Taken in a vineyard outside of Bordeaux last fall.

Taken in a vineyard outside of Bordeaux last fall.

  1. Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i
  2. Aperture: f/5.6
  3. Exposure: 1/60th
  4. Focal Length: 55mm
  1. Date Posted Icon 5th October 2011
Le Petit chèvre de Micah In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests - some petits chèvres…baby goats. Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this - but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I don’t know how exactly one does this - as I don’t seem to recall cheese-making being part of my curriculum when I was growing up in Saskatchewan. This week someone brought in 3 baby goats. Micah said they played with them, and fed them grass, and pet them, and fed them milk from a bottle because they ‘were REALLY REALLY thirsty.” Le Petit chèvre de Micah In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests - some petits chèvres…baby goats. Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this - but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I don’t know how exactly one does this - as I don’t seem to recall cheese-making being part of my curriculum when I was growing up in Saskatchewan. This week someone brought in 3 baby goats. Micah said they played with them, and fed them grass, and pet them, and fed them milk from a bottle because they ‘were REALLY REALLY thirsty.” Le Petit chèvre de Micah In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests - some petits chèvres…baby goats. Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this - but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I don’t know how exactly one does this - as I don’t seem to recall cheese-making being part of my curriculum when I was growing up in Saskatchewan. This week someone brought in 3 baby goats. Micah said they played with them, and fed them grass, and pet them, and fed them milk from a bottle because they ‘were REALLY REALLY thirsty.” Le Petit chèvre de Micah In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests - some petits chèvres…baby goats. Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this - but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I don’t know how exactly one does this - as I don’t seem to recall cheese-making being part of my curriculum when I was growing up in Saskatchewan. This week someone brought in 3 baby goats. Micah said they played with them, and fed them grass, and pet them, and fed them milk from a bottle because they ‘were REALLY REALLY thirsty.” Le Petit chèvre de Micah In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests - some petits chèvres…baby goats. Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this - but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I don’t know how exactly one does this - as I don’t seem to recall cheese-making being part of my curriculum when I was growing up in Saskatchewan. This week someone brought in 3 baby goats. Micah said they played with them, and fed them grass, and pet them, and fed them milk from a bottle because they ‘were REALLY REALLY thirsty.” Le Petit chèvre de Micah In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests - some petits chèvres…baby goats. Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this - but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I don’t know how exactly one does this - as I don’t seem to recall cheese-making being part of my curriculum when I was growing up in Saskatchewan. This week someone brought in 3 baby goats. Micah said they played with them, and fed them grass, and pet them, and fed them milk from a bottle because they ‘were REALLY REALLY thirsty.”

Le Petit chèvre de Micah

In school this week Micah’s class had some special guests - some petits chèvres…baby goats.

Last week his class made goat cheese (also confusingly referred to as “chèvre”) at school.  We asked him how exactly they did this - but the response seemed a bit suspicious (hint: it included cinnamon).  I don’t know how exactly one does this - as I don’t seem to recall cheese-making being part of my curriculum when I was growing up in Saskatchewan.

This week someone brought in 3 baby goats. Micah said they played with them, and fed them grass, and pet them, and fed them milk from a bottle because they ‘were REALLY REALLY thirsty.”

  1. Date Posted Icon 25th April 2011
Tis True, Tis True.

For those who have not yet heard..we do have some very exciting news…We are in fact expecting. Yes - that’s not some tricky code for something else…Susan is pregnant

The little one is due mid-September (this would be a good time to NOT remind Susan about 35 degree days in July and Aug here)

We told the kids last weekend and they are pretty excited.

Lots of questions - from where is the baby going to sleep (hmm…good point actually), to names.

Matea suggested Hope Joy  if it’s a girl  - and in an unrelated conversation Micah suggested Zach Pope  if it’s a boy.  Zach - after his stuffed animal - which is named after cousin Joy’s dog - and when I said “what?” he just replied: “Pope! You know - like in Rome” mmmmkay.

Strange that it looks like we’ll have two kids born at the same hospital in Grenoble - and two in the same hospital in Edmonton. 

  1. Date Posted Icon 26th March 2011
merlin: Currant Statis

merlin:

Currant Statis

  1. Date Posted Icon 3rd February 2011
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Yeah - that sounds interesting

Some of the research that I’ve been doing for a prof has been focused on the visibility of the publications that faculty members do - and as a result I’ve seen the titles of a LOT of academic papers.  

Here are some of the articles that have shown up on Google scholar searches -  that to me seemed like topics that I’m not sure I would dedicate a good chunk of my working life over the years that are typically required for an academic paper.

  • Assessing the impact of elevated O3 and CO2 on gas exchange characteristics of differently K supplied clonal Norway spruce trees during exposure and the following season
  • Varietal influences on the Quality of Apple Sauce Blends
  • Demand for Olive Oil in German Restaurants 
  • Crack Cocaine Smoking and Oral Sores in Three Inner-City Neighborhoods
  • Lessening the Impact of a Puma Attack on a Human
  • The value chain of Alpaca fibre in Peru, an economic analysis
  • An analysis on the contingencies for making casks available for use during the early years of Federal Waste Management System operations
  • Maintaining Parakeet Auklets, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens: Hand-rearing Protocol with development and behavioural observations
  • “ Alps Piled on Alps“-the Romantic Sublime and the Keyword Search Function in Chadwyck-Healey’s English Poetry
  • A predictive evaluation of the Dallas sign ordinance, on cognitive, affective and behavioral dimensions.
  • The use of Mollusk shell for Ecological and Cultural Reconstruction
  • Evaluation of free-choice feedstuffs preferences by pigs
  • Investigation on Physique of Farmers in the Process of City Building in Ningbo City
  1. Date Posted Icon 18th January 2011
Yeah - that seems necessary… (graphic from National Post)

Yeah - that seems necessary…

(graphic from National Post)

  1. Date Posted Icon 18th January 2011
bingofuel: Ba-da ba ba bah!

bingofuel:

Ba-da ba ba bah!

  1. Date Posted Icon 13th January 2011
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January 2, 2011: the day I didn't have a heart attack

wattsinfrance:

Yesterday morning at about 6:30 I woke up with pretty bad pain in my chest; left-hand side. It was so bad that I basically lunged forward to sit up, as almost a reflex -and it got worse. It was then I realized that my chest was so tight and there was so much pain that I really couldn’t move - so I…

  1. Date Posted Icon 3rd January 2011
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Because nothing says “celebrate the birth of Christ” - like lynching  a storm trooper.

Because nothing says “celebrate the birth of Christ”

- like lynching  a storm trooper.

  1. Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i
  2. Aperture: f/4.5
  3. Exposure: 1/60th
  4. Focal Length: 35mm
  1. Date Posted Icon 22nd December 2010
My Home Office It may only be a small IKEA desk with an uncomfortable chair, in corner of the open space that doubles as the kids play area - but it’s hard to argue with the view.

My Home Office

It may only be a small IKEA desk with an uncomfortable chair, in corner of the open space that doubles as the kids play area - but it’s hard to argue with the view.

  1. Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i
  2. Aperture: f/9
  3. Exposure: 1/200th
  4. Focal Length: 18mm
  1. Date Posted Icon 17th December 2010