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Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
Danger Laboratories
Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Bad judgment. That’s why I have such good judgment. Ahem. Monday morning it took me three tries to get to work. Try #1: same bike I used Saturday morning has a flat rear tire. Oops. Investigation reveals an explosive blow-out at some point, caused […]
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Saturday, December 3rd, 2005
Weird, wild linkage
Normally, I don’t go in for link posts, because I doubt I can tell you anything new: I don’t think a pointer to a big-league aggregation site is value-added, and I care about value for my 20 readers. But I make an exception tonight, as I collect a few things that are fun. A Demolition […]
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Friday, December 2nd, 2005
Warmer, colder, either way it’s bad.
So, since I rode the bus to work today (part of my ongoing commitment to not commuting by bicycle while there is snow on the roads), I read one of the free commuter papers, and they had this article on how some activists staged a mock hockey game of the future in Montreal, showing that […]
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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 […]