As a 5 ft tall woman, I’ve grown accustomed to wearing heels so that I can walk amongst the normal height people and only look very, very short, as opposed to the very, very, very, very short that I actually am. As a shoeaholic (a trait I inherited from my mother), I have an extensive […] →Read more
I was at the grocery store today and looked at the headlines on the tabloids, as one does waiting in a grocery store line up. It turns out that the world has gotten so weird that the National Enquirer’s cover story is actually just the news. →Read more
Here is an incomplete list of things I’m behind on: emails dishes Christmas shopping most of my 2016 goals my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days my business plan ((for a business that I’m not yet prepared to blog about. In part because I haven’t yet put together my business plan!)) getting […] →Read more
Played my first (and second) game of hockey since my injury! As previously mentioned, my physio told me that once it felt OK to skate *and* it felt OK the next day after I skate, I was allowed to play hockey again. And since I felt OK on Friday after skating on Thursday night, I was […] →Read more
“Inventory is evil” is what my supply chain management prof always used to say. Inventory is your money being tied up so you can’t use it. Inventory is risk – risk that you’ve put your money into making that product, but maybe you won’t be able to sell it or it will get stolen or […] →Read more
I wrote a posting for the blog of a conference for which I am a co-chair of the program committee. You should totally read it, if you are interested in reading a blog posting about how many people submitted abstracts to that conference. Also, it contains a loathed pie chart, but also an infographic that […] →Read more
So I finally, after years of living in New West, went to the Canada Games Pool last night. My physio recommended that I try water running ((Yes, water running is exactly what it sounds like – running along a swim lane in a pool.)) as a way of being active while my hip isn’t 100% […] →Read more
Can you believe that it was a decade ago that my PhD was bestowed upon me? A *decade*!! I just cannot believe it has been 3,653 days since I walked across the convocation stage in my fancy shoes, my garish pink robe, and my puffy hat and officially became Dr. Beth. A lot has happened […] →Read more