Oasis at GM Place

In the mid 90’s I was a huge Oasis fan, Definitely Maybe and What’s the Story Morning glory are up there with my all time favourite albums. I never did see them in concert though, you see despite the fact that I really like their music – they are jerks and back then they had [...]

UC outoors Kayak

Trip # 2 for the UC outdoors group was a successful experience.
We tried 2 weeks ago to arrange for a day trip kayaking on Indian Arm, but were foiled by the weather. I was nervous about this trip as well after the quite ordinary conditions last week held for Vancouver. Saturday came round though and [...]

Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh

I am lost for words, frustration has got the better of me, but i will try.
Tonight as we were Inncocently driving along to IKEA for a pre climbing dinner of tasty meatballs, we were hit; again.  This is the second time we have been hit in less than a year and the third crash (one [...]

It’s a sad day

LeRoi Moore, saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band has died.
http://www.davematthewsband.com/news/
I am sad, he was a brilliant musician and the original sound of the Dave Matthews Band had a lot to do with his ingenious way of working his magic in amongst the unusual rhythms that Dave Matthews writes.
We are going to see the band next [...]

Random Thoughts

* Why does “What do you do?” mean “What are you paid to do?” People look at me strange when they ask and I say “Snowboard, mountain bike, rock climb”.
* Does anyone actually have a clean house when they aren’t having visitors?
* I have been for 9 11.3km rides this week, and hopefully another 1 this afternoon [...]

The story of the bikes

This is a story of one guy, one girl, one year and 8 bikes. This is our story, well I guess in reality it is my story because I can’t imagine this happening in Kirsty’s life if I wasn’t around. And it’s actually more like 1 1/2 years, but then it wouldn’t sound as dramatic.
The story [...]

For my mother

My mother, actually my parents are a little techno-ignorant. They have recently bought 2 new computers which they are enjoying, and mum is talking about buying a Vista for dummies book to learn a bit more (Ironic title really, lots of people would say that Vista is for dummies!!).
Yet, in her efforts to improve she has [...]

The Best Place on Earth??

This year is the 150th anniversary of British Columbia, the province I currently call home and the province which is the self proclaimed best place on earth. “The Best Place on Earth” is the motto that sits beneath the number plates, alongside flags, on letterheads of official stationary etc.
At first I thought it was just [...]