Lime was born a few months premature as well, but I’ve never imagined a baby born this early could survive. How amazing! There’s an article at CBC for those who want to read more.
Month: August 2004
The Jae Quiz, which inspired The Gord Quiz
Although I’ve read her blog occasionally, I swear I’ve never met Jae, and when I took her quiz I simply guessed at everything except the first question (the answer for which is on her web page in a very obvious spot). Yet I managed, on pure guesswork, to get 6 out of 10 questions right, scoring third as of the current scores for the quiz. How weird. Anyway, I decided to make my own quiz. Feel free to test your Gord knowledge and then check out the scoreboard.
Near Death Experiences
And now, from the awful, horrible, wicked mind of… hey, wait, this is my question! Ooops. Describe five of your most interesting near-death-experiences. Now, by NDE I don’t mean when you temporarily die and you see a white light, get visited by your grandmother’s second cousin’s dog’s previous owner, hear choirs of angels singing pastiches of the Carpenters and Handel, or anything like that. (Though of course such (purported) experiences would certainly fall well within the range of possible answers to this question.) Rather, I mean situations in which you or someone you were with nearly died. Actual (permanent) death …
I’m finding America more than somewhat criminal these days.
I shouldn’t be surprised, I suppose. Ritu posted this, by the way.
I’m Chucky, The Doll From Hell!
During our first coffee together after the end of the camp I worked, in a nice coffeeshop, I was telling Lime about how all the boys in my class aside from William (whose name was always sung to the tune of the Smiths song) were referred to as a Mister in my class. There were mister Bang (long A, meaning B-aaaah-ng, not “bang” like a comic book gun), Mr. Mystery, Mr. I-Don’t-Know, Mr. Monkey, Mr. Bruiser. There was a period, though, when Mr. I-Don’t-Know hadn’t yet acquired his nickname, and some of the other boys were insisting he be called …