Thursday, November 22, 2012

Land of Quakes

What does it mean to be prepared in a land of potential earthquakes? We've all seen the pictures from Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. People are always urged to have 3 days of food and water supplies on hand - to be able to be self-sufficient for at least (at least) that long. But how many of us actually do that?


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Belief-o-matic

I was looking for the readings of the day yesterday... the Catholic readings, the Koran readings... something to feed the writing well. I eventually landed on a website called Beliefnet.com. They have all sorts of things... Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Taoism... You name it, they have it.

One little thing caught my eye - a quiz called Belief-o-matic. Twenty questions that will tell you what faith category you fall under... Hmmm... too irresistible for me! The disclaimer is kind of cute too: "Belief-O-Matic™ assumes no legal liability for the ultimate fate of your soul." Alright, I've been warned!!


Monday, November 12, 2012

Life of Pi

I know... this poor blog has been languishing for exactly 7 months (almost to the day). Life has been hectic and busy... and with the year away, I now have some time to devote to writing.

Truth be told, the urge to write has never gone away, I just haven't let it had free rein! But we'll see how this goes.


The Life of Pi. It's a book. I'd heard about it about 10 years ago but never read it. Never had any desire to read it actually. And it's by a Canadian author too! Has won many medals... And yet was never on my radar screen until a few weeks ago. That is when I started seeing ads for a movie version of Life of Pi. It looked interesting but that is about it.