On the go, up to Olympus. I am working away diligently on corpobligation.com, transferring news from TCBCO to corpobligation, getting ready to launch a fair trade importing business, starting rickshawing, and generally staying cool when the heat rises!
Where are you going to be on Canada Day? Taking a rickshaw ride with Tim!
Drop me an email or call me if you know my number. You can also call Ottawa rickshaws: (613) 853-0012 and ask for me.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Ideas for a better world
Buying less giving more
Composting - not as bad of smell as expected...Compost now
Chocolate being good for you
Love making across barriers
And minibuses...stay tuned
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Paul Potts is in the semis and is a youtube phenomenon
It turns out I was not the only person to enjoy Paul Potts' take on opera. A video of his is at the top of youtube at this moment and he seems poised to go ahead to the finals!
Yes He WON!
Yes He WON!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Frisbee
Hey folks,
So more frisbee is underway tonight at 6:00 (friday)
At Strathcona park - walk on Somerset East towards the rideau river until you hit water, then take a few steps back and you will be in frisbbee land. Hope to see lots of folks there.Bring friends. Drinks after at the house ("Le maison" pub).
Bienvenue a tous,
T
PS I don't care where you are living now, please make an effort to make it out!
So more frisbee is underway tonight at 6:00 (friday)
At Strathcona park - walk on Somerset East towards the rideau river until you hit water, then take a few steps back and you will be in frisbbee land. Hope to see lots of folks there.Bring friends. Drinks after at the house ("Le maison" pub).
Bienvenue a tous,
T
PS I don't care where you are living now, please make an effort to make it out!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Highschool redux
Remember when you had to ask for permission to go to the washroom? Remember when you had to go to school and sit still no matter what they were talking about?
Well, 9 years later, and seven years spent earning 6 letters after my name, I find myself back in highschool redux. A term I use to describe the re turn combined with reflux, that lovely stuff that they show in pepto bismol commercials.
Have to remember to wake up for those 1:00 classes, where we review common sense / the lessons we knew in kindergarten but have had drilled out of our heads.
Namely,
See the neighbor rant and carl sagan movie below
Well, 9 years later, and seven years spent earning 6 letters after my name, I find myself back in highschool redux. A term I use to describe the re turn combined with reflux, that lovely stuff that they show in pepto bismol commercials.
Have to remember to wake up for those 1:00 classes, where we review common sense / the lessons we knew in kindergarten but have had drilled out of our heads.
Namely,
don't hit your friend, don't steal from your friend, be nice and the whole world will smile
See the neighbor rant and carl sagan movie below
Monday, June 11, 2007
Paul Potts - Salesman to Opera Star
I don't like opera, except Paul Potts. The only times I have gone to it I have been bored despite the directors best efforts (Salome - Atom Egoyan) or just bored (efforts (Die Valkarie - Toronto, Ring Cycle 2005).
But the way Paul Potts sings in this brief clip was inspirational. The way he expresses a feeling through singing opera absolutely blew me away! I will try to follow along with his development, and career, but he is appearing on "Britain has talent" at the moment and I do not have a TV.
The song is "Nessum dorum":
Verses (from the original libretto)[1]
Il principe ignoto
Nessun dorma!... Tu pure, o Principessa,
Nella tua fredda stanza
Guardi le stelle
Che tremano d'amore e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
Il nome mio nessun saprà!
Solo quando la luce splenderà,
Sulla tua bocca lo dirò fremente!...
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
Che ti fa mia!...
Voci di donne
Il nome suo nessun saprà...
E noi dovremo, ahimè, morir!...
Il principe ignoto
Dilegua, o notte!... Tramontate, stelle!...
All'alba vincerò!...
Score text[2]
Il principe ignoto
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza
guardi le stelle
che tremano d'amore e di speranza...
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò,
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia.
Voci di donne
Il nome suo nessun saprà...
E noi dovrem, ahimè, morir, morir!
Il principe ignoto
Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò!
Vincerò! Vincerò!
Translated from the score.
The Prince Let no one sleep!... Let no one sleep! Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me, my name no one shall know... No!...No!... On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!...
The Chorus of women No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.
The Prince Vanish, o night! Set, stars! At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!
Apparently Pavarotti sang it with the three tenors...a bit over the top in my opinion
But the way Paul Potts sings in this brief clip was inspirational. The way he expresses a feeling through singing opera absolutely blew me away! I will try to follow along with his development, and career, but he is appearing on "Britain has talent" at the moment and I do not have a TV.
