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Freedonism - A selfless devotion to making our world what it SHOULD be: allowing independent and collective freedom from oppression, violence, hunger, resource destruction, and other social and environmental injustices that we would be ashamed of if we could only step back and view our world and cultures from the vantage point of a fresh new visitor. -AS&B
Someone special to me (note: not the guy on the right) recently kicked prostate cancer's ass. I'm on a mustache-growing team for the month of November (affectionately known as "Movember") to raise money for Prostate Cancer Canada. If you wish to contribute, please click "Donate to me" on my Movember donation page or write a cheque payable to "Prostate Cancer Canada", referencing my Registration Number 50555 and mailing it to: Prostate Cancer Canada, 145 Front Street East, Suite 306, Toronto, ON M5A 1E3, Canada.
I'll post the magnificent photo of my pitiful mustache at the end of November. As you might guess, I'll be sporting an amateur "Fu Manchu"! :)
Thanks for the support!
Brad
I buy only DRM-free music that is high quality (digital compression of 256 kbps and above). I also prefer to buy individual songs. Buying an entire album is worth it only if it costs less to buy than the number of songs I would otherwise buy individually.
Here's what I've learned about where to buy digital music in Canada. Please feel free to update the info with retailers or options.
Have a great holiday and hopefully talk to you soon in the new year!Anne-Sophie, Brad & Soléa128 Hamilton Ave. NOttawa, ONK1Y 1C2 Canada
Want fewer telemarketing calls and spam mail? Check out these "do-not-call" lists in Canada:
We can now share videos of Soléa with you! Enjoy!
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Maintenant, nous pouvons vous partager des vidéos de Soléa! Profitez!
We finally updated Flickr with more photos of Soléa from the past few months! Again, here are the instructions for downloading and printing.
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Finalement, on a mit plus de photos de Soléa sur notre page de Flickr. Encore, voici les instructions (en français!) pour télécharger ou imprimer.
For those who haven't been to our new place yet...
Address:
Apt 602 - 1227 Wellington St. W
Ottawa, ON
K1Y 0G7 Canada
The residential entrance is at 1227 Wellington, just east of Holland and across the street from the Home Hardware (don't go to the theatre entrance on the corner of Holland). Our buzzer is 1117, under "Kynoch/Dumetz".Directions:
I'm absolutely ECSTATIC to announce that Anne-Sophie and I celebrated roughly three years by welcoming a new ray of sunshine into our lives... a beautiful new baby girl! Her name is Soléa (Katja Dumetz) Kynoch, pronounced [so-LAY-ah] and based partially on the French word soleil, meaning sun. Having basked in her smiles and radiance every day since the birth, I know her name suits her perfectly :)
She made her grand entrance into our small world on Nov 8, 2007 around 01:30, almost two weeks after the not-so-exact due date. She weighed in at 8 lb (3.6 kg) in an adorable little hammock hanging from a scale, like a fine delivery that we'd been waiting our whole lives for :) Although we stretched her out to 20" (51 cm) long, she'll probably do her own stretching to match the long fingers, feet and toes that hint of her tall prairie genes.
The birth experience was not only amazingly beautiful, but was as comfortable and intimate as we had hoped. Anne-Sophie had an all-natural birth in the comfort of our new home, with the help of our wonderful midwives, as well as Anne-Sophie's mom, and yours truly.
After a couple weeks of coaxing Soléa out with countless natural induction techniques, she finally decided it was time to join us and that the trip was going to be quick! Fortunately, the entire labour was about half as long and reportedly much less painful than Anne-Sophie was "psyched up" for. I used acupressure points to help her cope with the pain and she conquered the rest using only the first breathing technique. By the time we were ready to use the "advanced" techniques, it was already time for our little croissant to come out of the oven!
There are lots of photos on our Flickr page and, if you're interested, here are instructions for downloading or printing.
We'll update this blog as often as we can with our amazing adventures as new parents!
Love,
Brad (Dad!) on behalf of the new family!