It was great.

We then had a heartfelt discussion of various goings on at work.  Finally, Isabelle backed the car up to the house to help me carry in the groceries.  It is the one nice thing she will do for me this week....

Episode 109 - Wrapping Yourself in Felt and Locking Yourself in a Room With a Coyote

Well, last weekend I was away at the Conference on Comparative Cognition in Melbourne, Florida, so we didn't have an episode.

This weekend coming up, Isabelle will be away in Ottawa and Montreal seeing various art things, so, we did a quick shopping run today (#sabbatical).

Try wrapping him in felt

Isabelle told the story of how she was involved, or is involved in this flower art thing.  I don't want to say much more other than it is a pretty good story, and we had a discussion about art and about how Isabelle is Bono (not really, but it's funny).

Nobody goes shopping on Wednesday afternoons, which is good, as we got done very quickly.

I saw some great stuff at CO3, and lined up quite a few Spit and Twitches guests, so that should work out for me.  As usual when I take podcasting gear somewhere I don't end up recording....