Last night we had a lovely thanksgiving at my house. Both my parents and Meghan’s mum and sister were there, and we stuffed ourselves. Yum.

When we got up this morning, on the kitchen counter was an opened beer that nobody remembers drinking, and also, the jug of OJ tasted funny. Coincidence? I think not. It happened to be a very good beer, too, so it’s a shame that it was wasted like that. La Fin du Monde is not cheap, either.

I know, it’s been a while since I last posted. Shame on me. I have not posted camping photos, nor wedding pics, nor even the house pictures I promised in January. What can I say? I’m a lazy bum. Plus, my computer is in the bedroom, and has a very uncomfortable seating arrangement. Well, it was in the bedroom. I recently got a new system to play with. Built HTPC-style, it outputs to my new TV, so comfort and the computer are once again friends.

Unfortunately, this new box, while cool, quiet, ultra-efficient and good-looking, has some issues. I think it started with an issue between the keyboard and chair, around the time I thought it might be a good idea to order a copy of Vista to go on this box. Since then, nothing but problems. Issue by issue, things are slowly getting sorted out, but it has been less than ideal so far.

Once I get more of the bugs worked out, I will post more, both about that and maybe catching up on my backlog.

Posted by Ron as Computers, Food, Home Sweet Home at 12:57 PM UTC

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The big reason things have been rather quiet on my site, is that Meghan and I got married. It’s not like a lot of things have changed; we’ve been together for a long time, and have lived together since August 2004. The big thing was that we decided to do this very last-minute. My sister and Meghan’s sister were in town here in the Sault at the same time, and this was not something that would be happening again for a while, so we decided to strike while the proverbial iron was hot.

I haven’t got any pictures to post, as they’re all on Meghan’s laptop and some still on other peoples’ memory cards, and I’m incredibly lazy.

We held the event in my parents’ backyard, and had a BBQ dinner afterwards. Anyway, it went off very smoothly, and it was a very enjoyable gathering. There were only about 15 in attendance which, I feel, was about perfect. I don’t like big crowds, and this way I got to talk to everyone.

The ceremony itself was a  non-denominational handfasting with distinctly pagan undertones. I think all in attendance agreed that it was quite lovely.

Due to the last-minute nature of the event, we’ve also decided to schedule a more formal reception in early September for the benefit of my extended family and other friends who were not in attendance the first time.

So that’s about it. Hopefully I will post some pictures sometime, but don’t hold your breath on that one. Remember what I said about my new house? Yeah, that.

Posted by Ron as Food, Home Sweet Home, Miscellaneous at 6:54 PM UTC

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I was going to write about a really nifty festival that happens yearly here in London, in Victoria Park, called Sunfest. I had taken a bunch of digital pics, and that was to be the focus of the entry. Sadly, none of them turned out to my satisfaction. I didn’t actually post due to sheer laziness.

In any case, the festival was mostly enjoyable. Too many people; the crowd was so thick you practically had to shove your way through the park. Despite that, it was pretty neat. It went all weekend long and features music and food from around the sunnier parts of the world.

Among the more enjoyable acts, a drum group from Korea called Jeng Yi, and my personal favourite of the weekend, Niyaz. I liked Niyaz so much that I bought their CD. If you like the arabian sound, I definitely recommend you check them out. Though they are much better in person.

Anyway, no pictures, but a finished post at last.

Oh, and I got to try curried goat. Pretty tasty!

Posted by Ron as Food, Music at 10:23 AM UTC

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