Is coming!
well, soon enough anyways.
I'm going to be in O-town for a good week at least! Who all else is in town?
Is there any possibility the canal will freeze? I somehow doubt it.
well, soon enough anyways.
I'm going to be in O-town for a good week at least! Who all else is in town?
Is there any possibility the canal will freeze? I somehow doubt it.
I went to a lecture by Steven Pinker yesterday.
I didn't realize how popular a guy he is. I ended up in one of the overflow rooms. I think there were a bunch of them.
His talk was actually really funny. The audience was full of linguistic and philosophy students. I'd say the majority of the audience was retirees. I found out about this lecture online. I wonder if everyone heard about it that way?
I didn't realize how popular a guy he is. I ended up in one of the overflow rooms. I think there were a bunch of them.
His talk was actually really funny. The audience was full of linguistic and philosophy students. I'd say the majority of the audience was retirees. I found out about this lecture online. I wonder if everyone heard about it that way?
It's starting to hit the rainy season in my part of the world. Alas!
Time to polish off that old snowboard.
Sometimes, I feel very happy and optimistic and lucky about the work I do.
Robin told me that as much as she likes the pictures I post, she much prefers text. Is this a consensus view? It's such a neat thing, to be able to show you all what I'm seeing the moment I'm seeing it.
I've decided I need a car. I'm gonna start hunting. It's hards to head to the mountains without one. I'm pretty proud that I've managed to go this long without a motorized vehicle. I wonder how many kilometres I've bused/walked/biked/rollerbladed/longboarded?
On the kettle valley railway trail
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So get this, I just updated the software on my phone, and now I have GPS! The little dot that represents me moves as I move around my house!
And I've just figured out how to post photos to this blog directly from my camera phone! (As the previous post will attest.) You know what that means? A new frontier! Simontastic goes graphical! A picture is worth a thousand words and blah blah blah....
And I've just figured out how to post photos to this blog directly from my camera phone! (As the previous post will attest.) You know what that means? A new frontier! Simontastic goes graphical! A picture is worth a thousand words and blah blah blah....
Labels: blog, camera, GPS, technology
The mechanism of injury I described in my previous post: the fall on outstretched hand, is classic for hand injuries. If the stars had aligned differently, such an occurence could have proved disastrous for me.
And so it got me to thinking.
I had a chance to speak to a lawyer recently, about civil suits where plaintiffs seek damages. I was arguing that it seemed unfair to make companies pay large sums of money for the inappropriate actions of a small number of their employees. Shouldn't the employees in question be held responsible more directly? It seemed like the company was being held responsible simply because it had the money.
I'll admit though, had I suffered a potentially career threatening injury, I'd be suing the city, not the random workman who had left this unfortunate stub of concrete on the road.
I have noticed that I am more cautious going downhill now. I used to just fly down city streets. Now I'm riding the brakes like some old codger. Ah well.
And so it got me to thinking.
I had a chance to speak to a lawyer recently, about civil suits where plaintiffs seek damages. I was arguing that it seemed unfair to make companies pay large sums of money for the inappropriate actions of a small number of their employees. Shouldn't the employees in question be held responsible more directly? It seemed like the company was being held responsible simply because it had the money.
I'll admit though, had I suffered a potentially career threatening injury, I'd be suing the city, not the random workman who had left this unfortunate stub of concrete on the road.
I have noticed that I am more cautious going downhill now. I used to just fly down city streets. Now I'm riding the brakes like some old codger. Ah well.
At the intersection of Burrard and Melville, there exists a small bump of asphalt in the bike lane. As fate would have it, at precisely 14:12 on Sept 13th, the front tire of bicycle would meet this bump of asphalt while travelling downhill at high velocity and stop dead in its tracks.
Nimble as I am, the hand of physics proved unavoidable, and before I could even process my misfortune, momentum had picked me up and threw over the top of my handlebars.
I was scarcely airborne before I found myself hurtling towards an alarmingly abrupt meeting with the road. I think I managed to throw my hands in front of me, and although I was helmeted, I can still report with grateful certainty that my noggin escaped impact entirely.
There was little time to ruminate however. Conscious of both a sharp pain in my right hand and the fact that cars were soon to be rolling up behind me, I scrambled to my feet, went back to retrieve my bicycle, and hobbled to the sidewalk and the concerned pedestrians standing there in wait.
After assuring the good Samaritans that I had escaped life threatening injury, I took the time to review my injuries. I had scraped (to varying degrees) my left knee, my left elbow, the back of my left wrist, my right elbow and my right palm.
I was fortunate to have one of my nurse friends patch me up before my friends and I hit the town yesterday. I'm feeling alright about the whole thing. I have a volleyball game tonite, and I suspect that I'll have to bandage my right palm a little more securely for that. Otherwise, it's business as usual!
Nimble as I am, the hand of physics proved unavoidable, and before I could even process my misfortune, momentum had picked me up and threw over the top of my handlebars.
I was scarcely airborne before I found myself hurtling towards an alarmingly abrupt meeting with the road. I think I managed to throw my hands in front of me, and although I was helmeted, I can still report with grateful certainty that my noggin escaped impact entirely.
There was little time to ruminate however. Conscious of both a sharp pain in my right hand and the fact that cars were soon to be rolling up behind me, I scrambled to my feet, went back to retrieve my bicycle, and hobbled to the sidewalk and the concerned pedestrians standing there in wait.
