Category: Stupid human tricks
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Exit stage left
Well I’ve started my exit procedure for the Arab games… So far I’m a little freaked, not that I’m leaving, but that they’ve taken all forms of identification that I can use to be recognized as a US citizen… I have no ID card and no passport in hand; since rule #1 when traveling internationally…
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An epic story
There’s something about this season that feels a little more epic than last. I started snowboarding last season and after an epic first season of riding at Cypress, Grouse, and Whistler, I hung up the board at the end of the season thinking I wasn’t going to get the time this year. So far I’ve…
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Happy Fourth of Something
Celebrating our independence as a country by buying illegal fireworks from natives. The natives buy them from the Chinese, which as of last check are still communists. Way to go America!
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Quoted words from the late George Carlin
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge, but…
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Mountain vs. Shoulder, Mountain wins…
I was helping another function deliver some materials to a remote location on the mountain this morning and wouldn’t you know it, I fell and stuff my shoulder. Naturally it’s the right shoulder, which of course is the one I seem to have an affinity for injuring the most. Probably because I’m right handed and…
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The plank of wood
After doing a bit of snowboarding on Sunday I made the decision to buy my own gear. I was tired of the smell of rental gear and the quality while good, is not all that great. I think the best way to describe the rental board (now that I have my own) is like racing…
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Snowboarding round 2
Not sure about this holiday… It’s feeling a little forced this year, as in I’m forcing myself to be happy, even though I’m not really feeling it. Oh well, I’ll make nice and go through the motions for everyone else, but it might be difficult. On the plus side I went snowboarding for the second…
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Protesters?
In a move that doesn’t surprise me, protesters are going after the games. In all honesty there are some valid reasons to protest, and some not so valid reasons. For instance, the homeless have a good point. The games are going to displace them, but it’s common for a city to do something like that…
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Halloween!
In epic fashion I celebrated Halloween with a bunch of Aussies and a few Americans. The party was excellent; I went as Sir Drinks A Lot, a costume that H made for me last year. It’s a group costume and didn’t make a whole lot of sense to some people, but it worked and I…
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I’ve been driving a forklift and doing bad things with it all week…