Occasionally Wrighttag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-39862009-09-20T20:16:35-04:00Random randomness at random times...TypePadFour Years In Georgiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455899269e20120a5dc178b970c2009-09-20T20:16:35-04:002009-09-20T20:16:35-04:00It turns out this thing still work. It's been just short of a year since I've updated it. but I figured it was time to dust it off on this special day. It was four years ago today that I successfully moved to Georgia from Ottawa (after a failed attempt...BenDebate Scooptag:typepad.com,2003:post-570619632008-10-15T23:44:09-04:002008-10-15T23:44:09-04:00I didn't vote in this week's Canadian election and I can't vote in next month's American election. I technically could have voted in the Canadian election via absentee ballot but you're supposed to be planning on returning to Canada to live. Who am I kidding? That's not happening any time...Ben3 Yearstag:typepad.com,2003:post-560176062008-09-23T08:39:41-04:002008-09-23T08:39:41-04:00It was three years ago Friday that I moved to this country after a little snag at immigration a few days earlier. Since then I've gotten engaged, gotten married, gotten a cat, a house, a new car and a dog. Now I'm sitting in a hotel room in Nashville on...BenA New Source of Musictag:typepad.com,2003:post-537583582008-08-04T21:33:58-04:002008-08-04T21:33:58-04:00Prior to trying out thesixtyone.com I had never heard of the following bands and artists: Aron Wright Bandwagon Device (from Saskatchewan) Dust Rhinos (from Winnipeg) Hudson Paul and Storm Sarah Donner Squid The Avett Brothers (who are downright awesome) I came across all of them, and more, in the past...BenThis is a testtag:typepad.com,2003:post-534154742008-07-28T22:40:06-04:002008-07-28T22:40:06-04:00If you're reading this it means I've successfully posted from my new Blackberry. If you're not reading it... Well... I guess you are, aren't you? I'm not sure why I want to be able to submit posts from my Blackberry but it seems like a function that might come in...BenMusic Mini-Crisistag:typepad.com,2003:post-532016642008-07-24T21:57:15-04:002008-07-24T21:57:15-04:00No one ever warned me a lot of the music I used to listen to would be a whole lot less fun after I got married. It turns out I used to enjoy a lot of angst-filled music about relationships and break-ups. Now I can't relate to much of anything...BenOverreact Much?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-521846242008-07-02T20:42:16-04:002008-07-02T20:42:16-04:00Umm... right. A French-language rights group is demanding an apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a controversial poster hanging at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The poster — used to advertise the embassy's Canada Day party — featured a picture of French explorer Samuel de Champlain holding a...BenNew Member Of The Family (It's Not A Baby)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-513443862008-06-14T16:16:33-04:002008-06-14T16:16:33-04:00First there Sekai, our golden mix that Meg has had since shortly after she started vet school. Then there was Eddie, who we got shortly after we got married in the fall of 2005. Somehow we went from having a dog and a black and white cat to adding a...BenAn Open Letter To Cook Countytag:typepad.com,2003:post-502893702008-05-22T22:07:13-04:002008-05-22T22:07:13-04:00Dear Cook County, GA, At no point in the future will I ever intentionally stop in your county to spend a solitary cent. If there was a way to get to Florida without driving through your county I'd do it. Who, in their right mind, imposes a 50 mph speed...BenAmerican Idol All Over Archuletatag:typepad.com,2003:post-501787222008-05-20T21:10:10-04:002008-05-20T21:10:10-04:00My wife likes American Idol so I watch American Idol. It's that simple. I got sucked into this season because there was one contestant who was actually entertaining to listen to- David Cook. It shouldn't surprise me that a show like American Idol set up the final for a David...Ben