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hurnnngggh
Went to the gym last night for the first time in ages. Little sore today but not as much as I expected. I’m doing the Men’s Health “Abs Diet” (Amazon), but it’s not really so much a “diet” as it is a workout regimen with a bunch of useful nutrition advice up front. The workout […]
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ASU police log
Highlights from the college police log at Arizona State. [via the Obscure Store]
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Unattended terminal
An IRC conversation reminded me of the traditional punishment for unattended terminals that was in effect when I was in school: echo ‘echo sleep 3 >> $HOME/.profile’ >> $HOME/.profile Although these days computers are fast enough that one might be better off with “sleep 1”.
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Epicurean Ottawa
Have I mentioned the food blog that Candice and I maintain recently? It’s Epicurean Ottawa, and while it was originally primarily about food in the Ottawa area, it ended up a little more haphazard than that — in a good way! Anyhow, I just wrote up a short post about a recent trend in wine […]
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Routine as mindfulness practice
I’m not sure why, but I’ve been resisting routine in my life for a long time, and it’s getting a bit silly now. There are a whole bunch of things on my 101 in 1001 list that ought to be really easy (and ought to be done by now), but which are still underway after […]
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I guess they like me
Just got mail from the admissions folks at the U of O school of management: they’re offering me a (partial, but substantial) scholarship. Yay! Maybe this was a good idea after all! (I kid, I kid.) Now I just have to get the rest of the financial stuff ironed out (RRSP withdrawals and a line […]
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The growing pains of gentrification
Candice and I live in Westboro, a neighbourhood of Ottawa which is sort of the Next Big Thing here. It’s got many of the things you’d expect to make a neighbourhood get trendy: it runs along an urban shopping strip and the waterfront, it’s a ten-minute drive along a parkway to downtown, it’s got good […]
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Corn rationing
I went to grab a sandwich at the Loeb grocery store down the street from work at lunch today, and they had a sign up on the door which got me thinking about economics and the practical matters of selling produce. The sign said, roughly: Due to unforeseen circumstances, we must limit corn purchases to […]