A long, long time ago (i.e., 2009), the King George Highway in Surrey was renamed “King George Boulevard”. And since that time, Kalev and I have been referring to it as the King George Boulevard of Broken Dreams. And every time we did, it made me giggle. Which led Kalev to suggest “we are going […] →Read more
You Know What’s Worse Than When A Massive Spider Builds a Web Outside Your Living Room Window of Your 6th Floor Apartment and Then Just Sits There Looking Threateningly At You All Day?
I will tell you what’s worse. It’s when a massive spider builds a web outside your living room window of your 6th floor apartment and just sits there looking threateningly at you all day for several days, knowing full well that you have no way whatsoever to reach him and kill him like he deserves […] →Read more
So I’ve got a whole bunch of random tidbits floating around in my brain that are too small to write actual blog postings about, yet are being insistent that they want to blogged ((Some have already been tweeted, but apparently this was not sufficient to get it out of my brain. See also: a bunch […] →Read more
Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? This summer, my Aunt Arlene was diagnosed with breast cancer after finding lumps in her breast. She went to her doctor and got mammographs, ultrasounds, and biopsies that confirmed that she did, indeed, have breast cancer. Three weeks ago she had a mastectomy and now […] →Read more
So it’s that time of year again – National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo), the month in which bloggers blog every. single. day. I was seriously considering skipping NaBloPoMo this year, because omg so busy, but then I thought “how many years have I done NaBloPoMo?” and it turns out the answer is the last FIVE […] →Read more
Last year, I never really got into the NHL hockey season. With the lockout being so long, by the time the season started, I’d moved on with my life and just couldn’t figure out how to fit hockey watching in. But the thing is, I really *like* watching hockey. And when you add to that […] →Read more
How Many Hours Does One Spend on Homework in a Part-time MBA Program? Another Update!
A wise person once said “all data should always be graphed, always and forever”. And who am I to argue with this wise person? As I’m sure you recall, I am tracking the time I’m spending on my MBA program. For science. When we last looked at the data, I had just finished the core […] →Read more
Fall Classic, to be specific. Yup, Alicia and I have registered for yet another half marathon. This time, it’s the Fall Classic race out at UBC in November. The route is, in my opinion, not ideal as it involves a double loop, which means that you start, you run a loop back to where you […] →Read more
This past week, my mom, my niece, my grandpa, and my aunt attended a “Celebration of Life” ceremony held by the Trillium Gift of Life Network ((The Trillium Gift of Life Network is the agency that coordinates organ and tissues donations in Ontario.)) in honour of those who have been organ and tissue donors. As you […] →Read more