In the tradition of Valentine’s Day, we did dinner and the theatre tonight. At least, that’s how I can technically describe taking the two beans to Pizza Hut and going to the Kids & Company presentation of Planet Baobab, an adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exup
The Honda FR-V
I was expecting a standard feature review of this new six-seater Honda wen I found it at the Independent Online; I wasn’t expecting to read a description like this: The central front seat is the most useless of all. Whoever finds themselves cajoled into this untenable position will find a gear knob sprouting from their… Continue reading The Honda FR-V
Back at school again
New semester in what seems like my endless quest for a BA in IT Management from BC Open University. Two courses this term: “Open Communication” and “e-Business in a Competitive Environment” (which, so far, isn’t as silly as its title). Doing some research for one of the discussion questions in the e-Biz course led me… Continue reading Back at school again
Almost Froze My Gizzard
I successfully finished the 5K Freeze Your Gizzard Blizzard Run on Saturday. Time? 32:06, which is almost bang-on my indoor pace of 6km/h, and faster than my outdoor pace has been, usually (about 5-ish). I was 19th out of 58 participants. It was a *really* cold morning when I got up at 7:00, at -35C,… Continue reading Almost Froze My Gizzard
The horror and the mundane
Thanks — of a sort — to Darren for directing me to the graphic blog entries from a volunteer in Thailand who is helping tag and process tsunami victims. The layers of skin on my upper lip and nostrils were being gradually stripped raw from the huge burning globs of tiger balm I had been… Continue reading The horror and the mundane