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Yesterday was the first day of my course for this term! So exciting! Now, I know that as a general rule I don’t talk about my work here in the old blogosphere – what happens in Dr. Beth’s classroom stays in Dr. Beth’s classroom and all – but I have to say that I love […] →Read more
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Did you know that every year, one million people commit suicide and many more attempt suicide? This year, a friend of mine was one of those one million people who took their own life, so when I heard that today was World Suicide Prevention Day, I wanted to help […] →Read more
Yesterday, on my way back from my orthodontist appointment, I stopped at London Drugs to buy a doohickey that allows me to hook up Chloe, my beloved MacBook Pro, to a projector. You know, seeing as I start teaching my course tomorrow and I’ll be needing to hook up Chloe to a projector and all […] →Read more
September 9 is International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day. The 9th day of the 9th month was chosen to remind people that they shouldn’t drink for the 9 months of pregnancy. Seeing as my doctoral research was on FASD, it’s an issue that is near and dear to my heart. A few facts […] →Read more
Tonight is my first game with my new hockey team! Don’t worry, I haven’t abandoned my first hockey – I just happened to have joined a second one, because one can never play too much hockey! Anyway, my new team uses a fancy pants online system called Pointstreak to track who will be at each […] →Read more
When I was little kid, like maybe 9 or 10 ((for some reason I had it in my head that I was 12 when this happened, but then when I was thinking about it today, that didn’t seem right, so I called my parents and asked them and they said I was 9 or 10 […] →Read more
So lately I’ve been reading a fair bit about the real estate market. As a kid, I was brought up to believe that when you grow up, you buy a house – after all, it makes more sense for the money you spend on housing to go into an asset you will own, as opposed […] →Read more
Premier of the Province of British Columbia. Name Michael Franklin Harcourt Born: January 6, 1943 in Edmonton, AB Died: hasn’t Party: NDP Held Office: Nov 5, 1991 to Feb 22, 1996 earned B.A. and Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia (UBC) 1973-1980: served as Vancouver alderman 1980-1986: served as mayor Vancouver major focus […] →Read more
I think for tomorrow’s long run ((which is only 12 km, thank the FSM)), I’m going to try Crescent Beach. Now, we all know how my run in White Rock went, but since I now know that Crescent Beach is in Surrey, not WR, I’m willing to give it a try. I actually went to […] →Read more
Ten years ago, I moved to British Columbia. It just sort of hit me today that I moved here a decade ago. In fact, I think I arrived at my new apartment on September 2, 2000 – so 10 years and 1 day ago. I had just finished up my Master’s degree at the University […] →Read more