After assuring the good Samaritans that I had escaped life threatening injury, I took the time to review my injuries. I had scraped (to varying degrees) my left knee, my left elbow, the back of my left wrist, my right elbow and my right palm.
I was fortunate to have one of my nurse friends patch me up before my friends and I hit the town yesterday. I'm feeling alright about the whole thing. I have a volleyball game tonite, and I suspect that I'll have to bandage my right palm a little more securely for that. Otherwise, it's business as usual!
Have you ever wondered why glasses cost so much? I mean, it hardly seems to make sense that small pieces of glass stuck to little rings of metal should cost hundreds of dollars, does it?
I mean you can buy a laptop nowadays for the same price. That's just crazy.
Anyways, there is a solution. Buy your glasses online! I have family and friends who have tried this, and I have yet to hear any complaints.
Plus, this will allow you to buy a variety of glasses. We all change our shirts every day, so why not change glasses too?
I'll let you know how my online purchasing adventure goes!
I mean you can buy a laptop nowadays for the same price. That's just crazy.
Anyways, there is a solution. Buy your glasses online! I have family and friends who have tried this, and I have yet to hear any complaints.
Plus, this will allow you to buy a variety of glasses. We all change our shirts every day, so why not change glasses too?
I'll let you know how my online purchasing adventure goes!
Have I written about this before?
About how the library at work is on the second level, and the building doesn't have stairs you can use to get there. So I end up taking the elevator to ascend just ONE level. man, what a waste.
Why on earth would you design a building so that people weren't even given the option of taking the stairs? It's not earth or heart healthy!
I'm hosting Taco Tuesday tonite! I bought a whole pile of ground beef in preparation. Wish me luck!
About how the library at work is on the second level, and the building doesn't have stairs you can use to get there. So I end up taking the elevator to ascend just ONE level. man, what a waste.
Why on earth would you design a building so that people weren't even given the option of taking the stairs? It's not earth or heart healthy!
I'm hosting Taco Tuesday tonite! I bought a whole pile of ground beef in preparation. Wish me luck!
Labels: elevators, library, poor design, stairs, tacos
I've just read an article about the new connectivity tools available to us online.
I think a strong argument for restarting the blog was this unique sense of connectivity it affords. Apparently, there is a term for this: ambient awareness. It refers to this sense of always being in touch, of always having a vague sense of what people were up to. Blogging is our (now old school!) way to achieve this sense of connection, something that people can now achieve with newer online tools like Facebook or Twitter.
I wonder what it's like to grow up in this new era of connectivity. Does anyone know any kids?
Also, has anyone heard about how the republican VP candidate has a pregnant 17 year old daughter? This seems to be a pretty damning indictment on their birth control policies, no? I'd figure this would be a pretty big hit to her credibility. But I'm not sure that will be the case. American politics drives me crazy.
I think a strong argument for restarting the blog was this unique sense of connectivity it affords. Apparently, there is a term for this: ambient awareness. It refers to this sense of always being in touch, of always having a vague sense of what people were up to. Blogging is our (now old school!) way to achieve this sense of connection, something that people can now achieve with newer online tools like Facebook or Twitter.
I wonder what it's like to grow up in this new era of connectivity. Does anyone know any kids?
Also, has anyone heard about how the republican VP candidate has a pregnant 17 year old daughter? This seems to be a pretty damning indictment on their birth control policies, no? I'd figure this would be a pretty big hit to her credibility. But I'm not sure that will be the case. American politics drives me crazy.
So awhile ago, I was all annoyed because a piece of equipment I needed at work kept on breaking, and I ended up trying three replacements, all of which broke.
Anyways, that was a very frustrating day.
As it turns out, word of this experience has reached the movers and shakers because they ended up buying a whole bunch of brand new stuff when they heard what happened!
Hooray for me!
Also, the squeeky wheel DOES get the grease.
Imagine.
Anyways, that was a very frustrating day.
As it turns out, word of this experience has reached the movers and shakers because they ended up buying a whole bunch of brand new stuff when they heard what happened!
Hooray for me!
Also, the squeeky wheel DOES get the grease.
Imagine.
I'm just back from a weekend camping at Lake Garibaldi.
We hiked somewhere around 50km over the course of three days.
It's interesting how the weather changes as you hike up a mountain. Being in a cloud sounds heavenly, but is in fact a cold, wet experience.
I sprained my ankle walking back down the mountain. I'm finding that I roll (usually harmlessly) over on my ankle at least once during any given downhill trek. Any idea why this is?
I get flies in my apartment when I open up my sliding door. I was thinking of putting up some flypaper. My understanding of this product is that flies are attracted to it, and then stick on it and can't get off.
My question is, will this product actually change the number of flies buzzing around my apartment? Won't new flies just fly in to replace the ones stuck to the paper? In fact, won't I get more flies since they're attracted to the paper?
We hiked somewhere around 50km over the course of three days.
It's interesting how the weather changes as you hike up a mountain. Being in a cloud sounds heavenly, but is in fact a cold, wet experience.
I sprained my ankle walking back down the mountain. I'm finding that I roll (usually harmlessly) over on my ankle at least once during any given downhill trek. Any idea why this is?
I get flies in my apartment when I open up my sliding door. I was thinking of putting up some flypaper. My understanding of this product is that flies are attracted to it, and then stick on it and can't get off.
My question is, will this product actually change the number of flies buzzing around my apartment? Won't new flies just fly in to replace the ones stuck to the paper? In fact, won't I get more flies since they're attracted to the paper?