Thinking & Criticising
When I first saw this I immediately thought of myself… I have a post-Doc fellowship in thinking critically and I never even read the book!
Cat Avatars
I was trying to make an avatar for my screen presence on RockClimbing .com and had submitted this image. Samantha was kind enough to pose for the web cam whilst I was using the Glow filter. Alas, the image was rejected as not being climbing-related so I leave it to you, the unseen web-browsing audience (at least those who have not yet been driven away by badly-mediocre poetry), to enjoy
Random Image of the Day
The family by one of the Whirlpool Point pines. These are some of the oldest trees in Alberta…somewhere around 1,100 years.
A New Book…
Create an Impression: Landscaping for Curb Appeal Our first book published by an outside writer. It’s pretty damn good too.
Bad Poetry
Bad Poetry is like a dull knife,
Dangerous, often misused,
Rarely fatal yet always painful.
Politics is like a dull knife,
Dangerous, often misused,
Rarely fatal, yet often painful.
Bad Poetry is like politics,
Everyone uses it, no one understands it,
We’re all too lazy to sharpen it.
This poem is like a liberal,
Sort of pointless, mostly innocuous,
Adamantly critical, inevitably ignored.
On reflection of being a life-long liberal and the owner of several dull knives
Random Image of the Day
Roof 1 Climber 0
Matt on his way down after blowing off the tricky roof route at the latest Rip N Grip. See here for more images from the comp.
Transplanted Prose
Originally posted on moreblaze.blogspot.com, December 13, 2006
For car(men) wherever you may find them
Toyota, Dodge, Datsun, Ford
A metal machine, a macho overlord,Insensitive drivers, uncaring, obscene,
Driving us crazy, cursing their genesNoisy, obnoxious, expensive and careless
Pervasive technology, quintissentialy worthlessAutomotive desires are driving our days,
Credit ratings balloon, consuming our pay.But I want that car, that awesome machine,
Oh and this one as well, and that one I mean,
Off road and on track and highway carousing
With 350 horsepower, I’ll do without housing.I love my cars mercury and subaru,
Such a pity, you know, I can’t afford you.
Is it her?
Who could the mysterious shadowy figure be? Will the mystery be revealed? Will she ever look at her pictures? Just what is she looking at? Is the sky falling? Why is she stealing Chicken Little’s schtick? Is this the hidden dark side much alluded to? Are her lips really that red? Why is this filed under Climbing?
The answer to these and many more inane questions may never be revealed on this site…but then again…
It’s Time!
The issue was the clock on my computer got reset to May 2006 when they replaced the board…thus no posts after that date where displayed. I can only assume that eventually, as computer time rolled forward, that they would reappear in their proper place.
L’s new wheels behind her old wheels…she bought herself an Xmas present!
I’m Baaacckkk!
Whoo hoo, my mac is back. One fried logic board, one shot fan and a 1.5 month absence and I’m back in business. Only problem is that the last few months of entries won’t display…
More soon.