The Majumdar Family

Well, still suffering with this “acute” bronchitis (as the Dr. at the Jewish General Hospital called it after listinening to my lungs, but I’m relieved that this week at work (with 4-5 major system failures/outages) is behind me. The priority for now is a good night of sleep and having a great day tomorrow and Sunday with Zachary and Tristan… That’s what counts.

So for anyone who’s noticed, I installed a little widget on the right side of the site that shows my most recent twits on Twitter. Twitter is basically a microblogging platforum for quick messages up to 140 characters (no tags, titles, formatting, etc.), easily used from multiple devices in multiple locations (usually mobile, but it’s becoming hugely popular in the general desktop Web as well.) I’ll write more in my tech blog.

You can also grab an RSS feed for my Twitter updates.

Just wondering if anyone besides the SO/GF saw this… I’m not a huge fan of Dr. Phil in general (cushy advice from someone in a cushy position pushing oft obvious advice on sensationalist stories that capitalize on people at their weakest state)…

Nonetheless, I’ll be looking into his report on kids separated from their parents following the parents’ separation and how the system tends to prefer alienation (willing, unwilling, but systemic) of the father.

It’s not a new issue, but I’m wondering about what his approach was…. in comparison about societal (judicial) jurisprudence in the matter (i.e. Canada’s Family Law on parental alienation…)

CTV W-5 (W-Five) had yet another most interesting piece on tonight. This episode was covering the Canadian National Sledge Hockey team at the Paralympics to try and defend their Gold medal title in sledge hockey after a stupendous win at the games in Torino – or Turin depending on which language you prefer.

The team went on to win gold in the World Championship in Marlborough, MA as well as gold in the World Sledge Hockey Challenge held in Kelowna, BC.

It covers the usual locker room coaching and rallying the players, but it’s even more touching when you realize these people have to overcome both the physical and emotional demons that come with living with a serious disability and going on to practice a sport.
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Well, those of you who are following my updates on Twitter will no doubt have noticed that it was a crappy end to a spectacular weekend with the boys; after celebrating Zachary and his 6 years, football, swimming, a trip for Zachary and Tristan with their stepfather to see the Alouettes pound Saskatoon (woohoo) …. the subsequent nasty phlegm and fever and restless sleep was a big downer.

Alas, c’est la vie. The irony is that I’m getting the work-sponsered flu vaccine once again this year in just 7 days.

oh, and a date for my vascular surgery!

Woohoo! ZachaWii !

Tristan (with his black jersey teammates) won the St-Basile-le-Grand soccer U8 semi-finals!

Well it was perfect weather; sunny and about 22 Celsius… the field was pretty much dry and the two U8 teams were VERY closely matched with only one goal being scored by the black jerseys well into the 2nd half of the match. There was plenty of action at both ends of the field, both offensively and of course Tristan did a great job on defense.

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