Yup that’s me at the end there, gunner-at-heart… did you see me flinch? Exactly.
Lastly, our Navy really “gets it”, this online stuff. They’re the ones who dreamed up my epic ending and fought to get the footage, they’re allowed unrestricted online access aboard and the ship even has her own Facebook Fan page, one of the first in the Forces.
Sure do know a lot more about the Canadian Military now, true colours and all that. Can you think of bigger pukes than some of the upper echelon? Chaplains maybe.
Soldiers: thank you, can’t image that environment.
Meet Keith Williams, owner of the largest diamond house in Canada and also, ‘The Official Gemologist of The Canadian Explorer’!
september 2 2009
We ogled stones (below top photo is 30+ carats total weight), I pushed them around with jewelers tweezers (which are more delicate than you think), and shone a UV light on them because 10% of all diamonds will refract back a solid purple.
The scales gemologists use to weigh stones are so sensitive they’re housed in a box you must close the door to because a light breeze will affect the results. Bottom right is a design that’s being shipped to Tiffany’s soon.
Then he took me for dinner to George and we cackled and laughed, agreed ‘Hells Kitchen’ and Gordon Ramsay are fantastic (Keith, I saw him once, click here).
I met Keith at a cycling race weeks back and did you know last year he came ‘3rd in Ontario’ in the Time Trial races? I know, sick.
Thank you Keith, a lot!
NOTE: woah, as I linked up that restaurant I saw the adress is 111 Queen Street, weird, because as I’ve said is my special number. There were many things like that today, love it.
– about the Brennen & Rowenta partnership, click here, here and here
– I chose those potential sponsors because I actually use the stuff… click here for ‘The Tim’s Shot’, here for ‘THE Blackberry Shot’, here to meet my Rogers girl Sandra, here to meet the owner of my favourite gas station… and so it goes. Keri Lotion obviously.
– about Stéphane’s grassroots marketing campaign here and here *
* Why I felt compelled to tell you about this in French, that was a mistake… Stéphane is French so I thought it’d be nice to speak in his language but I just butchered it all. That’s the peril of doing “I get one shot at this”… so sorry, I realize it’s painful to watch, least you didn’t have to edit it OMG I was in a perma-cringe.
