SlantyNet » ..musings of 24601 – General http://www.slanty.net/en Waiting for Kife to become a poster since 100199 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Its too happy to be eaten, v3.0 http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/06/01/its-too-happy-to-be-eaten-v30 http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/06/01/its-too-happy-to-be-eaten-v30#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:56:07 +0000 24601 http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/06/01/its-too-happy-to-be-eaten-v30/ The tongue is our first strawberry of the season, hopefully it won’t be our only one. Clicking on the image will take you to additional recent miscellaneous photos.

Whimsical breakfast III

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When taking (soup) to work, put it in a bag.  When taking (soup + clothes) to work, double bag it.

When taking (borscht + clothes) to work, triple bag it or maybe consider the benefits of going hungry.
Sincerely, soupy-panted 24601

]]> http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/05/29/worse-lunch-explosion-ever/feed 4 Signs of age http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/05/16/signs-of-age http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/05/16/signs-of-age#comments Tue, 16 May 2006 17:48:00 +0000 24601 http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/05/16/signs-of-age/ I see: Young woman biking in a frilly white tshirt and long jeans on, long unhelmeted hair flowing in the wind and iPod earbuds in.

I think: “Hmmm, thats not a best practice.”

Other signs would be the start of season ulty haiku that we composed (complete with interpretive dance).  That’s right, no longer a blood thirsty haka but a peaceful haiku.
V 5 W
You did not drop the disc once
Cherry blossoms bloom

Think about it.  ;-)

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  • How is it possible that every direction I ride is into the wind?
  • If you answer a cellphone while riding, should you pull over?
  • Why are so many people passing me?
    • ]]>     http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/05/03/thoughts-riding-a-bike/feed 4     Keeping me off balance http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/04/26/keeping-me-off-balance http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/04/26/keeping-me-off-balance#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:02:14 +0000 24601 http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/04/26/keeping-me-off-balance/ I got a call just as I was preparing dinner this evening.

    (ring ring) “Hi, is 24601 in? Hi, I’m calling on behalf of your alumni association.”

    Right, go on…. I’m preparing myself for the inevitable appeal for…

    “I’m just calling to tell you that we received your recent donation and… well… that’s it. Thank you for supporting your alumni.”

    That’s it? I think its part of a ploy to keep me off balance and soften me up for their next call.

    But its nice.

    ]]>     http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/04/26/keeping-me-off-balance/feed 0     Dear world http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/04/24/dear-world http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/04/24/dear-world#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:17:21 +0000 24601 http://www.slanty.net/en/2006/04/24/dear-world/ Dear world, it has been a topsy-turvy weekend and here we are on Monday and we’re still all over the place.

    Why does doing the right thing seem so hard?

    More later.

    Update: OK, whats going on? Well..

    • Over the weekend, I went to a stag in Whistler.  This one went even more poorly than my LAST stag in Whistler.  Basically, I arrived in Whistler to be informed the groom was heading back to Vancouver in an ambulance.  In fact, we probably passed him on the way up.  Prepping your liver for a night of punishment and then telling it “shut up, we’re visiting the hospital” is quite a roller coaster.  That and its the first time I’ve been in the presence of somebody being prepped for OR.  (Dear Bard.  Probably saw some of your colleagues there.  Both the resident and the attending showed up)
    • Sunday was a fun joyous day.  Greek Easter – about a million people next door.  They started roasting the lamb at around 10AM in the morning and had probably cleared all the chairs by 10PM.  We got an invite, had a little lamb and a little wine and met a lot of people named “George” and “John”.  I never knew that it was a tradition for sons to take their grandfathers name, but it makes sense.
    • We bit the bullet a little while ago and have embarked on the process of getting our underground oil tank removed.  We’ve known about it since we moved in — we knew it needed to be done.  In fact, its a legal requirement for in Vancouver.  Everything is being done above board and well, its expensive.  Just the preliminaries are not cheap and the final bill will really depend on what they find.  We’re holding on to our hats and gritting our teeth.
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