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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 [...]
Out of Isolation
It looks like my story in the Edmonton Journal has come out of isolation as well and has been syndicated across the Canwest/Global/canada.com system. So I’ve seen it in papers from Vancouver to Montreal often with people asking questions about either the Nike system or motivation along the way. I guess I can now think [...]
Up in the Air
Well it seems that things are still up in the air. I’m still disrupted, but I’ve got a short term contract in the VPIT’s office doing some really interesting work. I haven’t been sitting still over this involuntary break, I’ve been working on a PhD application as well as my running. I’ve managed three long [...]
Topcase Repaired
This weekend, my 3 year old Macbook got a new lease on life. The topcase was cracking all around and it seems that it is a known issue. The repair was quick and easy and all I needed to do was make an appointment with the Genius Bar and in less than half an hour, [...]
CCIS – A new home for work in 2011
On Friday, I finally got to see inside the new CCIS building and after watching it come up for the last three years, it was quite something to see it as something other than a blueprint. We are still waiting to find out where we (the IT guys and my team) will be in the [...]
Timeraiser 09 in the bag
Well it’s in the bag. It was fun to get out there and meet all sorts of people. I might have also lined up some more volunteer photo gigs with some of the charities in the city. You can check out the gallery here.
My Workouts
Tech and Ed Geekery
- My 2012 Predictions December 21, 2011
- Another change of focus May 25, 2011
- Picture of the Week – Blue star April 8, 2011
- Picture of the Week – Social ladder April 3, 2011
- The Black Box has a name March 30, 2011
