So after hosting a BBQ with a couple people that ended WAY later than expected, I got up today and did absolutely nothing (well, unless random internet searches, some Chrono Trigger and reading the paper count as something . . .) until 6 pm ( Read more... )

So I spent the weekend up at camp. (Otherwise known as the palace). While camp is always awesome (comment from the weekend: The worst time at Silver is better than the best time anywhere else), at this time of year, just getting there is an adventure in itself. I left work around 2, was out of Deep River by 3:30 and got to behind River Valley ( Read more... )

Just read an interesting article that pointed out a correlation that I hadn't thought of. It sheds new light on the battle to make humans less hard on the planet. I'm not sure that it'll help the fight, but it will redirect my thinking about the issue. . .

Cheers,

Cote

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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.

~Proverb

And a bonus one:

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!

~Mark Twain

Cheers,

Cote

So I'm officially done with winter ( Read more... )

Quote of the week for March 2nd was:

"With enough persistence and dedication, you can piss through a rock"

- Mike LaBine

(Otherwise known as: Uncle Mikie)

Cheers,

Cote

Some people expressed interest in this, and it was delightfully geeky.  So here I am posting it.  I haven't done something like this for quite some time, and it was good to get back to.

Introduction

The intent of this document is to express the amount of radioactivity present in the water of the Ottawa River at Petawawa in bananas. Due to the fact ( Read more... )

Soon after I bought my skis, I set myself a goal of skiing all the way into work and all the way home at some point before the season was over ( Read more... )

To those who were worried about radioactive spills at Chalk River, I would like to draw your attention to the following news item.

At issue is a group (The Tritium Awareness Project or TAP) who is attempting to use fear mongering to . . . I'm not sure what their objective is actually. However, they are using sensationalist tactics to bring the ( Read more... )

At one point this week, while driving past a portion of the Ottawa River, I was struck be the desire to explore the other side of it (it being quite hilly, and pretty much uninhabited). My thought was: "Man I can't wait for the ice to thaw". It then occurred to me that with the ice there, I didn't need to.

Later in the week, I did a fair amount of ( Read more... )