The song is "Nessum dorum":
Verses (from the original libretto)[1]
Il principe ignoto
Nessun dorma!... Tu pure, o Principessa,
Nella tua fredda stanza
Guardi le stelle
Che tremano d'amore e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
Il nome mio nessun saprà!
Solo quando la luce splenderà,
Sulla tua bocca lo dirò fremente!...
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
Che ti fa mia!...
Voci di donne
Il nome suo nessun saprà...
E noi dovremo, ahimè, morir!...
Il principe ignoto
Dilegua, o notte!... Tramontate, stelle!...
All'alba vincerò!...
Score text[2]
Il principe ignoto
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza
guardi le stelle
che tremano d'amore e di speranza...
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò,
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia.
Voci di donne
Il nome suo nessun saprà...
E noi dovrem, ahimè, morir, morir!
Il principe ignoto
Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò!
Vincerò! Vincerò!
Translated from the score.
The Prince Let no one sleep!... Let no one sleep! Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me, my name no one shall know... No!...No!... On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!...
The Chorus of women No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.
The Prince Vanish, o night! Set, stars! At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!
Apparently Pavarotti sang it with the three tenors...a bit over the top in my opinion
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Carl Sagan says "everyone I know is from Earth"
A lovely message to all. We are all born here. On a planet. We worry about how to get over racism, religious strife, sexism, class, good vs bad hair...but we are all from here...
Contrary to popular belief, I am not an organizational genius
This is a picture of a corner of the dining room...the rest of the apartment was cleaner than this...at least after Iain's help
Saturday, June 09, 2007
banana hands
This is the best video on youtube:
This dark German techno tells the tale of a young man und his appealing attributes. Completely produced in Helena Montana!
Milky Pirate Shirts, Steins and Boxers!!! - www.cafepress.com/nandrews
My MySpace Page :)
www.myspace.com/nandrewsproductions
This dark German techno tells the tale of a young man und his appealing attributes. Completely produced in Helena Montana!
Milky Pirate Shirts, Steins and Boxers!!! - www.cafepress.com/nandrews
My MySpace Page :)
www.myspace.com/nandrewsproductions
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Return to routine
Back at Bridgehead, drinking fair trade tea, I am having a good time working on my CSR paper and talking about the Tunisia paper. It is pretty wild to return to the land of milk and honey. My superwealth relative to the Tunisians I recently shared louages (minibus) with is strikingly clear, while I drink the higher-priced-guilt-reducing-fair-trade beverages.
The Ottawa Senators are playing tonight in Anaheim and the city is prepped with a guy selling T-shirts on the street and cops clustering in preparation for the anticipated celebration / riot. I predict celebration rather than riot but we shall see. If I can find the battery charger I will try to take some picks.
The Ottawa Senators are playing tonight in Anaheim and the city is prepped with a guy selling T-shirts on the street and cops clustering in preparation for the anticipated celebration / riot. I predict celebration rather than riot but we shall see. If I can find the battery charger I will try to take some picks.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Tim's back in Ottawa
I have arrived in O-town. Looking forward to ultimate on Friday. Good luck on Thursday with the last of the Law Society of Upper Canada licencing exams. I look forward to writing these in November.
Hope all are doing well.
If anyone wants to save me from watching youtube, give me a call.
T
Hope all are doing well.
If anyone wants to save me from watching youtube, give me a call.
T
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Futbol balls in Tunis and Toronto
So I am back from Tunisia and delighted to be in a cleaner and greener environment...the wealth of Toronto is actually a bit surprising as is the loneliness/isolation of the neighborhood.
There is a father, son and grandfather playing or practicing soccer in the giant lush park near my house. The 7 or 8 balls they are using to practice seems especially bizarre relative to the soccer games of Tunisian vacant lots and busy streets. Kids in both countries were having a decent time, but I think the kids of Tunis had a slightly wilder lust for the game. Anyways, here is a link to fairtrade soccer balls.
There is a father, son and grandfather playing or practicing soccer in the giant lush park near my house. The 7 or 8 balls they are using to practice seems especially bizarre relative to the soccer games of Tunisian vacant lots and busy streets. Kids in both countries were having a decent time, but I think the kids of Tunis had a slightly wilder lust for the game. Anyways, here is a link to fairtrade soccer balls.
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