Well, we lost the game yesterday. By one run in extra innings. Considering we mercied against this team in our very first game of the season, we did really well. I went 2/4, with a single and a run. Far…
Category: Observations
I’m still riding high off our softball win yesterday. We advance to the league championship game, which is tomorrow night, and if we win that, we play for the “C” Division Championship on Thursday! W00T! We went to dinner, as…
I saw a tweet flow through my steam yesterday morning about the Perseid Meteor Shower being visible from Vancouver this weekend. I got invited to drive up and hangout at a campsite with some friends this evening so it seems…
Chicago is a great city. I miss it. It’s home. Always will be. When people visit Chicago, they rave about its greatness. And it doesn’t take long for one of two things to happen. Either they say they see why…
Back in February, I pondered the Canadian concept of vacation and holidays. Today is provincial holiday: BC Day. Considering Canadians get a day off every month, I’ve had two thoughts: they’re lazy, or they have a different, perhaps deeper understanding,…
A couple weekends ago, a friend of a friend and I went for a drive. He had driven me around downtown Vancouver, showing off Gas Town, the Olympic Torch, Stanley Park and North Vancouver, after a birthday party. He thought…
It was the perfect evening for a baseball game. And man have I been baseball deprived. Well, watching in person, anyway. Playing softball has been fun, something to look forward to during the week. But it’s summer! It’s baseball season…
I didn’t pay much attention to this at first because I only heard it used by one person. And then I kept hearing it. Apparently in Canada, you don’t say “Do XYZ,” you say “Do XY Zed.” If you’re an…
I’ve been a bit emotional since I got back, and it’s been bothering me. It’s nice yet depressing to be back. Why? Because it’s hard leaving a place where you are loved, appreciated and missed to return to a place…
Vancouver is full of runners, and practically all of them run wearing headphones or ear buds, listening to iPods. Me? I run in silence.