Short on ideas about what to write a blog posting about? Just start typing something into Google – the auto-complete will usually give you some nice gems to blog about. Like this one, which I originally typed in to see if I could find out if bugs really do have an affinity for estrogen: It’s […] →Read more
I found the fine print on this Red Bull label rather surprising: I was unaware that anyone consumed Red Bull *without* mixing it with alcohol! →Read more
We did it! My fourth, and Alicia’s second, half marathon is in the books! All week long I was watching the weather forecast for today and though the forecast for every other day seemed to change hourly, the meteorologists were steadfast on the prediction for Sunday, June 27 – rain. And the only waterproof running […] →Read more
It’s sunny and warm today – just the type of weather that gets one thinking about hockey! This weekend marks the NHL 2010 Entry Draft, being held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles. And, as has become my custom, I’ve done a thorough analysis of the draft picks. First, what’s up with the names […] →Read more
One of the things on my 101 things to do list is: 38. participate in the “365 Day Challenge”<. This involves taking a self-portrait ((where “self-portrait” includes any photo you take, including ones you line up but use a self-timer for, that include any part of your body in the photo)) every day for 365 […] →Read more
I got into my car this morning and started driving to work. And then some movement near the driver’s side visor caught my attention. Can you guess what it was? That’s right, it was a freaking *spider*! A horrible little yellow and black striped one, soulless and vile! Thankfully, my dad always taught me to […] →Read more
So I was out at Golden Ears Provincial Park this past weekend and I noticed a weird purple dot on my arm. “It’s a tick bite!” declared my friend, Clayton. Then he said something derogatory about me being a “city girl” and I promptly forgot about it (I probably got distracted by something shiny). Anyway, […] →Read more
A little while ago I mentioned on The Twitter that I’ve been looking for a Survey Monkey-like service that keeps its data on Canadian servers. So far I’ve found two – one company that responded to my tweet (Fluid Surveys) and another (Jitsulab) that had a booth at the conference I went to last month. […] →Read more
So, here I am blogging about yet another boring Premier of the Province of British Columbia. But never fear, the next guy on the list is W.A.C. Bennett! Ole’ Wacky himself! So just get through this one and next week I’ll have something less yawn-inducing for you to read about. Name Byron Ingemar Johnson Born: […] →Read more