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Chris arrived on Sunday afternoon. The surprise went down on Sunday night. While over dinner, someone wondered if we were going to have a game night. Dummy me, I’d never thought of that. Years ago, when Chris and I used …
I was having a discussion with Doug down in the Bistro this morning, and I came to a rather interesting realization: Calgary Transit sucks. Let’s have a realistic view, here. Calgary is the third or fourth largest city …
Two major things happened this weekend. My friend Chris came to town for a visit! But more on that in a moment… Gary and I had grandiose plans about setting up a dragon boat team at the office. But the plans never …
I’ve been using PC-based computers for 25 years. A quarter-century. And things have come such a long distance since I first sat in front of that IBM in Mom’s office. This has all come to light as a result of an article I …
When did society become responsible for the stupidity of individuals? Over the last few years, there’s been a disturbing trend where corporations (and governments, through the courts) have had to start protecting the …
The flight left Charles du Gaulle at 11:30. That meant, of course, that I had to be there in sufficient time to check in, get through security, find the flight, and so forth. Thankfully, I’d gone through the trouble last …
Free day. I had some variety of grandiose plans for today. I was going to see so much of Paris that I’d be actually tired of it. That had been the plan. What I hadn’t planned on was how tired I was going to feel when I …
I ate at the hotel this morning. Not a bad little place, really. And it meant I could sleep in a wee bit. Four hours of sleep just isn’t enough. But I brought that on myself. I was a bit late arriving at Eurosites — …
It’s official, I am a shmuck. I’m a unilingual moron. But more on that later… I’ve been getting up at 7:30 to account for the lateness we’ve been having, but also to ensure I’ve got enough rest to not tire during …
No crepes for me this morning. As I’m beginning to discover, the French don’t consider crepes a breakfast thing. At least at the shops near the hotel. But hunger knows no bounds and I was forced to hunt out an …