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March 21st, 2011
Further updates: I played squash on Saturday morning. Adam and I played an intense match-up. New racquet and new shoes in hand for Adam. It was fun. Saturday afternoon we got Adam’s bike back on the road. Topped up the battery, pumped up the tires, cleaned and lubed the chain, full oil change with [...] 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 13th, 2009
Don’t you just love the feel of a brisk morning air, everything quiet but the birds, and the sun softly introducing itself to the day? Those of you who don’t believe in “before 6 a.m.” are missing out. 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 [...] May 19th, 2009
Yesterday whilst sitting on the balcony patio of the Grand Cafe Orient in Prague I called my personal concierge service and asked them to get me tickets to see Yo-Yo Ma’s performance at the NAC this October. After I got home I received an e-mail confirming my itinerary for the evening. The performance is [...] March 25th, 2009
Eight. What is the significance of the number eight? What does it mean to you? How does your context differ from the context of this post? Eight could seem like a small number if you are thinking on a scale of millions, billions, or even larger. It could also seem like a really large [...] March 7th, 2009
February 16th, 2009
Inexplicably, I am feeling very tired this morning. Completely explicably, I have nothing for breakfast and I have to drive to work this morning (versus taking the tram). I have something like 6 Euros in my wallet and my tram pass has expired. Said pass is €44.50 monthly for the “zwei waben” pass that [...] February 13th, 2009
In Germany my office is…well, an office. The typical setup in Germany seems to be an office shared by 3-5 people; my office is a smaller one, so it is setup for two people, but I am the only one in here. There are certainly many great features to such a setup including: the [...] |
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