http://bene.mrbene.net Adventures across Canada, the US, Mexico, the UK and Australia Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:03:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Three hours of Hardcore and Happy Hardcore. I'm a bit sore. The following did not happen: It was more like: Then I jogged home, 1/2 an hour, through the snow storm we had going on. Now? Comfortably recovering in my bath robe, drinking some tea (mint and other ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2008/12/14/jimni-cricket-jingle-bomb-7/ Since I'm now paying attention to this site again, I upgraded WordPress. Again. 2.7 this time, introducing a completely new UI on the management side of things. At least, it feels completely different, mainly because the default menu, instead of being along the top, has been moved ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2008/12/13/updated-wordpress/ Tonight is a clear skies night so the temperature drops. And I can see the moon. I like the moon. I hear that it may be a part of the earth, torn from the molten ball of pre-crusted Terra by a runaway nuclear reaction. Mebbe that's ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2008/12/12/full-moon/ Grocery shopping today, thinking about Terry Pratchett and his most recent offering, "Making Money". Specifically a section that discussions the conversion of a series of parallel queues into a single queue with multiple tellers sharking from the endpoint. Not that he uses those terms, and not that sharking ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2008/12/08/queuing/ 3 1/2 hours to get from work to the airport. Missed my flight, but am on a later one that isn't so circuitous. Still have myself booked on a third leg that I'm going to miss, but have confirmed that I'll be on, so that I can get ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2006/11/11/travel-time/ Finally proper rain, coming down in torrents, the sides of the roads are streams and puddles that'd go halfway to my knee if I weren't careful. The umbrellas are our in force, an almost uniform black, 'cept for one woman who's flowery parapluie looks as classy as a ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2006/11/06/raining/ Travelled around 8,000 kilometers (round trip) this past weekend, up to Whitecourt, Alberta and back. All told 33 hours of transit - including sleeping the night at the Edmonton International Airport (my story not yet posted). I got to spend 48 hours in Whitecourt itself, and spent time ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2006/07/06/operation-x/ James Taylor puts it well right now. He's where I can see getting - or actually feel at the moment. Maybe I slept through a phone call last night, maybe I wasn't called, but it feels like years that I've been waiting, and maybe she's gone. http://bene.mrbene.net/2006/06/27/one-more-time/ A number of years ago, one of my friends asked me: What is your perfect woman? The timing was right, and the response came to mind last night. I want the impossible. I want two polar opposites in one person. I want someone who is there with me, ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2006/06/27/what-i-want/ What a difference a day makes. And not always a good difference. 48 hours ago I was going to bed under the stars, looking at the milky way and reflecting on how everything was falling into place. 24 hours ago I was going to bed with my ... http://bene.mrbene.net/2006/06/27/24-hours/