December 2008
79 posts
It’s New Year’s, everybody is sick..let’s party!
In Gastown looking for coffee. Those were an awful lot of beers last night.
My kinda town →
Vancouver has already been good good times. Casual dinner with many friends, over many beers last night. Tonight I reconvene with my father to watch (in real live ActualVision) the Vancouver Canucks…
If that Continental Breakfast isn’t included in the roomrate, then that is one very fucking overpriced toast and coffee.
Arrived in Vancouver and freshly showered. Going oot and aboot.. Hi again, Canada.
Leaving hotel to experience a little Robson Street nightlife, slash late-ish eateryisms.
Vancovuer Puppy Party →
Just arrived in Vancouver. We’ve been out of cell phone and internet range for some holiday family snowplayinggaming overindulgement days. So I’m a little out of the loop. The big question is - did…
Snowy travel day. Withplenty of Wii at the end. and eggnog, natch.
Seattle to Vancouver- snowtowns →
A movie and nap filled flight dropped us in Seattle, Washington. Then the snow hit. Snow and ice. Still, the good humour and helpful nature of the Seattle-ites, and the wool socks kept us snug. Plus…
1 early morning boatride later and we’re in Victoria. Tks Seattle, for the cold and goodtimes.
Seattle is all snowed up. Kinda awesome, kinda cold and inconvenient..
Hey! Credit card! Where the f*%! are you!? I want to leave, and make credit-based purchases while I’m gone.
Christmas History - snowballs →
Source Snowballs – Snowballs used to be like tea: enjoyed in the Orient, but an exotic rarity in the west. Obviously, like all exotic rarities, it was hotly desired by European…
In a real shoe-throwing mood, today. A mixture of frustration and jubilance.
The perfect way to vent my shoethrowing frustrations! http://www.sockandawe.com. Thanks @acton
Where's home for the holidays? →
It is 15 December, which means we are already into the 12 days of Christmas, depending on when you start flipping open the chocolate doors of your advent calendar. So far I have had four French hens…
TV Writing - Pilot School →
20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life - PC World →
I think I should do some of these things, and learn what the other ones mean.
I will be doing no writing, talking, or research on standardization, SMEs, innovation or the like over the holidays.
Quite a lot of junk to do today.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllll Roma!!
I’m not even in debt trouble, I just need a credit card that works.
Apparently my nose got bigger last night. And I’m not even lying.
Not terribly thrilled with that workshop, but mediocre improv session beats even great office packing.
I’m gettin busy.
The Power Force fight - video →
Well-described by Justin the Phantom on Youtube: “The funniest stage fight of all time? Andy Blumenthal and Henry Colens lock horns in Award-winning playwright Ryan Millar’s…
Slept in, going for breakfast..
Christmas History -Wrapping paper →
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Wrapping paper - The use of wrapping paper for christmas gifts goes all the way back to the days before there were bags. This was a very long time ago. When holiday gift-giving…
I’m tired of having to invest effort in order to receive benefits.
The history of the ‘lump of coal’ in the stocking http://tinyurl.com/6dro54
I’m going to eat cake for breakfast, starting my unhealthy holiday eating early this year. Maybe a big glass of eggnog?
So much packing and prep for trip, I don’t even know where to start. Maybe I won’t..
Cleaning out my office for our Xmas move. What the fuck is all this shit?! Pardon the swearing… but seriously - WTF?
He Met the Walrus - video →
“In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. This was…
I explain what happened during my trip to Swan Lake.. http://tinyurl.com/6gb842
Christmas history - Lumps of coal →
Source I’m introducing a seasonal feature: Christmas History. Or Christmastory. Or Christory. In it, we’ll look back at the origins of some holiday traditions. Today: the lump of coal in…
Black Mirror / rorriM kcalB →
DIY video - "Black Mirror" Arcade Fire →
Awesome dark video, with you at the controls.
Grande Totti, bengiocato Menez, e forza Roma. Sono contento.
I leave for Vancouver in 1 wk. If you count this Friday I’m taking off to do an improv workshop then that makes me not care about work.
Swan Lake →
Source I went to Swan Lake on Sunday with my wife. Now, I don’t know a whole lot about ballet - in fact, I’m completely ignorant about it. You will probably be able to figure that out by…
Having improv-related meetings today. That’s what I like.
www.glennz.com Tee Designs on the Behance Network →
Scissors marathon and Equus Rockus, and on and on - Best. T-shirts. Ever.
It’s a race to see what gets done before Vancouverholidays. That which doesn’t get done, will perish.