You call that firewood? This is a firewood!
We own an old doer-upper bungalow that was built a century ago. There’s one word to describe old doer-upper bungalows that were built a century ago…
COLD
Fortunately for us… the previous owners installed a brand-new large-capacity fireplace just before they sold the house to us (funnily enough, there’s more documentation for the fireplace in the house’s LIM report than the house itself 
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Fortunately for us… my awesome in-laws gifted us with a whole heap of firewood from their old property a couple of summers ago.
Fortunately for us… the same in-laws spent half a Saturday helping me cut up the firewood.
Fortunately for us… we have an old decrepid shed to store the wood.
Did I mention that there is also two big wool sacks full of kindling that couldn’t fit in the same pic? Now I must ask you…
Water water everywhere… not
Hip Chess for retro kidults
Imagine my delight when my 7 year old son came home from school last week and said, “Dad… can you teach me how to play chess?”
Parental bliss.
And so, having a re-kindled desire to go out and buy a Chess set which oozes awesomeness, I’ve been doing some research… and it seems that Chess for retro kidults is now very, very cool indeed. The problem is, you need a lot of money to be that cool. Looks like I’m gonna have to start saving
Spider-Man Deluxe Pewter Chess Set: $499 (USD)
Aliens Deluxe Pewter Chess Set: $374.99 (USD)
Lord Of The Rings Collectors Chess Set: $649.99 (USD)
Lego Ultimate Castle Chess Set: $300 (USD)
Star Wars Collectors Chess Set: $599 (USD)
NGC 7293: The Eye Of God
To astronomers, NGC 7293 is a Helix Nebula. To us normal people, it is “a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases” caused by a dying star.
Pretty awe-inspiring if you ask me.
It will forever confound me as to how some of us will ponder this image, and see it as further evidence of a Creator, and how others will view the same image and harden their hearts to even considering the notion that such a Creator could exist.
I’m okay with crochet
For those of you that follow the world’s most amazing wife’s blog, you will know that her new found love is (ahem) crochet.
At first I thought that my wife was having a crises of sorts. I mean crocheting? That’s what old-fashioned ladies carry in their 2-wheeled-shopping bags. Even the word ‘crochet’, if pronounced the way it looks is off-putting.
Nevertheless, for the last few weeks, my wife has been crocheting everywhere… in the car, in the bed, at the dog park, probably in the bathroom…
PaisleyJade’s womanly wiles have paid off and I have finally come around. I Burton, confess that I’m now okay with crochet. In fact, some (and I emphasise ‘some’) crochet is actually very cool. Still, most (and I emphasise ‘most’) crochet is atrocious.
The good…
The bad… 
Where’s Wally Matt?
A friend at youthchurch last night told me about a guy called Matt. A little video clip that Matt has put together of himself and his unique dance in unique locations has made him world famous. 14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands, over 20 million views on YouTube… It really is quite legendary.
So, without any further ado… click the clip below.
