Could someone please fill me in on the US-Canada softwood deal? I just read something in the paper and it sounds like the deal could be dead.

Check out the poll on the right, scroll to near the bottom. Show me what you got! My pot-stirrers are Switzerland (I haven’t heard the outcome of their match with France earlier today).

I have an active link to my K2 style files in the sidebar. The style is called “slugga”

I made some good progress with the kayak last week. I put in fillets and taped all the seams on the underside of the deck.

I picked up a new mountain bike on the weekend. I had finally heard back from my insurance company with regards to the garage theft, and everything was okayed to get a new bike.

Stephen Colbert is one gutsy guy. At the recent White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner he delivered a bomb of a speech/performance.

I’ve been trying to think about how I would write this entry for a few weeks now. I’ve since come to the realization that I’m not a writer, and the very fact that you are reading this means that you have also come to terms with my blabbering.

Call me crazy, but I decided to try and use black epoxy for the deck seams. The materials involve black pigment and microfibres from Fiber-Tek.

Okay, maybe it’s a bit dorky to be writing about this but I’m going to do it anyways. Here are my top picks for this year’s mvp.

No, I’m not talking about hemorrhoids. Nor having my heart crushed by any number of women in the early 90s. I’m talking about Calculus 200.