This is a test of the Emergency Blogging System.  Were this a real blog you’d be inclined to offer real comments and persuade your friends to read it.  Being that this is just a test, here are some random ramblings:

For those who didn’t know, Lesley and I are going to be parents again come Mayish.  We haven’t totally decided on names yet but we’re not going to tell a lot of people lest they steal our good ideas.  It wasn’t 3 months after our first, Ella Grace was born that we started seeing a lot of Ellas, and even Ella Graces showing up in the birth notices.  Oh who am I kidding, we’re going with Bertha for a girl and Leonard for a boy (copy that!).

Our tile drainage system appears to be working exactly as planned (wood being knocked).  Our well is quite high but just lower than where I’d expect our tile to be sitting.  Either we’ve had just enough rain and water to push the well to that point or our drainage is carrying away the excess and actually working.  Either way, I’m extremely happy to not be pumping.  At this point last year we’d already been pumping for a full month and a half straight… 2 pumps, 24/7 (does anyone even say that anymore?).

My truck is knocking when there’s a weight transfer from side to side.  It’s only 2 years old so that’s pretty annoying.  I’m told that GM is aware of the issue and claims that it is normal for this ‘knuckle’ to produce a certain amount of noise.  Why it had to start almost exactly 500km after my warranty ran out is completely beyond me.

Been playing some of the worst hockey of my recent life in the last month or so, so that’s not good…  I was blaming it on rust after hunt camp but I think it’s more the suckage.

Haven’t caught The Office in weeks – total bummer.  Watched The Island on Friday night – not as bad as everyone says.  Some definite leaps of faith but Ewan McGregor impressed me again, as did Sean Bean.  Buscemi was his usual awesome self and Nelix was good too.  The premise was a little bit frightening.  It’s easy to see that scenario actually playing itself out – body parts harvested from clones who are grown rather than raised, ignorant of the ‘real’ world.

Anyway, just thought I should write… don’t you hate blogs that grow stale?

I… am… outta here! (Dennis Miller – SNL Weekend Update circa… you figure it out)