• In Brief

    • Sigh, just about to ride home in the dark - daylight savings finishing is a bad thing. 4 days ago
    • I just found out that NZ was the first country that U2 got a number 1 single in. That makes me proud, and it was for "Pride" 1 week ago
    • U2 concert tonight, being opened by the Black Eyed Peas - should be a fun night! 1 week ago
    • Why do I never have my camera when I need it. Orange sun glowing of red leaves with a dark stormy background and me without a camera 2 weeks ago
    • I'm going to be home for 2 or 3 weeks in Feb, really excited about seeing my nephews 3 weeks ago
    • I am now legally a permanent resident of Canada - woo hoo 3 weeks ago
    • google maps street view is kinda creepy, i just looked at my parents house. I think there are some trees missing since i was there last 4 weeks ago
    • Going to see Pearl Jam and Ben Harper tonight - really quite excited!! 1 month ago
    • That's pre season, pre 1 month ago
    • Watching ore season hockey. Definately feeling like a season change is on the cards 1 month ago

Tour de France….. but exciting

Here’s how to make a road biking race more interesting to watch. See, even the riders are more interested in that – the guy in the pink jersey just about to go on to the bridge has is fist in the air yelling in excitement

Ah road bikers, you look so stupid with your [...]

The Fog

This was taken by a person from work at 6:30 this morning and I think it is pretty cool.

Ah George, we’ll miss ya

And to my American friends with voting rights . . . . . . Seriously??? Twice????

Amusing Messages

We seem to have had a plethora of friends having babies lately, pregnant people can be amusing sometime for those of us who are not on that path, but among those friends I have not been as amused by anything as much as the message received by Rachel on Friday night.
Rachel was due last week and [...]

Inversion

This weird thing is happening at the moment. Apparently it’s not actually that unusual, but it is annoying – especially for those of us who want snow.
Right now Vancouver is capped in fog and has been since Wednesday. The first day was kind of fun, it was a little creepy and interesting, since then it [...]

Eye Surgery Update

So the short story is I was supposed to be getting laser eye surgery right about now, but I’m not.
The long story is:
When I was first being examined to see if I could get the surgery, I was told my eyes were probably too dry for it. One of the places gave me some prescription [...]

Wow, slack time

Well at least it’s not just me who has been slack lately – none of my blogging friends have been active on their sites, it’s just gone in to a period of quiet. So what’s my excuse? Busy, travel, parties, snow, boarding??? Nah, I just had a good book!
But there is much to write about. [...]