I read an article in today’s Toronto Star about a little boy named Parker DesLauriers who was born with ADA-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) or better known as the boy in the bubble disease. Four month old Parker has to remain in a reverse isolation room at Sick Kids in TO. Read the rest of this entry »

Took a drive into Prince Edward County after I finished up at my office in Belleville this morning. Specifically, I needed to go to the Black River Cheese Company to stock up on my cheese. They are one of the few remaining indepedent cheese companies and I happen to like their cheese. Read the rest of this entry »

They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them

In memory of our fallen Canadian:

Captain Nichola Goddard – Afghanistan May 17, 2006

I’ve added a category  which I hope will see very few entries filed. It is for filing the entries which will be made when a Canadian soldier dies in Afghanistan. I’ve called it Brave Canadians. This has been created in response to the Canadian government choosing to end the practice of lowering the flag on the Peace Tower in Ottawa. If all Canadian blogs and media displayed a half mast flag and the name of the fallen it would send a more powerful message to the families than a lone flag in Ottawa.