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The future of air travel
Following on from stockdude's post, here's today's editorial page cartoon from the Globe and Mail:
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Back from Scotland
I spent two weeks in Scotland, a day in Glasgow, a week and a bit at a distant cousin's croft on Harris and Lewis (Outer Hebrides, NW Scotland), and a few days driving about the Highlands with my father ( Read more... ) -
LJ Interests meme results
- academia:
I grew up on a small college campus / seminary. I'm still attached to places of higher education - teaching, research. If I couldn't finish my PhD, I'd get a job in admin / services.- bicycle activism:
I help out with Community Bicycle Network (events, committees). I go to the occasional City Cycling Committee meeting and the occasional ( Read more... ) - academia:
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Five guilty pleasures
Ground Rules: The first player of this meme starts with the topic ... and so on.
1. the big breakfast at the local diner, four or five times a week
2. 24 on DVD (can you watch just one episode ( Read more... ) -
Just four
I guess meme doesn't mean what I thought it meant.
Four jobs I’ve had in my life: dishwasher, structural engineer, researcher, teacher
Four movies I could watch over and over: Local Hero, Office Space, High Fidelity, Magnolia
Four places I’ve lived: Halifax, Toronto, Boston, Warsaw
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At breakfast
I was finished breakfast (at my local diner) this morning and went to the cash to pay when an odd man (sort of scruffy, a bit smelly) came up to me and asked "Were you in love when you came in today?" I didn't know what to say and went back to paying my bill. He then went over and showed me the gloves I'd left on my seat. ("Were you wearing ( Read more... )