Category: awesomeness
I was reminded ((Where by “reminded” I mean that I noticed it when I was looking at an old blog posting.)) recently that I once upon a time gave a bunch of people official titles on my blog. There is Sarah, my Resident Historian and Chief Political Correspondent; Dr. Dan, my Official Statistician & Tattoo Consultant; Kalev, […]
A friend of mine brought this awesome news story to my attention the other day: New drug could cure nearly any viral infection Researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Lab have developed technology that may someday cure the common cold, influenza and other ailments. From the article: Now, in a development that could transform how viral infections […]
Whenever I go on a trip, I do as little planning as possible. Generally, I travel with people who either like to plan or are resigned to it. Case in point: the trip I’m currently on. All the research about the destination, hotel, attractions, etc. were handled by my sister and her boyfriend. I basically […]
I freaking love The Oatmeal. It’s one of the first things I read in my Google Reader when I see there’s a new posting ((Along with xkcd, Savage Chickens, and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal)). So when I saw on The Oatmeal’s recent posting saying that I could use The Oatmeal’s adorable Tumblbeasts on my very […]
I’ve recently become addicted to a new podcast called The S&M Rants. Get your mind out of the gutter! S&M stands for Shane & Monica, the hosts of this show where they, well, rant. They rant about weird things they find on the Internet. They rant about news stories that are just so insane they […]
I’m taking a page out of the Dr. Dan book of blogging by titling this blog posting about my race using the best sign that I saw along the route. In addition to the sign that said, “Worst. Parade. Ever.” my favourite signs that I saw along the half marathon route today included: Your legs […]
Since clearly I’m way too busy to actually write all those blog postings I said I was going to write, here’s an even shorter summary of what I’ve been doing since my last summary: Monday was a (mercifully) low key day, after all the crazy busy-ness of the first several days of my trip. I […]
At dinner tonight: Madeline: If you had a bunny, what would you name it? Me: Um, Hoppy? Or maybe Fluffy? ((I am notoriously bad at naming things, for the record.)) What would you name a bunny if you had one? Madeline: I would name it Bobby Orr. For the record, my sister and Jeff do […]
My post for today consists of one thing: What he said.
Two days from now I leave for my vacation to visit the fam. Two weeks from now I will back from said vacation and running a half marathon! My training for this particular half marathon has been rather lacklustre, so I’m not expecting to set another personal best like I did last time. At this […]