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Back at the start of the season, I downloaded the Canucks schedule into my Palm Pilot calendar. I’ve done this for previous seasons, but this year as an added bonus instead of just offering a download of the dates & times of the games like they did last year, the Canucks set up their schedule […]
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Gloria Steinem1 speak at fund raiser luncheon for BC Women’s Hospital, an event at which my office had a table. Being an event for a women’s hospital, Steinem spoke about her passion for women’s health an its importance for the women’s movement. Some interesting things from her talk: […]
As I’m sure you’ve heard1, the Biological Sciences Building at UBC was locked down due to a “police incident” yesterday. They still aren’t saying exactly what the threat was, although apparently it was “specific and contained a deadline.” I first heard about it through an email from my Faculty (since I teach at UBC this term, […]
My wee niece, in a Vancouver Canucks jersey – quite possibly the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! In the interest of full disclosure, I must report that she didn’t want to put the jersey on at first, as it’s not a dress1,2. But my dad, the Leafs fan you can see in the background in […]
My bus ride to work took an hour today, after waiting half an hour for the bus to show up. It’s usually a 15 minute ride and the bus is supposed to come every 10 minutes. This city needs to invest in a snowplow.
I just read over on Duane’s blog that he’s looking for some link love to maintain the top spot in the Google search “Vancouver blogger.” Some random is threatening to take his top spot from him and Duane‘s not going to give it up without a fight. OK, I admit it. I’m doing this because […]
You’ve seen me as both a Simpsons character and a South Park one. But now I present to you: Dr. Beth, the M&M: Note that I am (a) wearing a really sexy pair of shoes and (b) holding a hockey stick. Also note my smirk, in which I’m not showing my teeth. It really is like looking in […]
Today, my good friend Ziba successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis! Ziba conducted an amazing program of research during her Ph.D. and defended her work with such intelligence, confidence and, believe it or not, humour1 today that it would have been impossible not to have been impressed. So congratulations, Dr. Ziba, on a job well done […]
Not that I imagine anyone actually likes being sick. But I really, really hate it. My bronchitis-related coughing and tiredness led me to call in sick both yesterday and today. I have just been too tired to actually be productive and I’m probably spreading germs to all my co-workers.1. And I really, really hate calling […]
Thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets to support my hockey team. Our raffle and pub night fundraisers netted us over $2000! Which will cover about $150 for each of us on our $725 trip to play at a tournament in Vegas! Sweet! Unfortunately for anyone that knows me, the top three prizes (beer, Canucks […]