Unhelpful Suggestion

So the other day a colleague of mine was using MS Paint on his computer at work ((Don’t make fun. It’s the only image editing software we have access to!)) and attempted to close the program, which should be a relatively simple task: However, he got an error message message when he tried to exit: […] →Read more

Dear Treadmill, I’m Breaking Up With You

Dear Treadmill, We’ve been seeing a lot of each other lately, what with me being in a running study that required me to run 4 days a week, but the one I really wanted to be with – The Outdoors – was too cold and dark before and after work, which are the only times […] →Read more

I Volunteer As Tribute!… er, Curator!

For the next week, I’m going to be curating the @PeopleofCanada Twitter account! From the @PeopleofCanada Tumblr blog: About A rotating crew of Canadians sharing their lives in with Canada and the world. We hope to represent Canadians, no matter where they live or whatever identities they may hold. Whether you’re a plumber, journalist, movie […] →Read more

Red Shoes, Blue Shoes

When I got to the gym before work, I wear my gym clothes and running shoes on the way there and bring my shower stuff and my work clothes with me. Unfortunately, last Wednesday when I went to the gym before work, I remembered to pack everything… except my dress shoes. Which meant the only […] →Read more

Reflections from a Running Study Guinea Pig

Today marked the last of the Sunday group runs for the running study (which is looking at if there are differences between males and females in overtraining injuries while training for a 10 km race) that I’ve been taking part in over the past 11 weeks. There are just three more training runs left until our […] →Read more

Hollywood Half Marathon, Here We Come!

The flights and hotel are booked. The registration fees are paid. And in just 71 days, Alicia and I will be racing 21.1 km through the streets of Hollywood, California! Neither of us have been to Hollywood before, so we are making a bit of a long weekend for ourselves. The race is on the […] →Read more

Rampant Consumerism

Apparently January is the month for me to buy all the things! In addition to buying two living creatures, I bought a bunch of electronics ((Incidentally, the living creatures were much less expensive than the gadgets.)). You may recall that I recently bought a 13″ Macbook Pro because the 15″ one cost $1,000 more than […] →Read more

Meet Watson & Crick

Yesterday, I brought home my two little fuzzballs. Formerly known as Simon & Blue, I have renamed them Watson & Crick. Props to my friend Steven who came up with these names ((Steven has a penchant for naming his pets after scientists – his cat is named Marie Curie, though he refers to her as […] →Read more

Froggies are a gateway pet

There comes a time in every woman’s life that she must become a crazy cat lady. For me, that time is now. You may recall that I recently did some cat sitting and decided that cats are the awesome and I want one. Well, you know what’s better than one? Two. Two is better than […] →Read more

A Blogworthy Bethmas

A “happy birthday/congrats on finishing your MBA” card from my lovely friend, soon-to-be-Dr. Martha! Yesterday was Bethmas. Apparently I was so busy preparing and then celebrating that I never even gave you the usual Bethmas Eve greeting ((Though I did tweet it.)). But now I’m here to give you a recap. I decided that, since […] →Read more