Revenge is Sweet
When the temperature falls to -21 degrees with the wind chill, and the sky dumps 15 centimetres of snow on the ground, that’s when a young man’s fancy turns to… Revenge. Some months ago, Chris’ and my collective …
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The Passing of Engineer Tom Arnott
There are times when I wonder if I’m slightly psychic. Every time it happens, it gives me the willies. This was one time I sincerely wished I was wrong. Since long before the trip with 6060, I’d had this feeling, …
The Great Jasper Run, CN 6060 Stettler, Red Deer, Edmonton, Hinton, Jasper
637,540 pounds of hot iron 100,000 gallons of water 17,760 gallons of fuel oil 3,000 kilometres 566 digital photographs 400 pounds of food 250 litres of gasoline 30 mugs of beer 16 hard-working people 8 days 6 hotels …
The Inaugural Run of the Steam Locomotive CPR Empress, CP 2816
Most of you know how hard it is sometimes to catch a train. Sometimes you’re running late, or the train’s early, or your watch stopped and you’re not really sure what time it is — any number of a dozen reasons why you’d …
Mark and Darla's Wedding in Toronto, Appleby College, Hart House
Well, I had meant to write this earlier this week, but after what happened on Tuesday, I hope you can understand why there’s a delay. Most of you probably don’t know that I went back to Toronto on the weekend. It was a …
Reaction to September 11, 2001 (9/11)
Yesterday, someone whacked the biggest kid in the yard in the back of the head with a 2×4. And now he’s very, very angry. Yesterday morning, for me, was of little consequence when I got up. I was tired, mostly due to jet …
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Raider's of the Lost Ark, Rowley and the Horseshoe Canyon
Another summer has come and (almost) gone. Luckily, it wasn’t a summer spent indoors, stuck in front of my computer (as much as it might have actually felt like that). Given, I had hoped to get out more to places I …
The Critical Mass Summer Social 2001
If there’s one thing Critical Mass knows how to do, it’s getting its employees horribly, horribly drunk. Last year, this was courtesy of the Download Overload in Westbank. However, owing to financial downturns in the …
Steam Train with CN 6060, Stettler to Big Valley
I have a new girlfriend. She’s a little temperamental, though. She gets hot really fast, she’s always blowing steam, and at the moment has a nasty tendency to run around mostly naked. That, and she weighs 637,540 pounds. …
Gerry and Sam's Wedding in Ottawa, VIA Train to Toronto
I knew something was up a few months ago, when Chris told me he was going to Ontario for “a friend’s wedding”. Chris is rarely that vague. More often than not, he’ll include a name, even if it’s someone I …