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Transit Adventure Du Jour

Mon, 2017/02/06 - 11:46pm

It started snowing a little before 4:00. I left work at UBC at 5:00 and walked to the diesel-bus loop. It was already a tragic shit-show. One articulated bus as stuck at one end of the loop. There were multiple "transit supervisor" vehicles, but no actual supervision and a lot of chaos. I walked over to Bay 1a for the 480 and there were already enough people to fill an articulated bus waiting in line. I waited for a bit and watching what was going on with the other buses. A 43, a 49 and 41 went by, all stuffed past the red line.


Special Deal at Shannon Mews, Half the Space for Twice the Money!

Mon, 2017/01/23 - 11:19am

Going by controversial Shannon Mews (the complex at 57th Ave where they moved the previously convenient Marpole post office to, see http://www.mbarrick.com/blog/160805/gothic-bc-49-going-dead-episode-3 ) this morning on the way to work I noticed they had at least half a dozen "Now Renting" signs spaced along the Granville side of the development.


I just rode my 45lb bike to the literal asshole of Vancouver and (mostly) back—the furthest I've ridden a bike in over 30 years.

Sat, 2017/01/21 - 3:53pm

270 K this morning. Overnight lows in the low 260's.

Tue, 2017/01/03 - 8:09am

Freak not-raining and not-freezing at the same time weather = first bike ride in a month. Can I get the video done today? Probably not, but at least I'll have one more up before New Year's.

Sat, 2016/12/24 - 1:19pm

[Gothic BC] Yule Log Lady

Fri, 2016/12/23 - 1:08am

http://www.gothic.bc.ca/loglady

Press F11 to go full-screen to really enjoy.


In hindsight, I could have walked from 70th to 41st on Granville faster than it took the bus this morning.

Mon, 2016/12/19 - 10:57am

One in a Million

Tue, 2016/12/13 - 4:25pm

In Classical times, being "one in a million" at something meant having about 170 peers in that field, spread out all over a world that took months or years to traverse such that the chances of directly interacting or competing with one was next to none. Even by the Renaissance, when "one in a million" meant about 500 peers, it remains remarkable that, for example Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo interacted and had a direct rivalry.


Social(media) Faux Pas

Sun, 2016/12/11 - 1:22pm

No one noticed when I quit LinkedIn months ago. But everyone lost their minds Friday when I purged my Facebook account. No one seemed to notice that no one was unfriended from any other social media site I am active on... Pinterest, Instragram, G+, YouTube, Ello, etc. and no one was removed from any of the Facebook groups and pages where I am an admin. I still have the same e-mail addresses I've had for decades. I still have the same phone number I've had for 14 years, which, incidentally is listed and my name is not a secret.

*sigh*


I Need Feminism Because:

Sat, 2016/12/10 - 1:30pm

#ineedfeminismbecause I have emotions. I should not be called "a 12-year old", "weak", "a fag" or "pathetic" whenever I have an emotional reaction that is not anger, and treated like a monster if I do get angry, even though I haven't actually struck anyone in anger since I was ten years old.


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