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In case anyone is curious to hear about my culinary excecises
I've been experimenting a lot (OK, I always experiment a lot, so this isn't a change) in the kitchen, and have stumbled across some rather tasty if unconventional things to eat. A recent favourite, which I will humbly refer to as the "Finn Sandwich" (meaning me, not the nationality, as it has no fish or anything pickled) and goes as follows ( Read more... ) -
Women, men and mathematics
Oh boy.You may recall, back in 2005, some controversial statements from Harvard's President Laurence Summers on the issue of the underrepresentation of women among the faculty of hard science and mathematics departments in top tier research and higher education institutions. Most of the responses to this event were underinformed on the current ( Read more... ) -
Time marches on
I found a gray hair while giving myself yet another haircut this morning and did a little cheer. (If this addiction to scissors doesn't stop, I'll be bald in a few months.) My mother started turning gray when she was 16, so 25 doesn't seem like a bad time to notice a beginning. I have a theory that I was always meant to be middle aged, or older, ( Read more... ) -
The Real Challenge - going without fiction
Despite the numerous events in the last while, I've been postless for ages. In summary, the last few months have included: biking around the maritimes with awesome people, returning to montreal, experiencing not being in school for the first time ever, breaking up with my principle romantic associate of 1.6 years, deciding I need to look less like ( Read more... ) -
And GO!
Hey Wonderful and relatively sedentary people ( Read more... ) -
Test run success
In preperation for my Otesha tour, I zipped off this weekend for a short camping trip in the Oka National (i.e. provincial) Park. And by zipped off I mean biked for 7 hours (with some breaks from collapse and getting lost) each way. Graeme and I were following one of the trails of the Route verte, which beats the pants off of biking along the ( Read more... ) -
and back
Today, despite getting locked out of my apartment and some friends being ill, I got moved, thanks to awesome movers, my mother, and the dependable ramou. As I am on my way out of an occupational dependence on the downtown, I've moved "back home" while I figure out the next major step. This means that the vast majority of my material goods have been ( Read more... ) -
Bicycle rant 2 and 3
Why is it that people choose to walk on the bike paths when they NEXT TO the sidewalks? Some weeks ago I aquired a horn for my bike. I figured a horn would be so obviously absurd (it really looks and sounds like something clowns would use) that it would diffuse my own frustration with the people I am honking at as well as be irreverent enough that ( Read more... ) -
Bicycle rant 1
I am trying to do more biking, and have been tuning up and adding to my vehicle to make it useful in more situations. One recent addition is lights (front and back) for night time safety ( Read more... ) -
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In case anyone is wondering, age has not made me saner ( Read more... )