Being accustomed to the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA, I arrived at the Vancouver airport way too early. Like, way way too early. On Sunday. I was through security in the blink of an eye. So I pulled…
Month: January 2012
Being tired, all the time, that is. Apparently it has something to do with weather and/or elevation and/or time change, but when people first move here they are tired all the time. I thought it was just the time change.…
I’d be remiss if I didn’t pause for a moment and wish all community managers a Happy Community Manager Appreciation Day! Community management may be the latest “hot” job, but it is not a new one. It’s been around pretty…
Another to add to Words for Things. I’ve joined a recreational league basketball team that starts the end of February. Yesterday, at the Bonsor Community Center, there was an opportunity to meetup, shoot around and play pickup games. What is…
When I lived in Chicago, in the city, I took public transportation everywhere I could. It was awesome when I lived and worked in the city. Catch the Brown, Red or Purple Line to the Loop. In about 20 minutes,…
Guess I have a bit of a fascination with weather. My mother loves to study weather, and she’s been keeping a close eye on systems on this western side of the continent. Mother Nature, however, does what she wants. At…
Saw this in my Twitter stream: UP-N Advisory – Inbound Train #328 Scheduled to Arrive Chicago at 9:05 a.m. – 170 to 180 Minute Delay 170 to 180 minute delay. Whoa. That’s a “work from home” message. If it delays…
So, I’m having kind of a bad day. It started waking up, again at 3:30am. I don’t know why, it just keeps happening. I thought my trek out to SMCYVR would have helped but apparently not. Guess I need to…
Literally. These are the notes I tapped into Evernote, which has become my default to record things I’d normally tweet. #dataroamingsux even on #verizon. So, here they are: 1348 Robson St Barclay Canadian tourist store saw stuffed animal black bear…
I’m from Chicago, so I have pre-programmed skepticism about weather. Today, Environment Canada, under which the Weather Office falls, issued an Arctic Overflow Warning for Metro Vancouver. I’m still trying to figure out “Lower Mainland,” but suffice to say, “Metro…