Tuesday, November 25, 2008

One word meme

This is a meme. If you are interested, you can copy it, and change my answers to your answers and recopy it into your blog.

You are supposed to answer the questions with only one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket.
2. Where is your significant other? Close
3. Your hair colour? Light Auburn
4. Your mother? Babysitting
5. Your father? Video-ing
6. Your favorite thing? Comfort
7. Your dream last night? Forgotten
8. Your dream/goal? Contentedness
9. The room you're in? Office
10. Your hobby? Silversmithing
11. Your fear? Poverty
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Travelling
13. Where were you last night? YMCA
14. What you're not? Patient
15. One of your wish-list items? Dining Table
16. Where you grew up? Small town
17. The last thing you did? Typing
18. What are you wearing? Eddie Bauer
19. Your TV? Functional
20. Your pet? None
21. Your computer? Outdated
22. Your mood? Neutral
23. Missing someone? Yes
24. Your car? Functional
25. Something you're not wearing? Watch
26. Favorite store? Chapters
27. Your summer? Coming
28. Love someone? Lots
29. Your favorite colour? Green
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? January

Have fun with it.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Vegetarian Food

Cheap, Yummy Food?
Have any of you ever picked up food from the Truc Lam Monastery? It sounds intriguing, but I'd like to know if it is worth the trip over there. Here's the scoop on the place, according to Edmonton's Vegan & Vegetarian Diner's Guide:

Truc Lam Monastery Meditation Centre
11328 97 Street
780-471-1093
Sun 10a-noon

Every Sunday morning, this Buddhist temple sells homemade vegetarian dishes from its basement (pay by cash only).

When you attend the service, a free veggie meal is provided. There are tables and chairs set up to sit and eat. All the food is sold from a length of tables against one wall, so get in line and point to what you want and it will be packaged up for you. Vegans beware that some dishes contain milk or egg depending on the week - one week a dish will be vegan; one week it is not. Nothing is labelled. Ask and you will be directed to someone who speaks English and can explain which dishes contain animal products.

You cannot get better value for your money: a package of 3 salad rolls with sauce for $2! A litre container of soup (curry, sweet and sour vegetable, or 'seafood') for $5! Fake meats and fake fish (made with bean curd and mushrooms) from $3 to $5. A smorgasbord of veggie dishes too numerous to purchase in one visit. Bring your own reusable cloth bag for extra goodness.

Enter from the south doors on the main level. Free parking in the back. The Dharma Service starts at 10:30 (upstairs) and visitors are welcome. If you are just getting food, it is less busy once the service starts.

(Stolen from my friend Boubabe's blog.)

Friday, November 07, 2008

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Grammar Exercises from A Canadian Writer's Reference
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