Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Published Author

My first "published" writing.

Click here.

Sorry it was so light and fluffy...my editors wanted something accessible to everyone :)

Update: you can even digg-it now:

Digg away!

Saturday, October 28, 2006

HALLOOOWEEEEEEEN!!!

So...due to the fact that halloween falls on a weekday, and that week I have two midterms, Justin, Julie and I decided to go out and celebrate last night! We were witchdoctor, cannibal, savages, and Julie was an 80's 'it girl' with a powder problem...and for some reason we were the only dressed up people in the club that night...but hey! It was awesome! We had a great time.




Saturday, October 21, 2006

The Humility of Humidity

Figured it was time for a new post in the Entertainment Section. This is what happens to me when I get tumbled by a few waves, have my stuff washed out to sea in a tide I wasn't watching, then drive home for over an hour in a thunderstorm. Enjoy.


Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Submarine anyone?

Wahoo! Screw the hummer and the ferrari! I want this!! I just need to dig up the $78million to buy it...that's a lotta trees...
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From-The-Somebody-Needs-A-Life Dept.

Apple's NY Fifth Avenue store is an 'insult to Islam'

The original article is here and does it's absolute best to make it look as bad as possible by using a picture of the building while it was under construction almost half a year ago.

PS I have been in several Apple Stores, and never once have I had anything close to an alcoholic beverage.

Correction...I have had a virgin rum and coke in an Apple Store. My apologies. Sigh.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Shower at Shuswap

Although the master bathroom is not quite finished, we are thrilled with our new shower. It has had a trial run and the water flows, the jets jet, the radio plays, the steam steams, the ozone sterilizes and the phone rings. Wow!!!

Thanksgiving in Canada

We had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. Here are a few shots of the feast--and one of the ineveitable work that one has at the end of the season.



Saturday, October 7, 2006

Salmon Run 2006

Yesterday Rodric and I went to see the salmon run in the Adams River for the third time. This time I brought my underwater camera and got some cool footage... here are a few pics, and if you want to see a video go to:



For those of you who don't know anything about sockeye salmon, basically what happens is that they are born in a river, they swim to the sea and hang out there for 4 years, and then something inexplicable happens and they decide to return to the exact spot that they were born to lay their eggs. The female digs a hole with her tail, puts in the eggs, then a male comes along and fertilizes them, they get buried, then both parents die. For some reason every fourth year (being this year) is a particularly large run, and the spawning grounds are packed with red salmon. As well as these live ones that you see, there were hundreds of dead ones floating along the shores which attract lots of birds and bears, etc. It's really amazing to see. Canada's version of the Great Migration... or something.