Born: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Further back in time than I would like to admit.
Citizenship: Canadian (U.S. permanent resident).
Shoots: right.
Favorite pastimes: cycling, soccer, beer sampling, music, reading, watching hockey, and travel.
Biggest joys: my daughters, Megan (07/14/1992) aka "Thing 1" and Faith (11/22/1994), aka "Thing 2".
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| Me with the Maury River (Va.) behind me. April 2003. |
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| Me and David Hume, Edinburgh. Me and Karl Marx, Hampstead, England. |
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| The famous 'pink coats' (security staff) at the Bank of England. |
Responding to befuddled Americans' request for guidance out of the wilderness of Canadian music--including advice on tunes that excludes anything by a young woman complaining about men--I offer the following American's Guide to Canadian Popular Music.
Here is a page of some photos I took on my business trip to Japan, May 2004.
And because I get asked about it so often, here is how my day went in Washington, September 11, 2001.
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