teacher's strike

Chilly in Toronto! Teacher's strike looks imminent according to this morning's news conference...Allison might be out on the picket lines early next week. Only a week and a half until OVFF! SITE OF THE DAY: The Ball. Scott Snyder arrives this evening, and I plan to force him to be a Guest Blatherer tomorrow.

guest blather: scott snyder

Guest Blatherer: Scott Snyder

Good Morning Toronto! Having a wonderful time spying on all the unsuspecting Torontoites from Debbie's office window... Be jealous world! Debbie got up and cooked me breakfast this morning - in her bathrobe! Do I rate, or what? ;-{)} Playing music this morning, then off to lunch with Dave Goulden and perhaps a trip to the CN tower... gotta do that touristy thing, eh? Tonight - My first UT practice! I'm so excited!!!!!

guest blather: scott snyder (again)

Guest Blatherer: Scott Snyder

Okay, that's it ... I'm never leaving. I'm sending a ticket to Amanda and we're just going to live here with Debbie and Jeff for the rest of our lives.... ;-{)} Having a wonderful time. UT practice last night was incredible. We worked out some great stuff for OVFF! Plus, I got to peruse the UT Archives with Allison and Debbie. I get to spend more time with Allison and Jodi on Sunday (yay!). Music this morning, then lunch with Ookla the Mok, then off to do the academic conference thing (oh YEAH, THAT's why I'm here!). Debbie is the best hostess ever. It's been too short a visit.

Afternoon Guest Blatherer: Adam English

Hey ! I'm at Debbie's house. Isn't THAT cool? I've been here five minutes and I've been hugged four times already. Rand and I listened to the tape of the concert we played last night at the Local Smelly Bar's battle of the bands. I had to coerce Rand into swearing not to duplicate it. I sound like the guy from Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Aw, geez, Debbie! I just got hugged again. This concludes my blathering for this afternoon.

winnipeg visit

Sorry for the blatherless week, folks. Our long weekend in Winnipeg was incredibly fun...Allison will eventually be posting a report about it. Many, many, many thanks to Dave and Tom and everyone else we met at the Bhigg House! Highlights for me include: playing onstage with Dandelion Wine at one of their outdoor gigs, Dave Clement's Amazing Homemade Chili, musicking late Sunday night, new friends, my first glass of Dandelion Wine, performing live on Tom's radio show (after the initial terror wore off, that is), Keycon concert, finding Cheez Whiz (tm) in the Bhigg House fridge, spending too much money at Toad House Toys (thanks, Kylea!), visiting The Forks with Tom, seeing Graham's dog Scooter again, buying a mini-rainstick at Homemade Music, mini-donuts, finally finding out how to play the bones, my special Northumbrian pipes lesson (thanks, Al!), BSDI honey-cinnamon milkshakes! Everyone went out of their way to make Jodi, Allison & I feel welcome...thanks so much!

golden thai

And now back to your regularly scheduled Blather. Scott's gone off to do conference stuff. Rand and Adam went home after having dinner last night with Jodi and Allison. Yesterday, we had lunch at the Golden Thai (at Church & Richmond), and Jeff met Adam for the first time (I could tell they were getting along all right because of how hard Jeff was laughing). Jeff met Scott the previous night and they did the technonerdboybondthing (techtalk session). He was already predisposed to like Scott because of the "I Play Magic Now" song, of course :-). After everyone left, I went out for dinner with Cathy and some other friends last night to celebrate her birthday...had pizza at El Frisco's on John Street - yummy! Today's sites are plugs for Scott's and Ookla's new albums: Bardic Lug (Scott's tape), and Less Than Art (Ookla The Mok's CD).