Michael R. Barrick's blog

I just installed a ceiling fan. I didn't use any duct-tape. I feel handy.

That's the sound of my brain seizing up. Yup. It's 11 a.m., I've been at work for an hour and a half and my brain has just decided that it doesn't want to do anymore work. Now I have to find brainless things to do.

My mom, who is an immigrant born in Belgium, just sent me this:

SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?

1. Smarties

2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp

3. The size of our football fields and one less down

4. Baseball is Canadian

5. Lacrosse is Canadian

6. Hockey is Canadian

7. Basketball is Canadian

Later tonight we are going to go out with Elaine's Uncle Herb to drink sangria on the terrace of his favourite restaurant in Greenwich Village and watch the fun, which in his words, "should be gayer than a pink poodle."