It blows my mind with stories like this one about a BlackBerry stopping a bullet from her boyfriend’s handgun doesn’t arise questions like why is it that anyone thinks its okay to bring a handgun into a restaurant to play with?
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February 10th, 2010
I came across a humorous measure today: there are two (live) popes per square kilometre in Vatican City. Consequentially, and perhaps unsurprisingly, Vatican City has the highest concentration of popes per square kilometre in the entire world. 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 4th, 2010
I take note of the headphones that people are wearing while they are listening to music while riding public transit. For the most part I do not judge people based on the headphones they are using, though I admit that I often confirm my judgements based on them. Occasionally I am surprised by [...] January 18th, 2010
For the next 3.5 days, I’m working for Haiti. What I mean is that I have made a donation to Haiti relief efforts equal to my gross income for 3.5 days work (gross because the donation is tax deductible). Even better than that is that the Canadian Government, and my employer will each [...] December 31st, 2009
Ottawa is looking pretty nice at the moment. Beautiful snow is falling, and the temperature is a pretty mild -6. I’m wearing my “let it snow” underwear. If only the Rideau Canal was open for skating. Guten Rutsch! November 9th, 2009
I don’t really remember it, and I didn’t really appreciate it until my visit to Berlin in September–today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. There’s lots you can read about it, of course. I particularly enjoyed this CBC Archives video found on YouTube. October 11th, 2009
@mattkirkey I am also not Bush. Where's my Nobel prize? in reply to mattkirkey # |
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