Nerd Stats 2016
Another year goes by, another row gets added to my table of nerd stats. The stats for 2016 are up until the time of publishing this (i.e., on the afternoon of Dec 31), because I’m going out for NYE tonight so won’t be sitting around counting up the remaining nerd stats. Except for the # […] →Read more
How did I do on my 2016 goals?
Abysmally. I blame the illnesses and injuries that plagued me this year for hampering me on many of my goals, since I set a lot of physically activity related ones. I also didn’t achieve my goal of paying off 16% of my original mortgage principal, but that one was actually a deliberate choice as I’ve […] →Read more
Year in Review 2016
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was mostly the worst of times, but there was some good stuff in there too. The worst of times ((OK, it wasn’t actually the “worst” of times. That was hands down 2006.)) On a global scale, the US election makes 2016 the […] →Read more
What’s Been Amusing Me in the Twittervese Lately
It’s been a year and a half since I shared my favourite tweets, so I figured it was time to check out what’s been amusing me in the Twitterverse. Given the year that was 2016, quite a few of my favourites were related to politics: For some of the politics ones I feel like I need […] →Read more
Items I Knocked Off My List of 101 Things To Do List
I set a goal to knock 16 items off my 101 things to do in 1001 days list during 2016 and while I failed spectacularly at doing that, most of the 5 things that I did were pretty awesome. In level of increasing awesomeness, they were: 21. Get rid of the fake trees my condo’s […] →Read more
New Foods I Made in 2016
Like my book goal, I managed to achieve my goal of making 16 new food items that I’d never made before – in fact, I surpassed my goal by 1 item. 1 Cream puffs 28-Feb-2016 2 rice krispie easter nests 24 Mar 2016 3 Asparagus and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Breasts 14-Apr-2016 4 breaded zucchini 9-May-2016 […] →Read more
Books I Read in 2016
I set my goal to read 16 books in 2016 and I started off strong with books I was reading for fun, but the decision to take on teaching a new course meant that come the summer, when I did my course development, the type of book I was reading was predominantly textbook. Also hampering […] →Read more
Blogging at 30,000 ft
The following was written on a plane earlier today. I’m on my way home from my whirlwind Christmas holidays and realized that I have to do 9 blog postings in the next 2.5 days to achieve my goal of publishing 116 blog postings in 2016. So I figure I better get writing! I have a few […] →Read more
I <3 NYC
Hey, remember that time I said that my sister and I were going to take our mom to New York City for her birthday? Well, that trip was Dec 20-23 and we had a pretty amazing time! Of course, 4 days is really only enough time to scratch the surface of the Big Apple, so while […] →Read more