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June 25th, 2009
A couple of years ago I wrote a lot about milk. Now I feel like I am writing a lot about cycling. But never am i writing anything useful about cycling, just “I went cycling” or “I like cycling”. I went cycling last night after work. We did a trip to Dobel, followed by [...] June 24th, 2009
I am going to be honest with you: I am feeling a heavy balance between being happy to be here in Germany, and being excited about returning to Canada. What I mean is, rather than living in today my mind is thinking about the future. Given the option of going back to Canada today, [...] June 21st, 2009
Today I had a little bikescapade to the famous Hornisgrinde. Hornisgrinde is the name of the tallest mountain in the Northern Black Forest. Hornisgrinde’s height is 1164 metres, shorter than the legendary Schrofenpass that we will cross on the first day of the Alpencross, but still tall enough to present a challenge. Verena and [...] June 8th, 2009
Prepare for a little bit of geek-talk. I’ve been thinking a lot about backups lately. I have regular backups, but not of all of my data. What’s worse is that the data that isn’t regularly backed up is the data that would be the most difficult to replace. Currently my only personal computer is [...] June 6th, 2009
There are still some things that I want to do before I leave Germany/Europe. These things include, but are not limited to: – buying some Adidas trainers – visiting the Canadian Vimy Memorial – spend a weekend in Berlin – visit Munich again, hopefully for work – buying a set of Professional S Henckel [...] June 6th, 2009
Five weeks until the start of the Alpencross. 35 days. 10 weekend days. I think the only way I have a chance to survive is if I am on the bike or on the pavement at least 4 hours each weekend day, ideally 10 hours each weekend, I think. It may sound ridiculous but [...] June 1st, 2009
I am doing something that I may not have ever done before in my entire life: I am delaying the purchase of an item to the next fiscal month in order to delay my having to pay for it by another month. It is not a ground-breaking concept but it is one that I [...] |
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