We had KaptainK, JJ, and Digger, plus JennV and Duke over for dinner recently. Duke is Jenn’s new puppy. He’s very soft, fuzzy, furry and cute! Welcome to the pack Duke!
Duke Dinner
Revved Shivering
Last weekend Suede and I visited my mom in Nanaimo. Yoshi was pretty revved up and looking for some exercise so we took a quick trip up to Qualicum Beach to let him run around. And run he did! He had a great time romping on the beach, splashing in the water, and chasing after sticks.
The rest of us did our best to avoid the wet hound, and stay warm. It was a little windy out, and that made it a little chilly right on the water. Yoshi kept playing until he was shivering he was so cold.
After getting back to the car, we towelled down Yoshi, packed him in the car, and headed back to my moms. Yoshi was pretty knackered after that run.
Block Efficient
Tonight I implemented a new block of functionality for muddylaces. Much like coreman.com I now have a block that will provide a link to previous years posts for this day. This will only be shown when there is a post to be displayed. It was a fun little exercise. My implementation isn’t the most efficient, but it works for now. If I had a lot more traffic, I would have to change things a little.
Like Nuisance
I, like many people I know, have fallen to illness. Yeuck. I feel gross, tired, and congested (a little). It is never fun being sick. Luckily I have Yoshi to keep me company. Too bad he is usually a nuisance. Crazy dog. Blech.
And I have to go out tonight too.
Homegrown Navigation
I put back my half-broken homegrown theme. The fancy one just wasn’t me. That and I could not get used to the navigation being on the right. I much prefer it on the right.
Friday Bounces
Just got back from Friday night volleyball. I hadn’t played in a quite a while before joining this league, so I had forgotten just how much fun it really is. We play in a rec league so most of the people are just there to have some fun. Of course there are a few different pools, and each week teams move up and down between pools, so sometime we are matched against a team that really doesn’t want to be playing at our level. Oh well, c’est la vie, and thats the wal the volleyball bounces.
Still tonight was good. In our first match I got a couple of really good blocks which always makes one feel good. I guess overall I played pretty well. Beside the blocks I had a couple good spikes/hits, and more than a few good digs.
One that stands out was really quite funny. There was one hit by our team, but the ball went the wrong direction. I took off after it, managed to get a hit in and sent the ball in towards the net. As I was trying to slow down, I started to lose my balance. Problem was I was running out of gym to run in. I managed to make it through a doorway, stopped, then ran back into the gym and rejoined the game still in progress. 🙂 Good times.
Time for a shower, then time for bed.
Chilly Railing
Meeting at 10 am at the top of a mountain seemed like a good idea when I sent the email. It still seemed like a good idea when I got up this morning. I stopped being a good idea when I jumped out of my truck. It was chilly and windy at the top of Mt Tolmie, but the sun was out, and the sky was blue. Overall it was a nice day.
It took me a bit to get into taking pictures, and once my hands went numb it was all the more difficult. In the end though, I am pretty happy with my shots. I found a fly on a railing that captured my interest for a while. Then I started noticing the railing itself.
Flowers, trees, sky, flies. The makings of a good photo shoot.
Automatic Mistakes
Don’t mess with someone if it works. I try to take that to heart.
This morning Suede and I entered our usual $starbucks for our Friday drinks. After ordering I noticed they had gotten a new espresso machine. It is one of the automatic machines that all the Barista needs to do is add beans to the top. The machine, grinds them, tamps them, then makes the espresso shot. The old machine the Barista measured out the epresso, tamped it themselves, then extracted the shot. More labour intensive for sure, and more prone to mistakes. I can see why they went to the new machine.
Unfortunately for me the Americano’s from these machines taste nothing like the ones from the labour intensive machines. The flavours are more watered down, and the drink isn’t as hot.
To top it off, Suede just MSN’d me to mention that the muffins we get from our usual Friday morning breakfast spot are not the ones we ordered. We asked for Raspberry, and we received Cranberry. Bad start to our Friday.
Approached Incredulously
Last Saturday when I drove Suede to the airport, I experienced yet another instance of moronic driving. To be fair, it was an older gentleman driving, but still, his inattentiveness could have killed someone.
It was still early, and very dark out. As I approached the airport, the speed zone on the highway was 90 km/h. Of course I was doing something close to that, but I was in the left lane since the left turn lane was opening soon. As I was nearing the left turn lane, said gentleman moves over from the right lane to the left lane. No big deal, he was doing 80 km/h (maybe a bit less). I figured he was also going to the airport.
As I was slowing, the left turn lane opened, and I moved over into it. I expected the other driver to do the same. I was wrong. Halfway down the left turn lane (now that the lane marker line was solid) he puts his left turn signal on. Again I figured he would move over, and again I was wrong. As we approached the left run lane’s stop line, he hadn’t moved over. I left plenty of room in front of me so he could get over, but this guy stopped dead on the highway! Incredulously I watched this guy in the left lane of the highway, with his lef turn blinker on. If anyone came up on him at 90 km/h they wouldn’t have much time to change lanes or stop. I honked a few times, but there was no recognition. I honked longer, and he made a half hearted attempt a changing lanes. Now he was half inthe left turn lane, half on the highway.
Suede suggested I just move up to the sensor and trip the left turn light. As I crept forward, the guy also moved over a little more. Thankfully the left turn signal went green before anything bad could happen. I did everything I could to indicate to the other guy that they were wrong. Thankfully it was very early on a Saturday morning, and not many people were out driving yet. It could have been a very messy situation.
Suede Ticket
Yay, Suede comes home tonight. As much as I (and out pets) missed her, I am glad she went away. It is too easy to take things for granted when they are always around. Having Suede gone for a week just drove home to me how much a part of me she is, and how much she completes my life. I am looking forward to seeing her tonight. Between now and 8:30 I have a few things to do. Dinner and a shower are only two of them. I think I will start with … watching TV a little. Yeah, thats the ticket 😉
