Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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A Weekend of Eating
We traveled the Fraser Canyon this weekend just gone and of course we ate a few meals along the way. We started with harvest mushroom soup at the Blue Moose Cafe. Excellent soup with a true mushroom taste. We also got a sandwich each. I had the smoked turkey, Blonde Bear got the ham sandwich,…
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My New Rad Power Bike
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Good Advice; Never Read the Comments
At her recent talk in Vancouver Michelle Obama said something like, “Never read the comments on social media.” I recently engaged in a Twitter “conversation” around the issue of White Privilege. The conversation started after a disgruntled parent went to social media with her complaints about a Gold Trail School District campaign to raise awareness…
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R.I.P. Stephen Hawking
I pulled up two of my favourite quotes from the recently deceased Stephen Hawking, the first one; The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” How wonderful is that? And then there is this dandy, I have noticed even people who claim everything is pre-destined, and that we can…
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A Day On Grouse Mountain
I summarized my afternoon on Grouse Mountain into just over four minutes of video. I included a pretty epic “technical failure” into the video. Enjoy.
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Red Light Cameras and Speeding
Yesterday I followed an interesting twitter “conversation” about the possibility of implementing red light cameras that not only catch people driving through red lights but also catch drivers who are speeding while driving through red lights. One person commented that the process “wasn’t very transparent” because there wasn’t a publicly available list of which intersections…
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Thursday Thoughts
What you say is important. What your listener hears you say is arguably more important. Think about what you are saying and think about what your listener is hearing from you. They are not always the same thing. Is that okay with you?
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Going to the Sushi Well
I tried Sushi Well in uptown New West for lunch the other day. I’m not sure if is actually new, or maybe it is just a rebranded Okonomi Sushi, the previous tenant in that location. Either way, I was pleased. The sushi was cut nicely to a perfect size – not the massive slabs of…
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Making Biscuits
I continue to struggle with my biscuit making skills. I just can’t get them to be as light and tender as the biscuits I remember eating when I was a kid. Today I used grated frozen butter instead of oil. It was more complicated measuring out the 5 tablespoons so I kind of guesstimated what…
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A Dad in the Burbs Visits Monster Jam Vancouver
We did it. We went to the Monster Jam event in the Pacific Coliseum on Friday night and you know what, it was actually a really, really fun family event. Sure there were more guys with beards and neck tattoos than I’ve ever seen in one place, but there were also tons of families there…
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