Personal
And there is some sense in the world
So, this is my second US election night away from home. The first one was when Bush Jr was elected the second time. Back then, I was attending a conference in Washington DC. I watched with trepidation as the results came in. Fast forward eight years. Sitting in the Calgary airport watching Obama win his [...]
How I found Peace
River that is. Getting in just after nightfall was no big deal. With the days getting noticeably shorter, it’s dark just after 6. Landing in Peace River just after 7, the sky was black. I was oddly anxious about this trip. I don’t know why. It may have been because I was going somewhere totally [...]
More on “feeling like home”
As a follow up about to yesterday’s post that I fired off while I was waiting for take out – on my phone – the inspiration came from two sources. The first was obviously the travel. But the second is satellite radio. I had thought about this when I first experienced satellite radio. While it [...]
On the road
So now that I’ve got going with this new job and being well into my seasonal travel cycle, a few things have struck me. First is just how freak’n big Alberta is. By the time December hits. I will have driven or flown over 6000km. And across all those clicks, I’m getting to see just [...]
Can’t stop the run
Well it seems that the running bug has finally hit the family. The little one wants to go for family runs because Mommy and Daddy run “all the time”. Neelam has also signed up for, and collected almost $200 in donations for this month’s Run for the Cure.
Social vs Religious Observation
This afternoon, CBC Edmonton played a story about a Muslim family from Egypt who are going to be celebrating their first Christmas here in Edmonton. One segment of the story explores what other people think about the family celebrating Christmas, wondering if they are converts or aren’t “really Muslim”. The father mentions that what they [...]
1000 logged kilometers
They say that the gift of 1000 paper cranes is supposed to grant the folder a wish, or to grant long life or recovery to the recipient. If, to do well, folding a crane would take me 4’45″, then I would have now put in the same amount of time to fold all those cranes [...]
Canadian Derby Half Marathon
Well I finally have an officially clocked half marathon in the books. Coming in with a chip time of 1:44:03, gun time of 1:44:09 and a watch time of 1:44:04. I would say that I did not too bad. I had some hip issues for some unknown reason – they never really bothered me before, [...]
Almost there!
Well there are two things that I wanted to to do as part of my New Year’s resolution. One was run an official 10km, and the second a Half Marathon. Well the Little Big Run is in the bag, and the Canadian Derby Half Marathon is coming up this weekend. I’ve looked high and low [...]
Green Fields
Well after another few kicks to the teeth, I think I have to take a little break and heal up (perhaps literally today after breaking my sandal running across the street) before trekking out into the world of long term stability again. Fate may be telling me that I have to start from a green [...]
My Workouts
Tech and Ed Geekery
- The value of Edutainment October 9, 2012
- My 2012 Predictions December 21, 2011
- Another change of focus May 24, 2011
- Picture of the Week – Blue star April 8, 2011
- Picture of the Week – Social ladder April 3, 2011
