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ICN -> YYZ -> YOW.
Aug. 8th, 2026 03:36 pmHomeward bound. Passage through customs and security at Incheon has been quick and easy, without lineups, both ways.a
I am back home again, after a good week of climbing in Squamish. Due to weather and scheduling issues, I ended up climbing 6 days in a row, and was very tired by the end of it. Luckily, it actually rained on day 7, so we saw spawning and dead salmon, packed up, relaxed, drove back to Vancouver, and had good sushi.
Canada day cottage
Jul. 1st, 2025 03:02 pmThat was a lovely Canada-day long weekend(ish) at the cottage. Thank you everyone who joined me and made it a good time. And, especially, thank you weather for presenting us with an awesome weekend of weather for all our cottage activities.
YOW -> YYZ -> FRA -> MRS
Mar. 20th, 2025 09:44 amI am off to climb in the Calanques (and that region) with a good crew: Simon, Kate, Chantalle, France, Phil, Rachel (and 'Xander who will only be climbing if he escapes supervision for too long), and I think a couple of Phil's friends from England. It should be a good time.
That's a properly Ottawa-winter amount of snow out there. I don't feel like we've had a "real" winter in several years, now. A combination of warm temperatures and lack of snowfall and/or snow accumulation. But this winter has been pretty steadily below freezing for what feels like a month now, and we've gotten two foot-level dumps of snow in 5 days, so actual real accumulation.
Of course, this also means I'm moving a lot more snow around than I'm used to doing. I've got a little "electric snow shovel" to help, and so I don't become one of those 50s male heart-attack on first snow-storm of the year statistics.
Of course, this also means I'm moving a lot more snow around than I'm used to doing. I've got a little "electric snow shovel" to help, and so I don't become one of those 50s male heart-attack on first snow-storm of the year statistics.
Tonight's Experiment
Feb. 1st, 2025 07:16 pm1 (blanco) tequila : 2/3 (cold) decaf coffee : 2/3 creme de cacao : 1/2 simple syrup. Shaken with ice.
Perhaps I might call it "The Mexican Connection".
Reasonably tasty.
Perhaps I might call it "The Mexican Connection".
Reasonably tasty.
2024 reading
Jan. 12th, 2025 03:30 pmFor a number of years now I've been targeting a reading rate of (an average if) 1 book a week over the year, and recording what I read.
This year (2024), I read 55 books, which sounds like nicely exceeding my goal, until I compare to last year's 87 books.
Still mostly not Cis/Straigh/Whilte/Male authors.
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This year (2024), I read 55 books, which sounds like nicely exceeding my goal, until I compare to last year's 87 books.
Still mostly not Cis/Straigh/Whilte/Male authors.
List in first reply...
