July 22nd, 2009

Sleep On Train

A trying week of highs and lows, cultural understanding, pain, destruction, and triumph: the Alpencross was a great success. Eight brave people began a quest from Oberstdorf Germany to Lago di Garda over seven days. Though we only arrived seven in numbers our early departure was expected and we successfully delivered all willing [...]

April 14th, 2009

England to France

Katy and I are sitting in St. Pancras international rail station awaiting our high-speed train to France. I am writing this on my iPhone whilst enjoying a coffee from CaffĂ© Nero and wearing a linen blazer over my Built to Spill “Perfect From Now On” t-shirt. I am quite excited to go through [...]

August 10th, 2008

Red

Red flag.

August 10th, 2008

Race

It’s all happenin’.

August 9th, 2008

Fit 2

I will have some problems fitting into my pants after this weekend.

August 9th, 2008

Fit

I fit right in.

September 19th, 2007

Calamari, Zucchini, and Chocolate Milk

Last night I had dinner with Ma here in Ottawa. In town for a business conference, she was mostly kept busy but did have time to get some food with her eldest. She had decided that she would like to return to Mamma Grazzi’s, an Italian place in the market where we had [...]

March 20th, 2007

At Least My Sleep Debt Is Zero

I went to bed early last night, as in 9 p.m. For some reason (perhaps related to my previous post) I was stuck in a zone of “tired but not sleeping” for at least an hour. I tend to still like to count that as sleep as I went through a time where [...]

October 26th, 2006

Advanced Polling

I voted today for the upcoming municipal election. Today was the first of two advance polling dates and was the only time a polling station would be setup in my apartment building. As soon as I came home after work and my shopping excursion I voted. The convenience of having the polling [...]

October 24th, 2006

Checkers

Despite my heavy work load I left the office at 4:30 today and made my way home on the bus. I made a note in my notepad about how much leg room I had in my seat, and also noted the fact that I took advantage of it by leaning back in my seat. [...]