Rented a car last week and drove into the highlands with my wife and another couple. We took Friday off work to make the most of the weekend. It was a most excellent adventure. Our destination was the town of Tain, a smallish community on Scotland's eastern seaboard North of Inverness. As we left the city, and I got used to driving on the left ( Read more... )

I just learned (from watching House) that psychopathy is typically genetic. For some reason I found this very interesting ( Read more... )

My mother used to tell me that "life's not easy". It's supposed to be a hard ol' life. You try to make it through one day at a time ( Read more... )

I just had a great end to an action-packed year. For the first time I celebrated New Years/Hogmanay at Edinburgh's street party. Even with the tickets limited to 80,000 it was a massive and fantastical party. Initially, chilly temperatures and icy roads threatened to dampen the festive atmosphere, but as the crowds poured in by the thousands and ( Read more... )

I've been having a fantastically geeky few days. I just started watching and loving a web-based show called "The Guild", I caught up on my favourite web-based comic, "8 Bit Theatre", and I re-watched the brilliant and inspiring "Dr Horrible". A couple of weeks ago I bought a few episodes of Buffy and Angel on VHS ( Read more... )

Sometimes, and not all the time (certainly not when you're from Cape Breton and have to be a bit en guard about these things), drinking alone on a Friday night is exactly the right thing to do. It's perfect, blissful, and just plain lovely. Our world offers very few opportunities to fully release your emotions. Don't get me wrong, the world is ( Read more... )

Saturday I went to the gym in the morning, saw a hockey game in the afternoon with a few people, then went to a friend's surprise party in the evening ( Read more... )

Two and a half years ago I made a list of 100 things I wanted to accomplish in my life. I thought it time to update and dvide into categories. So, in the interest of retaining productivity, I'm listing: things I've already done; things, I still have to do; things I've lost interest in doing; and a few new things I've added ( Read more... )

Half marathon is less than one week away. I'll have run three times in the month previous. At the moment, due to an injury sustained at the beginning of August, I can only walk slowly and stairs are rather painful. Sigh ( Read more... )

Moved to a new appartment.

We now have television, but not quite legally.

Still working at the hospital.