Calgary declares state of emergency.

Guess what I saw yesterday, whilst out hiking in the Rockies?

My first wild GRIZZLY! It was about twice the size of a black bear, just ambling through the pine woods looking rather world-weary ( Read more... )

I've bought a new pair of shoes. I don't buy new shoes very often. In fact, I don't buy new shoes unless I need new shoes ( Read more... )

Well, it's 11-30pm Mountain Time, I'm drunk, and I have good reason to be so. The Democrats are claiming they still have a chance of winning Ohio, but somewhere, for some godforsaken reason, a very large goat is being blown.

I blame the Athenians.

:-(

Taking the Oxford air adds up to a 60-a-day habit

You might want to rethink your choice of city, triskellian!

The last thing I want is for this journal to become in any way predictable.

Anyway, guess what I saw yesterday whilst walking along Fish Creek river just outside Calgary?

My first wild BEAVER. He had a very big dam, and a nice looking lodge, and was swimming around in his beaver pond.

That is all.

Guess what I saw yesterday, whilst intrepidly exploring hiking gently strolling sitting on a ski-lift in the Rockies?

My first wild BLACK BEAR! It was eating unwary tourists berries, and looked ferocious rather cuddly.

That is all.

Guess what I saw yesterday, while walking in the Rockies?

My first wild moose, and it came complete with a baby moose too!

MOOOOSE!

That is all.

secretrebel has encouraged me to update my journal more often, even if I have nothing of interest to say! So you can't say you weren't warned ( Read more... )

Time for another geeky, self-obsessed post of interest to only a small fraction of my tiny readership:

( I'm the King of the World! )