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A Forest in your Mouth

Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 by bt

This was a fun discovery. Next time you make a white sauce, smash up a few juniper berries and mix then in. But be warned: It takes forever for them to develop. The first time I tried this, I put … Continue reading →

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Bachelor Tip #17 – Updated

Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 by bt

Problem: I’m in a hotel, shaving for an important job interview, and haven’t brought any oil for the touch-up. Solution: The complimentary conditioner gives nearly as much blade slip as oil. But it IS water soluble, so apply plenty, and … Continue reading →

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Euphony

Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2011 by bt

I’d always wondered why limericks sound so emphatically complete at the end. They shouldn’t. They’re five lines long, already an unstable number, and the last has to reach three lines back for its rhyme. Here’s the trick: A limerick is based … Continue reading →

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Musical Allusion

Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2011 by bt

The Liber is full of internal references that join different parts of the liturgical year like secret passages between distant rooms in a mansion. For example, the Gradual of the first Sunday of Lent has the same tune as that of the Mass for the … Continue reading →

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Rye Haven

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2011 by bt

CaRMS application fee: $485.77 New suit: $700.00 Hotels: $1123.18 Dry Cleaning: $33.30 Taxis: Don’t even ask. London to Calgary to Edmonton to London to Hamilton to Thunder Bay to Kingston to Halifax to London: $2319.27 “You are matched to: University … Continue reading →

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The CaRMS Match

Posted on Friday, March 4, 2011 by bt

“Any man making Rye Haven must first resign himself to the will of God, and consider, especially if the boat is running and a little over-canvassed, that death is but a mighty transition; that it is all sand hereabouts, with … Continue reading →

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Peggy’s Cove

Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011 by bt

In a place like this, at a time like this, the pictures take themselves. It’s like walking in the woods and finding yourself in a clearing full of roses, already tied up in bouquets and ready for the picking.

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Background

Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011 by bt

OK, I think this will be it for a while. The header is from Hall’s Harbour, and the background is a couple of miles from Peggy’s Cove. Come spring, I’ll stop pretending to be a bluenose.

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Holiday Peeve

Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 by bt

Why is it so much harder to frequent the sacraments on a holiday than any other day of the month? For Catholics, the sacraments are the whole point of the holiday. Hence ‘holi’-day. The thought seems to be that secular … Continue reading →

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Family Day

Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 by bt

You know the family is in rough shape when having one day of the year named after it increases its importance. The really scary thing is that in the lead-up to this fourth EVER family day in Ontario, people were already asking … Continue reading →

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