Posted in Photo on Oct 9th, 2008
The cow makes a comeback, cleaner than ever, and now has an uncanny taste for Mario’s Super Mushrooms, 1-Ups, and even blue bubblegum shrooms. Offended by the cow? You can also see the mushrooms without bovines. Shot on a raised glass surface, no flash (50mm, f/1.8) [Flickr set: Blog & Anything, page 3]
Steve and Ash were so kind to invite Michelle and I to a pre-season Flames hockey game at the Saddledome, versus the Edmonton Oilers on October 3rd. It was great because I have not seen a hockey game in over two years and it was Michelle’s first! The Oilers fought off a ridiculous amount of [...]
Calgary’s first (and Alberta’s second) Apple Store opened this past Saturday at 9:30am! Michelle and I arrived at roughly the same time as the Edmonton grand opening, and ended up being 33rd & 34th in line at 7:30am. There were lots of similarities between the Calgary and the Edmonton Apple Store openings. First off, the [...]
So I’m typing this entry as I sit in a rather dark Regina airport on my birthday, a few minutes before boarding. I will say that being away from home on your birthday is an unfortunate side-effect of working remotely so often. Anyways, to give you some background on Regina and my trip, there are [...]
Posted in Photo on Sep 1st, 2008
My warrior kitty. 1993 – 2008.
After a year hiatus of traveling to the States, I returned again to Cleveland for some work-sponsored training. This time around, there were only three Canadians in total at the training, so our presence was especially lacking. The definite highlight of the trip was on Wednesday – our group got picked up in this fancy [...]
Michelle and I went to the Grand Opening of the Apple Store today! We arrived at about 7:15am and joined the other 14 people in line. The first guy was already there at 10am on Friday, and there were lots of people from the night before and even a guy from Calgary! The whole experience [...]
Under the deck of my parent’s place is a robin’s nest. How cute.
Cpl. Michael Starker, 36, a reservist and medic with 15 Field Ambulance, was killed May 6 when his foot patrol was ambushed in the Zhari district of Kandahar province. [Calgary Herald, May 16, 2008]