Archive for May, 2008

Welcome to Amsterdam

May 16th, 2008 – 12:53 pm
Tagged as: Travel

The flight over was quite uneventful. The new Boing 777 was a far more comfortable ride than the older AirBus planes I have travelled on so far, with the greatest difference being the ambient noise floor. The 777 was amazingly quiet – the air handling is far louder than the engine noise… very impressive. [...]

21.1 km in 1:49:35

May 11th, 2008 – 4:29 pm
Tagged as: General

Today Mel ran her first Half Marathon, completing the 21.1 km in 1:49:35 – and she made it look easy too. Along a beautiful course, snaking throughout much of Mississauga, I biked my way through the city to meet her a couple spots along the way and at the finish line. Meanwhile, she [...]

Friends

May 9th, 2008 – 7:16 am
Tagged as: General

Beautiful sunset last night.
And, thank you all for your concern – the e-mails and such were super appreciated! Not to mention how nice it was to hear from some of you who I haven’t in quite some time :) Always a treat to hear from old friends.

Lots

May 8th, 2008 – 8:21 am
Tagged as: General

I’ve been having trouble keeping up with all of my commitments… more so than any recent time in the past that I can recall. Work is going very well, and does tend to keep itself reasonably close to the 45 hour a week mark, depending on the week. But when you add on to it [...]