May 28th, 2010

Asshole

Last night I step onto the elevator on the 14th floor of my building. Just before stepping on a guy steps off. The little light didn’t clear to indicate that this was my elevator, but I stepped on anyway thinking it was a little glitch (as sometimes happens). I pressed the B1 [...]

September 30th, 2009

Come On Everybody: Group Hug

Have you noticed that I haven’t written much lately? I promise that it’s not due to a lack of things to write about, nor is it due to a lack of time to write–I just don’t want to. I don’t want to write about the thing that I would have to write about: [...]

September 18th, 2009

Marathon Playlist – Suggestions Needed

Alright everyone: In less than 24 hours I am off to Ulm to try to run a marathon. In less than 40 hours my feet will hit the pavement. As I’ve written before, I expect it will take me 4-5 hours–that’s a lot of music.

I need song, album, artists suggestions to keep me [...]

August 28th, 2009

1979 Video Rendition of the Canadian National Anthem

Today I stumbled upon the famous 1979 video rendition of the Canadian national anthem. Back in the day when TV stations used to “sign off” at the end of a night they would play this video; they would also start the broadcast day with this video. Even though it is now 30 years [...]

July 31st, 2009

Drink It In

I write to you from my Superior Room with Castellana Ave. View in the luxurious Hesperia Madrid. I am enjoying a complimentary Granny Smith apple (they literally have a bowl of them by the elevator on each floor) as I draw my second bath of the evening. My comfort is maximized by the [...]

July 7th, 2009

Bagpipes

Have you ever thought about how in Canada you will now-and-then hear someone playing the bagpipes at a time when you least expect? I am sure that I have walked out of work in Ottawa and heard bagpipes, or been walking downtown and heard Scotland the Brave; this experience even goes back to when [...]

July 1st, 2009

Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day!

I am a big fan of Canada Day–especially since moving to Ottawa. This year it’s a little different, not being in Canada and being at work. I miss it; I would love to be in Ottawa today. It’s too bad I didn’t decide to go back just for 3 days [...]

May 9th, 2009

Badische Meile

Today is the day of the Badische Meile in Karlsruhe. This is an 8.88889 km run throughout the city of Karlsruhe. The distance is quite manageable; I haven’t run in some time but I have been on the bicycle a few times lately so I hope that I will be fit enough to [...]

May 7th, 2009

When and Where to see Nine Inch Nails

Dear Internet:

I need your advise. Nine Inch Nails is touring Europe this summer and it the so-called “final tour”; at the very least, it should be the last tour NIN will do for a while. So I would like to see them.

Luckily, Europe is relatively small so I have a few options. [...]

March 31st, 2009

The Food Bank

Ladies and Gentlemen, please let me take a minute to write to you about the Food Bank.

The food bank helps people–families; children–get basic food supplies in the case of emergency and desperate need. In Ottawa thousands of people rely on the food bank every month, and in your local city I’m sure the food [...]