Archive for November, 2005
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
Federal Playoffs!
Oh, I’m such a political junkie. It fills me with something like shame to admit how much I enjoy a good election campaign, especially a federal one. And this after all my bold words about the importance of local politics. But I love local politics like I love amateur sports: the important, useful end of […]
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Attack spider
Attack spider Originally uploaded by rcousine. When faced with a large, unusual orange spider, I take pictures. No need to thank me.
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Smiling Meatball
Smiling Meatball Originally uploaded by rcousine. It’s not my best work. But here’s a picture of part of the Sweet Tooth Cafe’s awning. It’s a fairly amusing graphic, but what really makes it stand out are the subtly smiling meatballs. You get nothing else this weekend: aside from a big and eventful club ride on […]
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Saturday, November 26th, 2005
Buy Something
So, how did I celebrate Kalle Lassn’s favourite day? With the payment of an auto repair bill in excess of $500, topped off by some Christmas shopping, a couple of slices of pizza, and the weekly grocery run. I wouldn’t have minded paying less. PS: I’ve made a mild administrative change to comments: no registration […]
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
The Rider
Gord gave his passing approval to Tim Krabbé’s The Rider, and having read it, I’m shocked. I’m not shocked that Gord approved. I’m shocked at how good the novel (we’ll discuss that designation in a moment) is. First, let me direct you to the insightful review of the book on Rapha’s site, which I found […]
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
A Day at the Aberdeen Centre
I went to the Aberdeen Centre with the Lovely One, and took some photos.
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Sunday, November 20th, 2005
Escape Velocity’s Award Night
Ryan and the Mechanical Award Originally uploaded by rcousine. Saturday night was the annual awards night for my cycling club at Mark’s Fiasco. I went home with the “Mechanically Declined” award, a result of building one too many frankenbicycles this year. I think the most memorable one was the 70s Motobecane I rode to retro […]
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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
Dogstruction in the kitchen
Paper towel shred-o-rama Originally uploaded by rcousine. So we came home to this mess one day, because the dog is curious, industrious, and hungry. I don’t think that explains the paper towels, though. Now, we have a lock on this cupboard. Enjoy the slideshow on flickr, which includes a picture of the dog. Stupid dog.
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
Golden Convergence
In a great moment of synergy, two of my favourite things (cycling and sitting on the couch, watching TV) have come together this evening. House (danger: major Flashage) is doing an episode about a pro cyclist who gets sick. Fun so far: the cyclist is American, famous, and a young cancer patient has his photo […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
Why I don’t live in Edmonton: Climate Edition
Cumulative probability of permanent snow in Edmonton. Colby Cosh went to some trouble to create that chart, so I hope you appreciate it. As he explains, that’s the chance that there will be snow on the ground on that day of the year which will not melt until Spring. Not the first day of snow: […]