On the same day as the fire (Friday, this is being finally taken down on Sunday night, well, Monday morning actually, about 1:30am), Firefly gave me a shout to say a FedEx had arrived for me. Read more for the full story (trying to keep the front page free of huge long gobs of news, […]
An Unexpected Gift Read Post »
First off, no, it wasn’t serious. I mean, it was serious, but everyone still has a place to live! Secondly, there is a lot of catching up to do, and lots of pictures to show, so I’ll try to split it up and make it as painless as possible. I can’t guarentee I’ll detail everything
A Fire at the Building Read Post »
Interesting article on firing an employee which was a good read (via kasia). I’ve luckily never had to do this, but I have been on the perpendicular to this. I say “perpendicuar” instead of “the other side” because I wasn’t the one being fired. No I was close enough to the bosses to know things
On The Firing of an Employee Read Post »
A week or so ago I noticed that Leonard from random($foo) was coming up to Vancouver for a week long visit. I had talked to him before about some ditital photo stuff and figured that it’d be cool to meet up. So after a flurry of emails trying to figure things out, I met up
Not An Axe-Murderer Read Post »
I had a really good workout at the gym today. Almost a full 45 minute run (one break around 35 minutes), and good arm workout afterwards. The dip machine is right in front of the mirror, and I was exerting myself, and was making a frightfully mean face, and found it was easier with a
Some books read like the author just sat down and typed out what was in his head. I could do that.
Money For Nothing…. Read Post »
My weekend was almost productive. A was out with Iambe over on the Island scrapbooking (and what she did looks like it’ll turn out really cool too! Must take a pic of it when it’s all done…) so I was left alone. I managed to get to the gym a bunch (three times total) which
For some reason last night I started thinking…. “how can I be thinking?” I mean, everything that I know from science basically says that we are controlled by our brains, and our brains are basically just big ass tangles of nerves and lobes throwing electrical impulses back and forth. How the hell can those be
Deep Thoughts on Conciousness Read Post »
Woke up this morning with: Corny sleeping beside my leg. Rex coming up onto my chest, demanding to be petted, and occasionally grabbing my chin and lips with his claws (that’d be a good one for Darren’s “picture from the point of view of a cat” thing). Zoon down at the bottom of the bed