As yet another spawn of the likes of unusually popular posts such as Mid.Month.Music.Mashup, I almost hesitate to post another “what I’m listening to” entry. Likely, with the onslaught of search traffic to that particular previous post, I’m not doing my server any favors. That said, my music tastes continue to border on [...]

As for the running clinic: one of the emphasized techniques that is revealing itself to be quite clear, in both the class and the propaganda, is the run/walk split. That is, when we were out the other night we did our run in the pattern of run five minutes, walk one minute, repeat four [...]

December 25
I thought I would take a moment to wax-poetic on this day, which this year for so many odd an conflicting reasons, has a different sort of meaning for me than ever before. But instead, I thought I would just pick a list of ten randomesque things and ask: What does everything on [...]

Mid-November arrives right on queue and I find myself in a jazz mood. I suppose this is because I’ve found myself sitting around in the bog listening to music more lately — and sitting around music tends to be, for me, some light jazz and lighter, worldly sounds. The breakdown goes something like [...]

I’ve been somewhat negligent on my gaming these days, what with all the yard work and other mini-projects consuming my time. Heck, I’m lucky if I can find an hour to sit down with a book, it seems. But I have been dabbling a little and have two recommendations:
Final Fantasy VII
I’m not going [...]

My ongoing quest to extract the pathos of my music tastes from the lingering residual sludge-time memories of the nineties continues this month with a Canadian band of whom I’ve been peppered with media and other enticements to podload and audibly ingest for the next few weeks. I wouldn’t even want to hazard a [...]

It’s the end of the month, and the last few weeks since coming back from vacation has been one of some musical experimentation. I’ve been threading the iPod with an often eclectic collection of modern sounds to keep the brain fresh and spry with tastes that are trending away from what I learned to [...]

I’ve been flushing the iPod. I’ve downloaded a half-dozen new albums in the past few weeks in an effort to re-energize my listening collection, gradually upgrading from the nineties pop-alt that has been melting my brain as of late. The plan, thus far, has been to surf the archives of iTunes for albums that [...]

Karin laughed at me about the whole Runnin’ to Vancouver thing. So I went and added another two clicks to my total. True, it’s not too far, yet. But it’s early, and for those keeping track: 9 km puts me running just out the front door, down to the Anthony Henday, and [...]

December 23
It’s that time of year again.
I generally spend a few (good) hours every December compiling my odd collection of Christmas audio for those brief moments spent distracting myself from the chaos of the holiday rush. This year, hardly any different, is yet another step forward in the holy-crap it-sure is-easy to fill-an-iPod-full [...]

Old novels fall off packed shelves.
I fell asleep while reading some old Asimov last night. I fell asleep in the big chair in the living room, wrapped in a comfortable blanket. I fell asleep while watching Spike TV after 10 cups of coffee and you’re still not here. That prelude of a delussional [...]

Apparently, if you tune into the mind-numbing Regis and Kelly Show tomorrow morning, you’ll get to see the Barenaked Ladies performing live a small assortment of holiday favourites for an international audience. I’ll be wrapping up my last morning of work before the holidays, so I’ll miss the performance. I suppose, then, it’s a [...]