Our songs

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It’s funny how song associations develop and change. Sarah and I had a few songs that were special to us. And I found out that way that picking good songs to be “Our” songs is a really dumb idea… they become irreversibly tainted once you break up. After we broke up, there were a few… Read more

Retirement Vehicles

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I just remembered another anecdote from my ride to Rancho San Antonio. At the retirement town there, they had a medical centre. In the carpark out the front, every second spot was taken by a golf cart. It looked hilarious. :) I’m quite jealous… wish I had a golf cart.

Riding to San Jose (well, trying)

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So I’ve had a pretty good day, exercise wise. This morning I went the gym and worked out for an hour or so – just light stuff for the moment to ease myself into it. Then Ash and I went for a ride down towards San Jose, as traced on this map. I included a… Read more

Hockey and Gym

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So, I went to the gym this morning and signed up, all shiny and proper. Signing up just involved a blood pressure and heart rate test, to make sure I wasn’t about to die on them, and a tour of the facility. It’s pretty nice – a whole range of equipment, and a whole variety… Read more

Time Compression

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So, there’s a mini-series on SciFi at the moment called The Triangle. Sam Niel, the chick from Jag, and a few other familiar faces. Quite good, actually. The especially interesting part of it all – given the show’s about time travel and distortion, etc – is how all three parts have appeared on TV some… Read more

Hershey’s is the new Cadbury’s

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The grossly dominant brand of confectionary here is Hershey’s, of course. They’re really not that big on milk chocolate here at all – Hershey’s is not. It’s the same chocolate you get in M&Ms (which, yes, are available here, but they’re pretty expensive). While it works well in M&Ms, because it’s slightly richer, when you… Read more

Pizza Hut?

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We went to Pizza Hut tonight. I don’t know why, but I decided when leaving work today that I really wanted to have Pizza Hut. Of course, Pizza Hut here is not exactly what I’m used to… it was more or less just a sports bar, that happened to serve massively overpriced pizza – $20… Read more