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(122/366) Pain relief
May 1, 2012 – Kirk had the surgery on his collarbone today, he now sports a metal plate inside his body, should make travelling more interesting! We’ll find out soon enough as we are heading for France at the end of the month. But for now he has a wonderful collection of pain medications to keep the recovery tolerable. We…
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(121/366) Emergency
April 30, 2012 – Back to the hospital today, this time the one close to home though. Neither one of us got much sleep last night, me mainly because I was so wound up after that ride, Kirk, obviously, because he was in a significant amount of pain. Kirk was a bit better this morning, so after a coffee and a…
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(120/366) Tenacity
April 29, 2012 – I wasn’t after the crash, it was accidental, it happened in the back of the frames. Thats Jake. Down, skid, roll, stop, up, on, and back on the track. There were 5 crashes in this race (one was a two-fer), and because of that, this guy ended up the winner. Oh, and by the way, Jake…
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(119/366) Light (and Sound) at the end of the Staircase
April 28, 2012 – Sometimes something as mundane as walking down a parkade staircase while on the way to the Symphony can provide an interesting perspective. Some people are terrified of parkade staircases, not entirely without justification. But I love some of them. I love the peeling paint, the hollow feeling, the harsh lighting. They represent another side of the…
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(118/366) Music to my Eyes
April 27, 2012 – I took today off work, for the express purpose of finishing up the marking for all my UBC classes and get the term finished. After a day of fourth year University nuggets along the lines of: “Aquaculture is mainly water based…” and “It is recognized that a high percentage of fish are bread in freshwater.” I’ve…
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(117/366) New Life
April 26, 2012 – Today was the last day of work for a woman in my office. She has been a fixture in the SEP group for 30 years. And even though I worked directly with her less than a year, I’ll miss her a great deal. There aren’t many people who I will openly say are truly beautiful to…
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(116/366) Awwww, NUTS!
April 25, 2012 – I cracked a walnut open for our little monster Senegal parrot and decided to get up close and personal with it. Another example of how fascinating small things really are if you just take a closer look. Nature makes the best art!
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(115/366) Biker Bear (aka Social Studies)
April 24, 2012 – When I got on two wheels about three years ago, my poor mother was horrified. I spent a fair bit of time reassuring her that I was as likely to get hit by a bus in Vancouver, and that I am not reckless. Her response was to send me a funny little teddy bear in motorcycle…
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(114/366) Rubber Ducky
April 23, 2012 – Long day, I got nothin’. I was up at 4:30 am and on my bike headed for the ferry at 5:45am. It rained while on the crossing, and had stopped by the time I rode off on Vancouver Island. I met a colleague in Nanaimo and we both rode up to Courtenay for a couple of…
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(113/366) Baby’s Got a new Pair of Dancing Shoes
April 22, 2012 – I had a new pair of tires installed on the bike yesterday, didn’t have a chance to ride them though, too much else going on. So, jumped on them this afternoon and we did a couple of errands across town before heading back across and making a run up to Squamish for a coffee. They were…
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