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I’m actually just writing this to see if I can even post anything. None of my blog postings are showing up – just weird error messages. Looks like the big blog posting I had planned for today will have to wait until I figure out wtf. Which will have to wait because I’m going out […] →Read more
I saw on the Gmail blog the other day that Gmail is 5 years old – they launched on April Fool’s Day 2004. Which got me wondering – how long have I been on Gmail? I know I was on pretty early, as my Uncle Michael, an early adopter if ever there was one, sent […] →Read more
Because they want to be just like me, the Vancouver Canucks decided to win their divisional championship this year too! Roberto Luongo, for the record, is a god. In honour of this momentous championship victory, I decided to update my list of Hockey Terms That Sounds Dirty. These are things that radio and television announcers […] →Read more
I want a new bike. And thanks to getting a grant that will fund my job for the next six years, I can actually afford to buy one. (An aside: I don’t usually talk about my job here on ye ole’ blog, but (a) this is just too good of news not to shout from […] →Read more
Now, I should preface this by saying that it’s better than actually having to write the exam, but man, invigilating exams is boring! Invigilation, for the uninitiated, is the process whereby the instructor stands around doing absolutely nothing while watches over students writing their exams. You can’t do anything else while invigilating – no reading […] →Read more
A free public event being held April 14 (9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) at the Wosk Centre, The Neuroethics of Addiction promises to be an engaging morning of discussions on, well, the neuroethics of addiction. This session will include topics such as: Addiction is a Brain Disease Treatment of Addiction and concurrent disorders between prohibition and stigma […] →Read more
With the BC provincial election just more than a month away, there’s been surprisingly little said about it. I haven’t heard much in the news, I haven’t seen a single lawn sign and I don’t yet even know the names of the candidates in my riding1. So it was very much to my surprise when […] →Read more
I went for my first post-concussion run today. It was good – I decided to go for a moderately paced 6 km run along the waterfront in Coal Harbour – which was freaking packed with people, what with it being all sunny and warm out and there being an open house at the newly expanded […] →Read more
Classes end this week. And, as much as I love, teaching, I really couldn’t be happier for the term to end. I. Am. So. Tired. Teaching a class you haven’t taught before takes a ridiculous amount of work. The class I taught this term had two classes per week, 1.5 hrs each. Do you know […] →Read more
Fiscal new year, that is. At least if you are on a April 1 to March 31 fiscal year. Which I just so happen to be. So, yeah, today is fiscal new year. Which means that I can no longer blame anything and everything that goes wrong on fiscal year-end, as I am wont to […] →Read more