I am currently on a course in rainswept Vancouver, learning how to program Load Test tools. More interesting than I had expected. My hotel is in downtown, and I have the pleasure of a 21st floor room, looking down over Robson street (think Oxford Street) in one direction. The mountains of to the North are within sight, and I can see touches of ( Read more... )

The main reason I was prompted about Kenny Richey though was looking back to see if I made a post a year ago about it being a year since I had flown out of the UK to go on my short Canadian holiday ( Read more... )

So my tour of Great Britain's capitals went well. People were lovely, and I had warm beer. I miss warm beer ( Read more... )

Well, I have managed to almost 100% successfully organised myself to get to the UK, get to a wedding, see my parents, my sister and my nephew, move my old junk across the country and get back to Canada in time for work a week and a bit later ( Read more... )

Last night I played my first ever game of softball. I pitched all seven innings to, which is amusing as I'd never pitched before either. Catching a softball with your hands isn't a good idea. Soft balls aren't soft. My right hand has a small bruise from doing so (I did hold on and get the out though ( Read more... )

I travelled back to London for Christmas, and did a brief whirlwind tour of Somerset to see my Grandmother before spending a relatively relaxing few days in Cardiff for Christmas Day ( Read more... )

It's the festival were people dress up for no good reason ( Read more... )

... things go badly ( Read more... )

1. I really hate it when you accidentally bite the inside of your cheek.  Especially when it's from eating a piece of bread of all things.  I obviously lack the fine motor control necessary to eat.
2. I just realised, technically I live on a Pacific island.  And there is a palm tree not 50 foot away too.  Or at least palm-like tree.  I am not a arboreal ( Read more... )

I just cheered an ice hockey match. Vancouver Canucks beat the Dallas Stars in the final game of a best of 7 to go forward in the playoffs.

My DNA might be mutating into Canadian...

I do notice that they are uses the same 'way-o way-o, way-ooooo' chant beloved of Football fans.