Category Archives: Stories

The Day I was Forked

I was having a conversation with my old University roommate the other day and he brought up the story of the time I text messaged him repeatedly in a non sensical panic. I had long since buried the memory. It was the day I got forked. He was in the lab with a couple of…

I Miss My Blog.

Dear blog, I miss you.  Sorry I have neglected you for so long. A lot has happened since we last spoke.  I went on a crazy ass adventure that took me to volcanoes, ash filled glaciers, 24 hour sunlight, lots of rain, lots of mountains, lots of wind, lots of food, lots of laughs, lots…

Learning is a Lifelong Journey

What do you do for the weekend in April when the weather forecast expects below freezing temperatures, rain, snow, and a lot of wind while also being sick and having a busted knee? Well if your me, you take a weekend summer survival course!! That’s what I did this past weekend, and it was awesome….

CN Tower Climb for United Way… my thoughts

So I finished the CN Tower Climb for United Way this morning and had a great time!  I didn’t quite make my goal of a sub 15 minute time but I was very close.  15 minutes was an arbitrary number I put out there, and I really think I could have made that easily if…

We’ll see…

Life is like a sinusoid..no??? Box of chocolates??  Never mind. Nobody knows the future.  Nobody was given the handbook on how to live life.  Here's a fable that I really enjoy.  I first heard Eckhart Tolle tell it.  I'm copying it from Derek Siver's blog. ———————————————— A farmer had only one horse.  One day, his…

Clubfoot of Death

I bring your attention to my right foot, which if you haven’t noticed got a lot bigger than my left on the final day’s trek into Machu Picchu.  They think I got bitten by a spider.  Serves me right for going au natural and avoiding any deet infused liquid death spray (which I succumbed to…

San Francisco is rules

Back from San Francisco.  That was an awesome trip.  Minimal computer time, no twitter, no cell phone, no facebook, it felt great.  Read this book, Emergency by Neil Strauss, loved it.  That, combined with the lack of technology and the natural beauty of SF and surrounding area has got me motoring to learn some new…