30th November, 2007 - Posted by karen - No Comments
So what’s new: Evelyn recognises some words now, specifically “trip” (i.e. going outside) and “story” and of course her name. Every night I read her “Pat the bunny” and she knows all the actions (patting the bunny, putting her finger through the ring etc). She is also trying to pull herself out of the crib » Read More
18th March, 2007 - Posted by karen - 4 Comments
I finally found a crib toy that I think is sufficiently entertaining for Kicky without being annoyingly flashy. The butterfly has a rattle in it and the blue thing has a mirror. The one in the middle is springy and can be pulled on. I think it should be a lot of fun to » Read More
11th March, 2007 - Posted by karen - 3 Comments
Testing out the car seat… We got an email from our friend Wentworth (who we know through Lisa, who has since fled to the warmer climes of Vancouver) that there was a public lecture by none other than Dr. Marvin Minksky Thursday. I have prenatal yoga classes on Thursday but finally decided it was better to » Read More
18th March, 2006 - Posted by karen - 2 Comments
Lisa came over last night and we had supper and watched an episode of The IT Crowd and then the Montreal/Toronto Amazing race episode from way back this summer. Actually I found it quite accurate for the first bit - when they land in Montreal they’re stunned there is no real shuttle/bus to get downtown » Read More
20th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
I have started reading Nanocosm by William Illsey Atkinson, who is a Canadian sci/tech jounralist. So far it has been an interesting read, although as Chris Phoenix points out in this review, there are a number of technical errors and he often makes fun of the proponents of molecular assembly (disagreeing with an idea is » Read More
5th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Dan and I hope to see this film soon. Check out the review. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/water.html Read More
15th October, 2005 - Posted by karen - 1 Comment
Anyone who has read the Harry Potter book series knows that the sytherins are a sick bunch. They are known to have the most witches and wizards who joinged Voldemort and have more than their share of loonies. Their common room in Hogwarts is in the basement and from all accounts in crrepy and dingy. » Read More
17th July, 2005 - Posted by Karen Hagen - No Comments
Last night we went to our friend Martine’s house for a Bollywood evening. We started at 4 PM so only had time for two films (given they were each about 3 hours each). We started with “I have found it”, a Bollywood adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen. It was a very good » Read More
28th May, 2005 - Posted by Karen Hagen - 1 Comment
Recently we have gone a bit crazy with the movies we have seen. Dan saw Star-Wars III and we both saw Hitchhiker’s guide, which was good but not great. I’m glad I saw it but it could have been funnier. There were a lot of inside jokes that people who had read the books and » Read More
21st May, 2005 - Posted by Karen Hagen - No Comments
This week my husband Dan went to see the third star wars movie. I declined to come because a) he went to an early evening show that was too early for me since I was just leaving work when it started and b) I’m not all that interested in seeing it, at least not in » Read More