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Went for my post-op check up this morning and the technician checked my vision. “You have 20/20 vision,” he said, “And it’s only going to get better from here.” It truly is mind-blowing. I keep having to remind myself “I’m not wearing contacts.” My brain is all “this is no big deal, I see this […] →Read more
8:45 Getting off bus in two stops. Can’t wait for eye surgery. 8:53 Damnit damnit tripped on NOTHING outside of Cafe Artiango. Only person who asked how I was doing was homeless man. I’m bleeding bad. 8:59 In lobby. They gave me a bandaid. Since these bastards don’t take Amex, I wont get any AirKiles […] →Read more
A long, long time ago I found the perfect birthday card for my friend Dan. Dan, who you may remember as the “Gillis” in Snow, Snow & Gillis (2007), the groundbreaking paper entitled “The relationship between childhood attitude towards The Count and mathematical ability later in life: A thirty-year retrospective study.” I didn’t actually know […] →Read more
Congratulations to my friend Kristina who was recently accepted to the prestigious Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™. The club is “for scientists who have, or believe they have, luxuriant flowing hair.” I think we can all agree that Kristina’s hair is both luxuriant and flowing. And she’s a pretty damn good scientist to boot! […] →Read more
What are you doing on August 31? Me? Well, me – and about a million other people – are going for a run. On August 31, Nike is attempting to stage the largest run ever – with a million runners in 25 cities1. One of those cities is Vancouver and one of those runners will […] →Read more
My sister and her bf took my niece on a camping trip last week. On the way, they were drilling her to remember her name, Nancy’s & Jeff’s names, and their campsite number, in case she got lost. My niece loves rules and memorizing stuff, so I can imagine that this is something she’d consider […] →Read more
I snapped the above shot in the dressing room of Turnabout Consignment Store on my cell phone camera. Yes, that’s an original tag that tells us that (a) someone paid $395 for this dress (you can’t see it in this photo, but it was from Holt Renfrew) and (b) they never wore it (since the […] →Read more
I know it’s only been 3 days of glasses wearingness, but I have to reiterate that I HATE wearing my glasses. They aren’t the correct prescription, so I have trouble reading things like, say, street signs when I’m on the bus, making figuring out my stop a little challenging. They are kind of scratched up, […] →Read more
Name Paul Edgar Philippe Martin Born: August 28, 1938 in Windsor, Ontario Died: not Party: Liberal Held Office: December 12, 2003 – February 6, 2006 Best known for: although he was P.M., I think he was actually much more influential in his role as the Finance Minister under Jean Chrétien from 1993 to 2002, during […] →Read more
The federal government’s opposition to Insite, Vancouver’s supervised-injection facility, has long baffled Canadian scientists, health professionals and social workers. Now, Canada’s Health Minister has managed to perplex an international audience as well. (Source: Globe & Mail editorial: An illogical Statement) At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Health Minister Tony Clement said: “Allowing […] →Read more