Basboy’s Weblog


Green callussed thumbs
June 14, 2009, 8:55 pm
Filed under: A check in

We finally had a very typical summer weekend in a year of cooler-than-usual weather. The sun was out, and it was hot! (more…)



Leith and the birthday gifts
June 8, 2009, 3:48 am
Filed under: A check in, News summary

We celebrated Leith’s birthday today, Sunday, although his true birthday was on June 5th- Friday. (more…)



not much going
June 6, 2009, 10:50 pm
Filed under: A check in, Musings, self-involved

I sit here wondering what to do, typical of my normal Saturday. (more…)



A grand grandfather
June 1, 2009, 3:49 am
Filed under: A check in, Musings

It has been a little more than three weeks since I have come back from Amman via Doha. (more…)



transition
May 4, 2009, 7:05 am
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Well, here I am waiting for my father and the airport taxi to arrive, having just done my last bit of packing for this trip and the next one back to Canada. (more…)



two fridays
May 1, 2009, 6:56 pm
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So, here I am, sitting down in the house in Doha on my second Friday here. I am thinking about the time that has passed, and wondering if I had perhaps done too little here. (more…)



A little change
April 20, 2009, 5:18 pm
Filed under: A check in

In about two hours’ time, I am going to head to the airport in order to check in to the first of two planes on my way to Doha, Qatar. Of course, this has been a trip that has long been in the planning (more…)



a cut of perfection
March 16, 2009, 3:14 am
Filed under: A check in, self-involved

I had wanted to cut my hair for a while, now, but postponed it for fear of the certain baldness below. Nonetheless, knowing that the state of being at peace with one’s unattractiveness is by far preferred to perpetual denial, and the fact that my hair- thinning or no- is incredibly unmanageable when “long”, I went to a barber on Friday. (more…)



Blah days are upon us again
December 22, 2008, 1:04 am
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I have not had much to say these days. Sure Eid came and went a couple weeks ago, and it was (mildly) fun. (more…)



Voting age
November 4, 2008, 12:36 am
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I went to the American Consulate on University Ave. here in Toronto today, and voted. I don’t think I have to be explicit about whom I had for, but suffice it to say that I felt that my voice had to be heard regardless of wether or not the result will a landslide for one side. (more…)