Category: Vancouver
Just more than a year ago, Wendy Ladner-Beaudry was found murdered in the forest by UBC. They still haven’t figured out who killed her. On the radio yesterday, the police were talking about a YouTube video they’d produced to try to help generate more leads in the case. They are hoping that people will watch […]
Many moons ago, I made a list of reasons it was good to be short. The list was, not surprisingly, short. But I’ve just remembered one more reason to add to the list. Being short means the ability to wear children’s clothing ((and hockey gear. All of my hockey gear is junior boy’s gear, which […]
I’m sitting here watching Canada play Italy in Paralympic sledge hockey ((on TV, not live. I’ll be watching live sledge hockey on Wednesday night)) and it got me wondering how and when sledge hockey was created. So, thanks to the wonder of Wikipedia, I now know that: sledge hockey was created in the early 1960s […]
Today, my friend Jen defended her PhD! I didn’t get to attend the defence because The Man made me go to work all day, but I heard from people that were in attendance that Jen rocked it! Not that there was any doubt that she would! Here’s a poor quality photo I took of Jen […]
I’m tired just thinking about this week. This afternoon I’m taking a ferry to Victoria for an all-day Stats Canada workshop I’m going to tomorrow. Then I return to the mainland on Tuesday evening and first thing Wednesday morning, I drive to Hope for a full-day of stuff there. Then Thursday I have to go […]
… is off to a running start. Hee hee. Puns. Alicia and I went out for a run today. A leisurely little 7 km. Our first official run of the 2010 running season! We’ve both done some other short runs ((I even went out for a run in *Surrey*! And I have to say it’s […]
I received this event invite and thought I’d share it with y’all. It sounds like it will be an interesting talk (and I know most of the “experts” and they are pretty awesome). Please join us for a CIHR Café Scientifique Let’s Talk about Marijuana and Teens Why do more youth in British Columbia use […]
When I was a kid, we had the Calgary ’88 Olympics glasses from Petro-Canada. I’d be willing to bet that most Canadians remember these glasses – everyone I’ve mentioned them to recently has said, “The ones with the gold that flaked off?” Yup, those would be the ones. They looked like this ((FSM bless the […]
You could not have written a better script if you tried. Canada loses to the USA in the preliminary round – needs to avenge this defeat. Beloved hometown goalie in net. The Americans tie up the game with only 30 seconds left to go in regulation! And then young superstar Crosby, who hadn’t done much […]
Ok, so that was a close hockey game! Canada had a nice, comfortable 3-0 lead and then the Slovaks scored two and I nearly died of five heart attacks ((I totally stole this line from @enniscath. Because it perfectly sums it up)) . But thanks to Roberto Luuuuuuuongo ((as an aside, I love watching hockey […]