Janelle: “You’re getting some grey hairs, at your temples.” “Like Dr Strange, this dimension’s Sorcerer Supreme?” I asked, hopefully. “No,” she said. “Not like that.”
me
My 2011
My 2011, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. 2011 was a pretty big year for me, and what better time for reflection than hung over and hunched over my laptop after a boozy New Year’s Eve at home? Click here for full-size image.
married!
Wife., originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. The past week has pretty much been a blur of writing and crossing things off a pages-long to-do list, but our wedding on Saturday made it all worthwhile. While Vancouver shivered in the cold, we married in blinding sunlight on a beach in Surfers Paradise, Queensland. Janelle walked…
Ascension to Doctorhood
research complete, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Well, okay, I’m not Dr Brochu just yet. There’s a list of minor revisions and some paperwork ahead of me. But on Friday, November 26, 2010, I successfully defended my thesis and passed my doctoral exam, so the days of gut-churning anxiety are finally over. It’s disturbing…
travels
One day, I’d like to take a trip where I have time to chat, sit in pubs and write up my journals of where I am and what I’m doing. I’ll be pithy, worldly and insightful, kind of a combination of Bill Bryson, Michael Palin and Nick Danziger. This is not that day. Commence info…