Dr. Puck Bunny

Look, the Vancouver Giants were playing a team named after me: And this was cool – the Giants scored with 0.7 seconds left in the second period: You don’t see that everyday. →Read more

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words. And a Thousand Pictures are Worth Something Too.

So, a while back I promised to blog some more about my graduation ceremony. And since I took soooo many photos during grad, and during my mom & sister’s trip in general (they were here for my grad, plus a few more days after that), I figured I can do a lot less typing if […] →Read more

I’m DEVASTATED!

*Sob* Taylor Pyatt is… *sob*…. he’s…. *sob*…. he’s not single!! I heard about this over at the Pink Seats. Which I am never reading again, btw. I’ll just have to console myself with the new boy in town, Jesse Schultz. Jesse was called up from the Manitoba Moose to play in the big league. Jesse […] →Read more

Happy Birthday, Jon Stewart

Happy Birthday, Jon Stewart! If you weren’t married, I would totally have your babies. →Read more

Snow Day

Snow? In Vancouver? WTF? It started on Saturday night and it’s still falling. 80,000 people are without power. My roommate was stuck on the I-5 for 7 hours on her way back from running the Seattle half marathon yesterday due to a 16 car pile-up. And since Vancouver has a grand total of 1 snow […] →Read more

Edumucation and Gradumuation

So I graduated yesterday*! I got to wear the ridiculous puffy hat and hideous pink robe that distinguishes those crazy enough to do a Ph.D. at UBC. And I would LOVE to post some photos of me in said robe and hat, but I’m on my sister’s Mac laptop at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel* and […] →Read more

Snippets

For some reason, I heard a number of interesting lines that really stuck in my head this past weekend. I would have got this up earlier, but I was actually doing work yesterday. Work! Here are some snippets of conversation, and their context: Yelled from a block away: “Stop dancing on that pole… Sophie!!“ Picture […] →Read more

200

This is my 200th blog posting And in honour of this momentous occasion, I’m writing a 200 word blog entry And each word is hyperlinked The kicker is that each word may or may not be linked to something that is even remotely related to the< word in question Yes I have too much time […] →Read more

The Detox is Over. The Retoxification has Begun. Oh ya, and I Got a Free Drink Courtesy of Taylor Pyatt.

When we last left our heroine*, she was stuck in the world of detox diet, eating apples and rice cakes and totally jonesing for a diet Pepsi. Before I started the detox, I thought that the whole idea was bunk. After having tried it, I’m thinking it’s bunk. On the plus side, it kept me […] →Read more

Driver Wanted

Who wants to drive me to Abbotsford next Saturday? Public Player Appearances! The Vancouver Canucks will be sending five players out to the community on Saturday, November 18th to sign autographs! Saturday, November 18, 2006 Taylor Pyatt Save On Foods – Abbotsford (300 – 32700 South Fraser Way, Clearbrook) 2:30pm – 3:30pm Saturday, November 18, […] →Read more