23.Jun.2007 Mini-vacation
Last week, I took a mini-vacation. Ed and I organised a four-person canoe trip to Massasauga park (yes, named after the only-poisonous-animal-in-Ontario rattlesnake). I’ve never done my own canoe trip – I did a one-night run in 1996, but that was entirely organised by “adults” and I still don’t even know where we went. The [...]
05.Dec.2006 The unexamined life is not worth living
I’m not sure that I agree with that antique greek’s quote; I could live quite well without next week’s exams. Things are under control, but it is amounting to a lot of work, and relatively little activities other than sitting in my office, eating at home and having a few drinks with friends. The only [...]
06.Nov.2006 Canada by stereotype
I just have two small anecdotes to recount, both in the “stereotype of Canada” vein. 1) I was just listening to a few more episodes of the CBC Radio 3 podcast, and I must say I loved the concept of their See Vous Play edition. The two co-hosts banter back in forth in English and [...]
31.Oct.2006 Forty days in the wilderness
On Sunday, after over a month in the info-desert, Bell Canada finally deigned to connect my apartment to the Internet. In my judgment, that called for a celebratory bittorrent. Forty days? Apparently that’s how long it takes to get Ma Bell to notice some ill communication. Over those forty days, I think I spent six [...]
