Thanks for making me laugh so early in the morning.
[tags]stephen harper, rolling stones, bruce mackinnon[/tags]
Feed me, see more.
If you know what RSS is — and use a news reader — you might be interested in the following feeds.
- my blog posts
- comments on my blog posts
- all the books, CDs, DVDs and movies I buy (or watch)
- all the MP3s I add to my Nomad (excluding those in the form of albums I’ve downloaded)
- my Flickr photos (which I’m pretty slack about adding to, since Nellie’s the picture-taker among us, but I’ll try to do better from now on)
I’ve also added the links to the sidebar for future reference.
By the way. if you don’t know what RSS is, or don’t use a feed reader (or My Yahoo, or some other web portal aggregator), read this: RSS explained the Oprah way.
[tags]rss feeds[/tags]
Not booking vacations will mean the terrorist bears have won
I love doing nothing.
OK, well, we didn’t exactly do nothing today, but pretty close. We went looking for a wide angle lens for our new camera, but couldn’t find the adaptor needed to make it work; it seems to be sold out everywhere. We’re now on the hunt for one before we leave for Alberta next Sunday. We also picked up some clothes at MEC, since we’re not sure what the weather’s going to be like. While we were there some wildlife people were showing a group of kids some animals native to Ontario like badgers, possums and snapping turtles. It was hard to get Nellie out of the store.
After picking up those things and doing a few more errands we came home and have spent nearly the entire day exploring: Nellie in a new book we bought about hiking trails in the Rockies, me on Google Earth. I plan to scour sites like wikitravel and chowhound for travel hints and ideas over the next week. Anybody know any good places to eat in Calgary (or Banff/Lake Louise/Jasper)?
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My brother is also leaving for a trip in the next couple of days. While we explore the mountains, he’ll be in Turkey. There was some concern about the safety of that destination following the explosions at tourist resorts in August, but h’s not scared. What follows is a transcript of an email conversation we had today:
- Tim: I know you guys are going out west soon. Before I forget, [SWMNBN] and I wanted to say, “Have a super time”. I’ve only been to the Rockies once, and have felt like I should do that again some day. I’m sure you’ll have a lot of fun.
- Dan: Thanks! Yeah, a week from now we’ll be packing for our early-Sunday-morning flight. Did you ever reset your travel plans? Or are you still aiming for Turkey?
- Tim: We’re still going to Turkey. Fuck terrorists.
- Dan: Exactly. That’s why we’re going to the Rockies. Fuck terrorists. Wait…I meant bears. Fuck bears. I always get those things mixed up.
Word.
[tags]rockies, banff, lake louise, jasper, google earth, wikitravel, chowhound, turkey, fuck terrorists[/tags]
Far coast: long shot?
Today, on a short excursion to get my first fresh air in a week I walked by the new Far Coast coffee store that opened on Bloor. They were having some big shindig at the top of St. Thomas street. BlogTO popped in for a closer look (and taste) but I couldn’t handle anything more hectic than Whole Foods this afternoon.
One interesting angle is that Far Coast is owned by Coke, and this is obviously their foray into Starbucks territory. Two 800 lb gorillas duking it out, but they’re in the Seattle gorilla’s wheelhouse. I guess we’ll see if the Atlanta gorilla can get in the game.
[tags]far coast coffee, coke, starbucks, blogto[/tags]
Happiness is laziness & italian food
Here’s why I am exceedingly happy at the moment:
- I’ve had an afternoon to vegetate and regain some energy. I considered going in to the office, but I knew I’d be of absolutely no use. So I hung out with the cats and caught up on stuff around the house instead.
- Nellie’s home!
- I have decided not to do any work on my next course — quantitative methods — until we get back from Alberta. That means no studying for 2 weeks.
- We’re going to Fieramosca for dinner.
Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…
[tags]tranquility, quantitative methods, fieramosca[/tags]
Good old Beck
A nice man is driving me home in a green and orange car that’s older than me. I don’t care; I’m just happy to be on my way.
The exam wasn’t bad at all. My hand is cramped up, but I feel pretty confident. I daresay there’ll be people still writing at the final bell.
[tags]final exam, beck taxi[/tags]
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Scott Adams’ post on his Dilbert blog this morning nearly made me spit scrambled eggs. Same with The Onion.
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Another trip down memory lane today: a movie adaptation of The Stone Angel is being made, the Margaret Laurence book we read in grade twelve. The director claims there’s lots of sex; I don’t remember it being like that, but I guess it was 13 years ago.
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Okey doke, I’m off to write an exam. Wish me luck.
[tags]dilbert blog, the onion, the stone angel, exam[/tags]
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OK, the book-learnin’ is done. All that’s left now is to write the exam. I’m not worried; I reviewed the stuff over the last couple of nights and I believe we know this stuff better than we think we do. That’s the sign of a good prof. I could tell others in the class didn’t like her, but some people will always whine when they come up against a prof who expects a lot.
Oooh, and Thursday night’s pizza night. Sweeeeeet…
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In other news entirely, I just took a trip down memory lane courtesy of this post at Cinematical. It’s about an old Warner Brothers cartoon called Duck Amuck, which they describe thusly: “You can argue whether the film is postmodern, deconstructionist, ahead of its time … but it’s inarguably hilarious.” I agree; I used to watch it as a kid and think, “This is probably even funnier than I think it is.” I should watch it again the next time I’m home on the farm.
[tags]mba, exam, pizza, duck amuck[/tags]
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I have my ride-home playlist all set up and ready to go. There’s just no better feeling than climbing into that cab and falling into an exhausted stupor for the ride home, while the perfect music blares in my ears. Here’s the lineup this time around:
- cat power . “sweedeedee”
- mike doughty . “i hear the bells”
- jose gonzalez . “heartbeats”
- regina spektor . “better”
- cold war kids . “don’t let your love grow away from me”
- band of horses . “monsters”
That oughta do it. If I run out of time I’ll skip the Mike Doughty song.
OK. Must go finish off a deck, read the material for tomorrow and review some class notes.
[tags]cat power, mike doughty, jose gonzalez, regina spektor, cold war kids, band of horses[/tags]
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While this is only the fourth day of the class, it feels like we’ve been here a month. Coming up a day early, which I guess makes this our fifth day here, and knowing that we have another full day and the exam left, makes it feel like we’re deep in a hole. On the plus side, my group has all but finished our presentation for tomorrow afternoon and I don’t think we have to read much tonight, so I should have almost all of both nights to study.
What fun.
[tags]mba[/tags]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 