on breakfast
“I will need to eat a good nutritious breakfast in order to crush all those who oppose me!” – unknown
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so I’m back in Canada. No snow here yet, but it’s coming! Probably this weekend! earlier today I managed to
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from the Dublin Airport web site: “The following items must not be packed in your hand luggage. They must be
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while searching for some reviews about the 2006 BMW 325xi I managed to find two noteworthy ones – this first
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Ireland in pictures
it has been quite a while since I have posted any updates; I promised myself I would take some time
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Glendalough
we went here today. Here’s proof! also, from a French festival we went to yesterday, here’s Callum in the bouncy
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hard to believe
I just finished my final exam. 6.5 hours of nonstop writing (all in French no less). Export, marketing, strategy, finance…
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some pictures
Yvonne took a great picture today and I just had to put it online – although it’s blurry and uncropped,
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the region in photos
I haven’t posted a lot of pictures lately, so I figured that today I’d write a bit of a photo-journal
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we’ll get right on it
yesterday in Marketing class we were discussing marketing for homes for the elderly, and I mentioned that it would be
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winter has officially come to Clermont-Ferrand; that is to say that this morning during my walk to school I saw
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what I probably should be doing: Reviewing my Finance and Information Systems notes. what I have been doing all afternoon:
Read moresomething hard to learn
European accounting standards, taught in French. they’re just different enough for you to think they’re pretty much the same as
Read morebaguettes for everyone
I am back in France. The trip was long (from 8AM EST yesterday until about 5PM France time today) and
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messages in the clouds
sometimes, I think, God sends you a sign.
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take a hike
this afternoon I went for a 3 or 4 kilometer hike at Silent Lake Provincial Park, which is located 2
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where am I?
I am in France. The past two days have seemed more like a single long day of traveling to me
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here, there, everywhere
we’re back in Ontario, at my family’s cottage on Paudash Lake – we will be here until the end of
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this afternoon I was overjoyed to find out that the local HEB (Texan grocery store chain) stocks three of my
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at the garage
getting the car repaired, and they have Internet access, so here’s an update. I bought my plane ticket to France
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spent the weekend in San Antonio. It’s fun to see Callum interact with my sister-in-law’s two sons, one of whom
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I have created a new community, Active Lifestyle. A lot of people have been posting their walking and fitness regimens,
Read moredeep in the heart
last week we made the 28-hour drive to Austin, Texas, where we are currently staying. One of Yvonne’s brothers and
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tea and coincidences
funny coincidence yesterday – I went to the DMV (my favorite place, and yours too!) to get my driver’s license
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good times
went to a law/business/medical school Halloween party at the Armory last night – it was pretty fun. See if you
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this evening before heading out to the bookstore with Y&C I decided to change my contact lenses for some reason.
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since returning to school I’ve been pretty low on cash. How low? well – the other day I didn’t have
Read moreDr. Brushy Teethy and Professor Pasty Face
yesterday was a not-so-great day. Aside from having to turn in one group assignment for decision analysis and two income
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after my final on Friday Yvonne and I took a trip to Wilmington, North Carolina to meet up with Yvonne’s
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well our first Chinese class is completed – though it has only been a month, 7 hours of Chinese a
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it is interesting that some things have tremendous value well beyond their buying price, and other things have negative value
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one man’s junk…
we just had a garage sale – and even though in the newspaper we put 7:00 AM as the time
Read morea walk in the neighborhood
resplendent in faded jeans and a t-shirt a small boy rolling happily before me rubber wheels jostling over sidewalk cracks
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more characters
it is interesting to see Chinese characters now that I have been studying them for a while. A lot of
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a lot of times I think about the good old days when I used to write science fiction for an
Read morecharacters
I always thought that writing Chinese characters was going to be the part about Chinese that I disliked. There are
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happy holidays
here is hoping that you and yours have a safe and happy holiday season. here’s Callum showing his love for
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Happy Thanksgiving
happy American Thanksgiving. For lunch today Yvonne (I volunteered to help but she insisted on doing it herself) roasted a
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baby update
as of November 18th Callum has been crawling all over the place, which has sparked the rapid babyproofing of our
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the goings on
so baby has been learning to eat solid foods. This has been going quite well. Right away he mastered two
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arrrrrrrr, ye sorry sons of biscuit eaters, I be loaded te the gunwhales on clap o’ thunder, and I don’t
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how’s the weather
baby update: Callum is sitting up (albiet with some assistance – he can only go a few seconds without toppling
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my mother’s bad timing
my mother, who lives with my dad north of Toronto, has been in Toronto during the past couple of weeks
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when I lived in Santa Clara, California there was a pizza joint down the street (within walking distance) called Pizz’a
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a short update
for those of you who aren’t tired of baby pictures by now: baby baby and his best buddy for those
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a rant about STUFF
Peter and I were just now talking about “slimming down” on ICQ – about getting rid of a lot of
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what time is it?
it’s tummy time! had a good weekend; spent it with a bunch of different people from different crews (so to
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baby update
this one is for my family in Ontario and Yvonne’s family in Texas who don’t get to see pictures of
Read morekiller ants
went to the library the other week. We were looking for books on three specific topics: Golf, the German language,
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peanut butter sandwich
things have been pretty good lately. Things were difficult for a while – both Yvonne and I were quite sick,
Read moremy kid kicks butt
even though Callum is only two weeks old he’s already mastered the art of kung-fu. Clay snapped the first piece
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more pictures
for those of you who are interested, here are some more pictures of Callum. He’s a pretty active little guy.
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some more pictures
here are some more pictures of baby Callum… on his birthday: the day after his birth: yesterday: He is doing
Read moreit is almost time
I am thinking that we are at the start of a pivotal time period in the history of religion.
Read morethis evening
after work, Yvonne surprised me with a really awesome dinner.
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update on life
I haven’t posted in a while so I thought I’d make an update concerning my current haps. lately, I have
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mindwipe mixes
I am very pleased with myself because I just found the original version of Mindwipe, a song I created a
Read moreI am a sad individual
I can’t help it. I really like BMW 3 series coupes. I’m not a yuppie and I’m not TERRIBLY image
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we just returned from seeing the Two Towers. What did I think?
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time for a game
hey, I took some pictures of our living room because I’ve been telling friends at work about how great it
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