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Oct 05

Taken in a vineyard outside of Bordeaux last fall.

Apr 25

[video]

Mar 26

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. 

Feb 03

merlin:

Currant Statis

Jan 18

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

Yeah - that seems necessary…

(graphic from National Post)

Jan 13

bingofuel:

Ba-da ba ba bah!

Jan 03

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…

Dec 22

Because nothing says “celebrate the birth of Christ”

- like lynching  a storm trooper.

Dec 17

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.