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February 9th, 2010
Another quick update, this time on my busiest day of the week. Normally on Tuesdays I play squash with Kate. She’s busy and had to cancel so I played with Evan. It turned out to be the best game of squash I’ve played all year. The intensity was unmatched, and the speed of [...] February 5th, 2010
Between my time spent working, at school, and playing squash I was able to find time to cook two really fantastic meals this week. I had an chorizo sausage, red peppers, and cream that I had to use up. I roasted the red peppers (reserved two) and made a red pepper cream sauce with some [...] August 26th, 2009
Tonight I have sold my bicycle–the one I bought during the Alpencross. Today I also sent a fax to my ISP in Germany announcing my account cancellation. It was very well presented, in both English and German (summarized) to cover myself. Yesterday I mailed my last batch of expense reports to Ottawa–further [...] August 16th, 2009
Two weeks ago I was returning from Madrid; why does it feel like two months have passed? I am not sure if it’s just me, or if this is “normal”, but for me time passes pretty quickly (usually) but my mind extends the feeling of time since an event occurs. If I was talking about [...] August 12th, 2009
After I returned from Madrid my manager here in Germany made a comment to me along the lines of “that distance is like a day trip to a Canadian”. Yes, he was exaggerating the truth a little bit but the premise of his point is correct: North Americans are more accustomed to travelling long [...] July 9th, 2009
And I’m off: going to pay my taxes, then to Karlsruhe for a train to Oberstdorf. Tomorrow morning we leave for seven full days across the Alps though Austria and Switzerland to finish in Torbole at the North of Lago di Garda at the end of next Thursday (expected). In Italy until Saturday, [...] 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 [...] 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: June 1st, 2009
I have a confession for the world: I am concerned about my Alpencross readiness. I knew that going on vacation would set me back some, and it has, but I’m not sure that is all that I can blame. We’re talking about six consecutive days of intense bicycling, and trekking, carrying everything I [...] |
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