Yup, I’m back in the land of vegetables, mild weather and hockey teams that kick ass! A more detailed blog posting of my adventures in Cowtown will be forthcoming*, but for now suffice it to say that my view of the mountains from my office window is just as stunning, and my job just as […] →Read more
Yesterday, we went to the Badlands. They were wickedly cool. They also have the richest museum EVER! Here is a picture of the Albertasaurus: Like most Albertans, it’s a carnivore and kind of an a-hole. This one is of another dinosaur, I think it’s called a Vancouversaurus. It’s a tree hugger. →Read more
The Only Store in Calgary That Isn’t a Boot Shop or an Adult Video Store
Since every Calgarian that we have asked, “hey, what’s good to do around here?” has told us (a) “you should come here during Stampede in July!”, or (b) “um, leave Calgary”, we decided to take them up on option (b) and spent the last two days in the mountains. We visited a number of places, […] →Read more
So, yesterday I was supposed to have a teleconference for work*. After re-confirming 16 times that Pacific Time is one hour behind Mountain Time, not after it**, and sorting out the whole issue that Justin doesn’t actually have a landline (i.e., borrowing his cell phone instead and being very apologetic for using up all his […] →Read more
Start of our second full day in Calgary. Yes, we start our day at 11:35 am – do you have a problem with that? Actually, we’ve been up for a little while, feeding our Facebook addictions* and drinking tea and eating brekkie. Oh ya, so Calgary has totally turned me into an environment-destroying monster. Yesterday […] →Read more
We our now in Calgary! I’m typing this on stolen wireless – there are about 15 unsecured wireless networks that I can detected in the friend’s place where we are staying! Go “default”! When Sarah and I got to the airport, we were both pretty hungry, but the Timmy Ho’s before you pass security didn’t […] →Read more
In a few hours, Dave B. will be defending his Master’s thesis. Go Dave B! Everyone send him positive thoughts about snow geese at 12:30 p.m. Pacific, k? →Read more
I hear they don’t take kindly to vegetarians in Calgary, so I’m going undercover. Check out my luggage tag: I’m pretty sure I’ll fit right in. →Read more