I checked my mail the other day, and found mine, and Jason's, token there-is-an-election-coming-up-in-May-make-sure-you-are-on-the-voters-list letter from Elections BC. I also got ones for Deborah Fell, Robert Hartley and Dennis, Sherry and Todd Dubber.

OK, People of the Intertubes, I need some input ...

This here is MY drink.

Once upon a time we had two cats.

The first was a small, stubborn green-eyed tabby named Tikos, whom we got from the shelter in Anchorage just after we were married. She was (and is) a cat by every definition of the word. She does what she wants, when she wants, how she wants. She is also scared of anything that moves, breathes, walks, crawls, twitches, makes a noise or is bigger than she. Needless to say, Jay and her don't get along very well.

So, when we were in Switzerland we went tobogganing in a way that no North American could ever conceive of.

Mostly I just sit around in my housecoat, sipping champagne and eating chocolate-covered strawberries, watching reruns of General Hospital.

Occasionally, however, I am required to attend certain public functions in order to pacify my adoring fans who are perpetually waiting in the wings to catch a glimpse of the graceful and alluring figure that is me in a snowsuit, sucking wind while hauling my sled around on my shoulder.