Transplanting Seedlings to Larger Pots

About a month ago I posted on starting seeds indoors.  Seedlings develop quickly and mine will soon have true leaves.  Basically, most seedlings start out looking the same to me with two smooth leaves.  The next sets of leaves to develop are called true leaves and...

The UBC Lipdub is Awesome

On Friday, April 8 something amazing happened. I saw a lipdub made by world-changers at the University of British Columbia, where I work. And so did about 250,000 people who are part of the UBC or Lipdub or Youtube communities. You see, it’s a beautiful thing. I...

CLJ Reviews – The Picture of Dorian Gray

What we read People often ask, “Phil, how do you keep such youthful looking skin?  You’ve got to tell me your secret!”  Botox?  Oil of Olay twice a day?  Maybe it’s Mabelline. Beneath my coy grin lies a dark secret, long hidden.  Somewhere, upstairs in a dusty attic,...

Gypsy Jazz

Literally 56m from my front door (I measured) is La Pleine Lune.  This little bar is known the city over for offering good, live music every night. For free. Oh, and cheap beer and pastis too, which helps the university kids (and me). My local watering hole is packed...