By: The Philosophical Fish|08 October, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: relationships
I have a friend, or at least I used to, who has been behaving rather badly lately. I can’t completely figure out where it stemmed from, I have a suspicion, but I may be wrong about it. Actually, I think it a number of things that stem from the fact that I don’t generally let people manipulate me. But I’m…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|07 October, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: transportation
It’s like saying goodbye to an old friend. Again. A few weeks ago one of our two little CRX’s failed structurally. It was disappointing because of the two that we had, it was the one I liked to drive. But it couldn’t be repaired and so it was donated to charity. It will be stripped and drained and the parts…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|07 October, 2009|Categories: Mac-Attack!|Tags: mac
Are you a visual thinker? Do you draw arrows and bubbles when you plan something? I am…and I stumbled across the coolest program recently. It’s called MyThoughts and is only for the Mac. They call it mind mapping software, although as a biologist I think of mind mapping having different connotations. But it’s really a useful little program. When studying…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|06 October, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: economy
Recession? What recession! Who would have thought it would be difficult to spend $50,000!?!? Our friendly North Shore Toyota Dealer didn’t come through and so I whizzed down to get my deposit back. He whined again and asked me what I was going to do. I told him that we’d looked across the line and cold get what we wanted…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|06 October, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: riding
I had emailed Kyle at Urban Wasp about the engine hesitation and he responded pretty quickly. I gave him the details on when and what was happening with the engine hesitation and he passed it on to their mechanic who said come on in anytime and we’ll sort it out immediately! So I did. And they did! He plugged a…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|06 October, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: riding
Here she is, my new little scooter! The weather gods have been kind to me. Buying a scooter in October… in Vancouver… is a step towards insanity. But someone paid up the sunshine bill and we only had rain last Tuesday and Thursday. Since then it has been glorious and the scooter has been scooted upon every day since it…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|06 October, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: health
Sunday was the CIBC Run For the Cure and it was the first time I’ve been involved in a fundraising event since I did the Swim-a-thon…and that was a very, very long time ago. I joined a team, a small team, made up of a friend, her sister-in-law (the survivor in pink), and daughter, cousin and wife, and a friend…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|03 October, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: riding
I was supposed to being my scooter home on Thursday but after spending a few hours out at the airport with a friend passing through, the rain hadn’t let up and not having ever ridden in Vancouver, not having ridden a scooter for 6 months, and not having ever ridden alone…. the rain discouraged me…. oh, and I hate being…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|01 October, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: balance
How do you measure success? Do you measure it by the number in the bank account? By your place in the business hierarchy? By your location in a certain social circle? By how many lives you’ve touched in a positive manner? I think too many of us measure success in a financial or social placement manner. I can’t say I’m…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|01 October, 2009|Categories: Food Mood . Just Thinking|Tags: food & drink
After a few more tries and some resounding failures I’ve come back a few steps and tried again. I’ve added a bit of sour cream this time to try and find that “tang”. I also bought a few more muffins from the bakery since it had been some time since I’ve had a comparison. After nibbling away at one on…
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