Well, I'm four days into the 'Twelve Days Without A Weekend' saga. Tomorrow morning, I catch a flight to HERE: Zama City, Alberta. Well, actually, it's about two hours from the nearest airport, so the flight I catch is actually to High Level, Alberta. All the same, it's about 2hrs south of the Northwest Territories, and is one of the few places ( Read more... )

This summer out west is turning out to be one of the worst decisions I ever made. Calgary is like the biblical Delilah... so beckoning and seductive... but when you get too close the bitch cuts all your damn hair off.

That's right. In order to get a proper seal on my face mask for sour-gas or hydrocarbon-contaminated sites, I have to shave my ( Read more... )

Well, if nothing else is any good about this town, at least I've discovered one decent Calgary band.

Former co-worker, friend, mentor and ex-Calgarian Big Robbie 'Guitar' Kurcz recommended that I investigate the Ship & Anchor pub, one of his old haunts. Funny name for a pub nowhere near any significant body of water. 'Course, I can't just walk ( Read more... )

Started work in Calgary. No photos yet; I'll probably go on a spree this weekend ( Read more... )

Arrived in Calgary this afternoon, safe & sound. More to come.

OK, I know we're all starving students here at the Green Fortress, and we all want to save a few bucks on our utilities. But sixteen celsius is no kind of temperature at which to maintain a house! Two sweaters on, and I can't feel my toes. If I was a writer and we had a fireplace, I'd be burning my life's work to keep warm by now ( Read more... )

The term is fooling me into thinking that it's winding down. Or perhaps I am allowing myself to be fooled. Could also be that I just don't want to do any more work. I've already nearly tuned Geotech out, and I love that stuff ( Read more... )

Ever wanted to hear The Internationale in over thirty different languages?

Then click here.

Thanks canrocker!

Went into a store yesterday to get some paper and got talking to the girl behind the counter. Turns out she's in a band with some people I know.

They are called 'Agile Like This', they are from Waterloo, and this is their video.

Enjoy.

Hard to convince yourself you're writing a serious engineering report when you have to keep using the term 'popsicle sticks' again and again.

How's your Friday night going?