January 27, 2007
I chopped about 14 inches off my hair on Thursday. I was inspired by my 7-year-old neice's decision to donate her hair to Locks of Love, and decided to join her. My neck is cold, but I feel about 200...
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January 11, 2007
Wow how time flies when you're having - er - fun. So my younger sister moved in to my house just before Christmas, and before she started work on Jan 2, she had herself in a carpool. Loves it. Most...
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November 24, 2006
Drive Work Drive Sleep Drive Sleep You get the picture? OK, there I go starting with the downside (I seem to do this a lot lately, have I always? Don't answer that...) The good stuff: Waves crashing on the beach....
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October 31, 2006
We got *almost* the whole kit'n'caboodle moved. We underestimated how much there was left for the final load, so we had to leave some things stashed behind at our neighbour's place. The day stretched into a day and a half,...
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October 24, 2006
There's no way it's only Tuesday. I can't express how exhausted we are with all this moving business! We have too much stuff and have done too little purging. We're both packrats by nature, and frugal. Combine that with Kenton's...
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September 30, 2006
Our house is sold. We're so excited to be moving on to the next stage of this process that's taken, oh, 3.5 years depending when you start counting :-) Sometime soon I'll post more info about the FSBO experience...
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August 28, 2006
At long last, our house is for sale! I have more to tweak on the site so feel free to email me if you have suggestions. (Would you believe I did some of it in a rush? ;-) )...
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July 21, 2006
A new study found that residents in large cities who live farther from grocery stores than fast-food restaurants are more likely to die prematurely of diseases such as cancer and diabetes. (Via Newstarget) The study (conducted for LaSalle bank) also...
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July 17, 2006
There I was, happily taking photos of our house (which we're prepping to sell). Get the composition just right, take the shot. "Oh, that will be just lovely," I think. Then I see the gremlin looking out at me. Yes,...
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May 05, 2006
As some of you know, my partner and I are in the midst of the slowest move in history. We've taken a few truckloads up to our new house in Roberts Creek (Sunshine Coast, BC). Meanwhile we're still keeping enough...
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March 10, 2006
This video is amazing. Autistic teen Jason McElwin helped to coach his school basketball team for years. In the last game of his final year, his coach let him play. Full story at CBS. (Warning: tear-jerker...)...
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January 10, 2006
You know, after reading this post I really have to stop my whining. Amazing what you find on the blogs of total strangers. I had no idea....
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December 18, 2005
Star Fishes should be cut up into dainty, bite-sized pieces before swallowing. We saw this gull on the dock at Horseshoe Bay, while we were having lunch. Some thought he was looking at us as if to say "Hey, a...
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December 13, 2005
First, the raves: I got my Lucky Crow gift bags today. Suhweet sock monkeys and retro rockets!! Yay Dreamhost for the "one-click install" of WordPress. Far easier than mucking with servers and databases yourself :-) Rants, or Things That Suck...
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November 12, 2005
I'm busy doing nothing for a change. See you in a couple of weeks. SayulitaLife.com...
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October 30, 2005
Oh joy. I guess my life is still in limbo on at least one front....
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September 12, 2005
My life is in limbo. Move, dammit....
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July 29, 2005
Must be more tired than I realized. I came home, went upstairs to change into something more comfortable. Turns out that "something" was a 2 hour nap....
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July 05, 2005
I'm lame with picture taking, and more lame with getting around to sharing them. So, for now I at least share one picture with you: the view from my hotel room in Montreal. Not bad, huh. Now imagine that in...
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June 29, 2005
Amazing architecture. Sexy looking people. Great food. Figs carpaccio with goat cheese (to die for!). Yesterday, dynamic tutorial with Larry Constantine. This morning, force myself to get up about 7 after going to bed at 1am. Power outage. Shower in...
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June 26, 2005
June has been BUSY. We found a house in Roberts Creek, had a very short closing on it. So that was a few weeks of madness going to the bank, getting appraisals, flipping between "so-excited" to "what-the-hell-are-we-thinking". But it's going...
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June 02, 2005
Though it's quite U.S.-centric, this article on the trend to self-serve is interesting. A dark take on the cost of doing things ourselves....
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May 10, 2005
On another note, Leigh Arthur Welch would have been 100 today. This past hundred years was a really long time if you measure in terms of change a human would notice. Can you imagine witnessing most of the last 100...
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I got my braces off today! Man, it feels like your teeth are gonna pull out when they take the brackets etc. off. Youch. It is so strange to be able to brush and floss without concentrating. My teeth look...
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April 07, 2005
It's not a weblog if you don't post, right? Here's some random bits of my life for those who care. I've been a little extra busy this month while covering for Christine, who's on holiday in Australia. I am green...
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March 30, 2005
OK, so I guess I've been busy. With stuff. There's always stuff :) K and I spent most of our Easter weekend finishing the mudroom. It looks amazingly great! Leroy is still bringing in worms. How entertaining. I bought my...
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March 09, 2005
So you know how cats, at a certain age, will begin to bring home treasures for you? You know, mice, birds, etc. Well Leroy must be all grown up, because he's bringing home... Earthworms. Slimy, still living, desperately trying to...
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December 23, 2004
Since there is nothing too interesting to see here, why not check out what my brother-in-law and his girlfriend are up to. Scott and Pam are On the Road in South America for 3 months. Amusing anecdotal emails inspired me...
