Where the hell is Matt? 5
This is a neat story about Matt, a “31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut” who quit his job in 2003 and traveled around Asia until he ran out of money. A couple years later, he made a video of a silly dance he does (the only dance he does) and it made him semi-famous when it got ...
Elle Magazine? Or "Elle Ad-gazine"? 3
I was in the bathroom tonight and I picked up one of Han’s magazines. I saw a catchy article headline, but they not so conveniently omitted the page number of the article. So I started to browse to the table of contents page to figure out which page the article was on. After browsing through ...
Kayak Route Change
After doing some more research for my Kayak for Kids fundraiser this summer, I don’t think I will be taking the risk of crossing the lake solo since I will still be a relatively novice-ish kayaker by the end of the summer. Instead, I will be revising my route to reflect the same distance, but ...
Kayak for Kids 5
Two years ago, I started a fundraising campaign to raise money for my Aunt Linda who has run Noah’s Ark Home for Children in the Philippines since 1989. Linda is an amazing person and has done incredible things for children who have needed her help. She provides food, clothing, shelter and education to children in ...
Majestic Garden 2
A few weeks ago Han, Tom and I went out to Wisconsin to visit my Dad and Step-Mom. It had been 2 years since I had made it out to visit my Dad’s place. We had a great time doing outdoor activities most of the weekend since he lives out in the countryside alongside the ...
Excessiveness and High Energy prices
With the rising prices of oil, you may have heard me say this before, but I don’t feel bad for people who are feeling crunched by the price of gasoline. Similarly, I don’t feel bad for the majority of people who were hit by sub-prime mortgages. Is it because I’m a hopeless cynic? Perhaps one ...
$1.30/litre for gas? Who cares? 1
Tonight I experienced a whole new side of Calgary previously uncharted by me. As you may have read in my previous post, my new (used, child) bicycle is my ticket to disengage me from the restricted claustrophobic feeling of being confined to an area of 4 city blocks and to explore this (new) city. I ...
$29 happiness 1
Working in Calgary has been a huge shift in my lifestyle. I’m only here every other week, but when I’m here I am leaving behind everything that enables me to stay healthy (aside from my running shoes): The 16-foot sea kayak I bought a few weeks ago has been hanging in my living room since ...
The return of Rebel Emergency
Rebel Emergency is back! What evidence do I have to support this audacious claim? Last night I heard them on the popular radio station, Edge 102; that’s a good sign for a band who took a brief hiatus from the public eye while writing new music after they broke apart from being “Panic and the ...
Trash Talk: Dixie Trash 2
While visiting my Dad in the U.S. this weekend, I saw one of the most disturbing commercials I’ve ever seen. The commercial was advertising Dixie plates, cups, cutlery, etc. The premise behind the commercial is that by using disposable paper plates and cups for your family dinners, you can free up more time for your ...