Category: "Journal"

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08/05/12

  03:09:00 pm, by Nimble   , 591 words  
Categories: Distractions, Journal

Elle Grand Prix 2012 Beauty Products

I enter all kinds of contests. As a Canadian, my two favourite sites for contest listings are Contest Canada with its good listings and amusing taglines, and Contestgirl, with some good tools to keep track of contests. My wins are fairly sparse, but… more »

03/03/12

  04:49:51 pm, by Nimble   , 1832 words  
Categories: Journal, Thoughts, People

Parenthood, Part II

One thing I would recommend in particular for the little one is a bassinet right by the side of your bed, particularly if mom is breastfeeding. The baby is going to be wanting to feed about every two hours for a period of about two months, and during… more »

08/27/11

  01:00:58 pm, by Nimble   , 1285 words  
Categories: Journal, Thoughts, People

Parenthood, Part I

I didn't know what it was going to be like; not really. As I write this, I have an almost 4-year-old and a 1-and-a-half-year-old. I'll describe the journey and my present thoughts. more »

01/26/09

  01:05:21 am, by Nimble   , 3000 words  
Categories: Journal, Thoughts, Religion, Science

PZ Myers' Calgary Talk

With the kind babysitting services of mom-in-law, we were able to make our way up to the university in pretty decent time, all the while forcing the TomTom to continually update its trajectory - we're not about to make some annoying merges to save a few… more »

01/01/09

  04:22:36 am, by Nimble   , 117 words  
Categories: Journal

Embarrassingly Poor Local New Years' Coverage

It's getting down to about ten minutes to midnight, so we stop our movie and go hunting for some local flavour of celebration on the television with which to count down to midnight. We looked around, and we found... ...nothing. Not a thing! City TV… more »

03/30/08

  12:52:09 pm, by Nimble   , 3060 words  
Categories: Journal

Adventure With Cellulitis

On Sunday, one of the scratches on my leg was getting somewhat infected-looking. I had been feeling like I was coming down with something, but it felt like the flu or a cold. I had a sore throat. There was the stress of moving, and a lack of sleep from… more »

12/28/06

  03:31:43 pm, by Nimble   , 622 words  
Categories: Journal

Replacing a Waltec 12

When our bathroom spigot started dripping a little, we were slightly nervous. When it started dripping a lot, we got anxious. After all, we do not yet have a good relationship with a plumber. That said, we have some minor D-I-Y capability here, so the… more »

08/25/06

  11:26:07 am, by Nimble   , 1068 words  
Categories: Journal

Passing Through The Land of Fish 'n' Chips

We are in Epsom with my folks, a last stop before coming back home... tomorrow! To recap the last few days... We spent another night at the Chavda. I got Dena upstairs in time to catch the included breakfast, but the breakfast was disappointing (as it… more »

08/09/06

  11:04:09 am, by Nimble   , 491 words  
Categories: Journal

Nairobi Redux

Back in Nairobi. The story so far... From Kampala, we went to Jinja (still in Uganda) for an unprecedented three days (it's been mostly moving every day). We took a banda, and had a luxury tent upgrade booked for the last day (mid-trip, I thought it… more »

07/29/06

  11:18:44 am, by Nimble   , 524 words  
Categories: Journal

Not Hotel But Definitely Rwanda

More of the story so far, but in brief :) Nairobi was a little disturbingly unmodern in the spot where we holed up on the day before the trip. I am pleased that that turns out not to be the case everywhere :) (I like Nakuru, for example) The Silver… more »

07/11/06

  11:24:17 pm, by Nimble   , 405 words  
Categories: Journal, Thoughts, Travel

Countdown to Africa

The big safari is nearly upon us! I must admit, I'm getting nervous, although I feel a little better knowing our tickets are available for pickup (I thought I'd picked them up and forgotten where they were; we booked this quite a while ago!) I'm going… more »

04/23/06

  12:21:10 am, by Nimble   , 1737 words  
Categories: Announcements [A], Journal

I Am Lasered

After watching my wife enjoy a year and a half of good glasses-free and contact-lens-free vision from laser eye surgery, I decided to take the plunge myself. I went to the same outfit my wife did, Lasik MD. I had the consultation on Thursday. It's a… more »

07/19/05

  02:47:23 am, by Nimble   , 1452 words  
Categories: Journal

Zuerich - The Cursed City

Arguably, and inexplicably, the worst destination of the lot. It had a good side, but as you will be able to tell through my tale, behind this fair city lies a strange, brooding chaos... the mirror image of "having all one's ducks in a row"... more »

07/15/05

  11:02:33 am, by Nimble   , 789 words  
Categories: Journal

München - Part II

Two tours of foot-pounding duty have we accomplished so far. Two days ago, we went on the Dachau tour. Our tour guide was excellent, if a little far to the side of making sure we fully-imagined every conceivable horror as we went along (I wish I knew… more »

07/12/05

  11:35:01 am, by Nimble   , 836 words  
Categories: Journal

Salzburg

Our next destination after Veneza was Salzburg, city founded on a fortune made from mining salt (there is no corresponding Pfefferburg for any pepper mines that I can tell), a destination recommended by Dena´s parents for its "Salzerlebnis" (salt… more »

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