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December 08, 2004
...was to place a pretzel onto the linoleum floor in front of each kitten. "Hmm... salt..." they must have thought. Lick-move. Lick-move. Lick-move. You get the picture. They were much more efficient with the cheezies....
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November 21, 2004
In an article on newstarget.com, Mike Adams argues "The real test about weight loss should compare diets consisting of processed foods versus unprocessed foods." If you aren't sold by the article then you might be by further info on and...
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October 14, 2004
Since I am mostly work and no play these days I have little to report except kitten news. Here are things we're learning from our kittens: Everything is a toy. Did you know an avacado husk, once stealthily stolen from...
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September 30, 2004
So in case you haven't heard, I brought Leroy home last Saturday. Somehow his sister came in the bargain. Who knew. Go figure. We are totally in love with these little furballs of fun. They are definitely their mama's kittens....
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September 11, 2004
First day back at yoga after my teacher's 3 weeks of holidays. Man it felt great! I swear I'll never go that long without it again. But I've said that before :) Life kind of gets in the way sometimes......
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September 02, 2004
Allow me to introduce you to Leroy Smudge. He's one of Keisha's fine litter, and he'll soon be coming to live with us!! I'm so excited!! By the way, Leroy is French for "powerful king". Look out Campbell Street!...
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August 28, 2004
I attended a memorial today for a family friend, a woman my mother was close with when we were young kids. Such wonderful stories were told about her life! She was an amazing woman who lived absolutely fully in just...
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August 03, 2004
I was in a bit of a woe-is-me funk earlier this evening. I thought I'd drag my butt down to the hotel lobby to see what exorbitant prices they'd charge for dinner. Thankfully I decided to take a walk instead....
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July 07, 2004
In the last week I've hardly spent any time at all on a computer. We were on holidays on the Sunshine Coast. Wonderful do-nothing-ness. We slept a lot. I read "Lullaby" by Chuck Palahniuk (weird and dark and funny as...
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June 15, 2004
Every year we wait in anticipation while our two trees' cherry blossoms fade and cherries gradually emerge and ripen. And every year, we watch as the birds come along and EAT ALL THE CHERRIES just as soon as they can...
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June 02, 2004
Alas if you're missing my brilliant posts (ha!) I'm a little preoccupied by business on the road (in Edmonton). I'm facilitating usability testing on some software I've been working on. Very interesting. It's great to take a fresh look at...
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May 27, 2004
Sadly I recently noticed how this design looks at 800x600. (Surely I tested that way back when!? Nope. Moment of foolishness...) Gotta get around to changing it. I guess I'll finally put the randomizer I'd originally intended in too. Not...
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May 23, 2004
We were walking near the Langdale ferry the other day and heard "tap-tap-tap. tap-tap-tap." There was a woodpecker working on extracting dinner out of an old dead tree. He (?) was just SLAMMING his beak into the wood. Do you...
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May 18, 2004
Kenton and I just finished building a new desk for me. Listen to my happy fingers tap-tap-tapping at this wonderful new desk. I have room for a new scanner now.... *grin*...
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May 13, 2004
I heard from two long lost colleagues this week that they read my site. So what do you know, I'm not just talking to myself. Guess I should update it more often then, eh? ;-) Well, don't be afraid to...
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April 16, 2004
Darren Barefoot wonders about the other yous. Even without my middle name I can't play very well. Asammoha, if you must know. Roughly translated it means something like non-delusion. Tzaddi has many meanings but was chosen for the 'meditation' aspect....
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April 12, 2004
Wow, almost two weeks since I posted. I've been busy, OK? I gave a quick new look to the bcwomen site (see the old one). I've been working with Christine on bluelime media. I've caught up on my sleep, had...
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February 22, 2004
I just realized that it's been two years and a few hours since I lost my grandpa Art. Strange for me to be awake at this time, and thinking of him. I hadn't remembered the date until about an hour...
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February 11, 2004
I've had an exciting week. Mostly in a good way. It's only Wednesday but I feel like it should be Friday, so much has happened this week. A few weeks ago I felt like I was on the verge of...
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February 02, 2004
I had a long weekend; took Friday off. I think I slept for half the weekend. Wow, it's nice to be well rested. When I get lots of sleep, I remember dreams for a change. Unfortunately that means a head...
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January 26, 2004
I went into a bunch of funky designer clothing shops today. I was on a mission to buy. 90% of the clothes were for freakin size 8 or less. Hrmf. Okay, so maybe all the fashion designers are tiny. Many...
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January 18, 2004
NO TIME: the chronic complaint. No time to question the validity of the two-hour commute. No time to prepare a meal that isn't prepackaged. No time to nurture relationships, let alone a garden or an art. The army and religious...
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December 12, 2003
For the one or two of you who might have noticed an absence of, well, moi, lately... I'm truly sorry. First there was a short-notice trip to Edmonton. Summary: didn't see much other than hotel and office, wasn't that cold,...
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November 22, 2003
I tend to avoid learning much about the weapons we foolish humans make. I find it a depressing phenomenon that we can wipe out life so quickly but we can't just learn to get along. This disturbing little movie says...
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November 15, 2003
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would...
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November 13, 2003
Suppose I should have mentioned my little trip to the bustling metropolis of Port Hardy. Ah well. A great time was had by all. A small town Rotary Club auction is an amazing source of amusement, let me tell you....
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October 29, 2003
Too much work and not enough play makes Tzaddi grumpy. Wednesday's barely begun but it should be Friday... shouldn't it?...
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