Thanks to Kat for giving me a great birthday weekend. Friday night she took me out for sushi with a couple of our friends, Paul and Elizabeth. Kat doesn’t like sushi, but she knows I do, and she found a teriyaki chicken on the menu that she liked. On the way out, Kat and Liz pointed out someone sitting with his back to the rest of the restaurant. I looked closer and saw it was Norman Jewison. Not there for my birthday, obviously, but still pretty cool nonetheless.

After dinner, we went to the Sapphire Lounge, which is Peterborough’s one and only martini bar, and the drinking began. After that, we headed home, had champagne, more martinis, a few shots, and played some SingStar. I almost never play this game, in part because I usually need to be drunk to do so, in part because my wife is extremely good and always kicks my arse. I didn’t do too badly, though. Here are some pics.

On Saturday, Kat and I went out to her sister’s farm to see the baby and for family b-day celebrations. The baby is still a cutie, as you can see below.

On Sunday, we went out for breakfast at our local greasy spoon, went grocery shopping, and came home to make pumpkin muffins which turned out extremely well (clearly because I helped). It was a crisp autumn day, so we let Thor out on his harness.

Kat ended up getting me The Office on DVD (the original British version), as well as a new dress shirt, and an iPod Shuffle to assist with my training for next year’s 10k run. An excellent haul and a wonderful birthday.

Thanks to everyone who sent wishes via comments, e-mails, and telephone.

There was another birthday yesterday, on the 19th. My website turned six. I had planned on posting a free story, something fun I’ve been working on, but it’s not quite ready. Maybe for Halloween…