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A Metallica Morning
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20 Jul 2006My musical tastes run the gamut. The sublime includes Gregorian Chants, Baroque music, and ethereal soaring symphonies.
But I was raised in a small town in the BC interior. Metallica is in my blood.
Oh, you may try and deny your Metallica-ness, but you know it’s there. It’s the one that makes you want to drive fast [...]
Massachusetts: And people live here because…?
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18 Jul 2006It’s just about noon and the temperature is racing towards 95F.
The humidity is high enough that the dog went for a swim, not a walk this morning.
The atmosphere is currently: 80% Nitrogen, 19% Pollution, and 1% Oxygen.
I am trying to imagine why so many people want to live here.
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New Pen Lust: UniBall Power Tank
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16 Jul 2006I got the UniBall Power Tank in Golden, and it has replaced all of my other pens. A gel pen with a pressurized tank, it lives up to its reputation to write anywhere and on anything.
Effectively, it is a $2.95 Fisher Space Pen. And how can that be wrong?
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Canada: Community Recreation Centres — Another Reason Canada is Better
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15 Jul 2006In Canada, the norm is to have a community recreation centre, usually with a pool, an arena and a curling rink.
In the parts of the US where we have lived, community pools are almost unheard of. Private fitness clubs are the only places with pools, other than private homes.
This explains why my seven year-old still [...]
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Canada: Mother
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15 Jul 2006I visited my mother on this trip to Canada.
To some, this would seem like a natural. However, my relationship with my mother has been strained over the years for a number of reason which I won’t get into here.
I was glad that my youngest brother and his family were there as well, or I would [...]
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Canada: Final thoughts on an epic trip
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15 Jul 2006This trip home has been an eye-opener. It has reminded me why I want to call myself Canadian, and live in this country.
There is a flow here. A bounce. A knowledge that we are NOT as doomed as the United States is. Canada is not crippled by a devastating and useless war, a moralistic and [...]
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American Express: WTF?
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15 Jul 2006Gee, I guess you don’t want my business anymore…
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Victoria: Back after a marathon
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14 Jul 2006We made it back to Victoria yesterday, after a 14-hour marathon drive across Southern BC. I can’t think of a place I would rather be right now.
Yesterday was a six-summit day.
Salmo-Creston | Kootenay Pass (1774m)
Nancy Greene (1575m)
Paulson (1535m)
Anarchist (1233m)
Sunday Creek (1284m)
Allison Pass (1342m)
By the time we rolled into Hope, Samantha was ranting that she never [...]
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Life in the busy lane
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5 Jun 2006Life has been insane for the last 2 weeks as I struggle to keep up with a flood of new projects and preparations for our three-week vacation to Canada.
It will be interesting to go home. I have only been in Canada for one overnight trip since September 2004, and that was Toronto, which really doesn’t [...]
Cable management, Geek Style
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12 May 2006This rocks.
If it wasn’t a company laptop….
Via Lifehacker and Make
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