Mike Pictor

ARG
2 people now have assumed I coloured my hair to show pride in the Ottawa Senators. I wish the senators well, I hope they do well, sure off you go boys….but I don’t actually care. The Senators were the furthest thing from my mind. If my hair dresser had said “and hey, you’ll look like […]

I just cooked steel cut oats for the first time.
Not a resounding success…but not a failure. The directions told me to turn it to medium heat….I think I need to go much lower, maybe even simmer. I have a layer of brunt oats in the bottom of the pot, despite stirring.They are also still a […]

Got into an interesting conversation with Northbard, Tormenta, and Corbet on Friday. I was pondering if a (insert faith denomination here) does not practice the tenets of his/her faith, doesn’t really believe in the basis anymore (or maybe never entirely did), yet, still claims to be a (whatever)….in what sense can that be true.

Sure you […]

Seriously….is it only Sat. night so far?
Friday morning, I spent some 2+ hours hacking up the ice on my my driveway, then got the car out and drove to Toronto to visit tormenta, northbard, and corbet with plans to see Evil Dead the musical. For the record…it bloody well rocks! It’s not strictly speaking the […]

The car has been freed. I’ve been on the driveway strategically carving up ice since about 8:30-9:00. Got the neighbour’s car out first, moved mine up a foot, moved ice around to fill in potholes, and managed to back out.
My back is sore….but I think it managed to hold up to the effort. My neighbour […]

Warmer weather, stuff is melting a bit,…that’s good right?
It also means my driveway is a swamp of icy slush now, with parts of it still frozen up, making it all rather hard to navigate. I am presently stuck half way up my driveway, my neighbour is stuck, wedged on my back corner at about 45 […]

Amazon is evil.
Dear Amazon.ca customer. We noticed you purchased item X. Wouldn’t item Y would just the kind of thing that would interest you?
Well? WELL!!?
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foul temptress

My back has fired up. My lower back, never the strongest part of my body, has lit up. It really…REALLY hurts. It’s not as bad as it has been….I can walk..carefully, I can get up from my chair if I don’t go too fast, certainly better than the last time I remember it flaring up, […]

well…..it’s over. Yesterday was exhausting, fun, sad…lots of things. The last show ends, and we had to strike the set that night. I was at Centrepointe loading the truck until about 2 am, then part at Orpheus until about 4am, then to a cast member’s house for hanging out, then to the Elgin street diner […]

There is something about sitting in an outdoor hottub in the middle of winter.
We had an after show party at our apprentice director’s house. Hot tub, guitars and music, wine, good time. Of course, I am dog tired today (sleeping on a sofa bed to boot), but it was worth it.
2 more nights.
The people who […]