Appalachian Trail, USA (on foot) I’ve been planning to do this 6 month hike with my son as his rite of passage into manhood since before he was born. I will have to take a spring semester off in 2018, fly Blaise and myself out to Georgia and start walking north 3,507 km along the peaks … [Read more…]
As part of our motivating of getting our children to stay dry through the night, we told them that they couldn’t go on sleep overs until they began staying dry through the night. Over the past month, both of our children have made remarkable progress (and so have Amber and I in our consistency of … [Read more…]
Every year for the past six or seven years, my friend Jasen has organized a little board gaming retreat. We spent a couple nights in a hotel in Canmore surrounded by mountains only to sit facing the middle of a table playing board games for two and a half days. Well, I gazed at the … [Read more…]
I found this in my school mailbox. Someone evidently found this in the photocopier and thought the would return it to me.
I’ve run 105 kms now after almost 4 weeks (tomorrow is a scheduled rest day) and yesterday I ran 1/4 marathon and recovered just fine – no soreness at all. Salomé has me training 6 days a week: Mon – crosstraining with increasing time each week Tues – increasingly long runs doing speed intervals or … [Read more…]
In sorting through stamps from the 1980s and 1990s from dozens of countries, I’m intrigued by the stamps that portray dictatorial leaders. Nearly all of them have been deposed since the stamps’ issuance and some have been in the news throughout the Arab Spring (Summer/Fall/Winter). For me these stamps represent a bygone era, like my … [Read more…]
So my sisters Saison and Salomé decided to run the half marathon in Vancouver on May 6. They invited me to come along and run with them, but I couldn’t stomach training for and then running the half marathon on not being able to cross this off my life goals list: 21. Run a marathon … [Read more…]
I blogged about the Man Scouts first event back in November where I was lauded one of the cornholing champs. I missed the second event where everyone stood around watching oil get changed (then enjoying pints at a pub). Last Saturday night nine of us got together to watch UFC Rio and play some poker. The … [Read more…]
Behold our latest massing diagram from NORR Architects Planners. It consists of our 6000+ square foot common house (bottom corner), 36 underground parking stalls, 6 one bedroom units, 10 two-bedroom units, 14 three-bedroom units and 6 four-bedroom units. Because of the slope of our acre of land, there are four tiered courtyards spread through the … [Read more…]
A couple weeks ago, this graphic video surfaced of U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was quick to condemn the acts and the United States as a majority expressed disgust. There were some who said it was normal, acceptable and even important that Marines disgrace their … [Read more…]