http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings ... a small town boy from Kenora talks about life Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:09:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had one of our garage door springs blow on Friday so we weren't able to park the car inside our house.  I called OnTrack to come fix it and wanted it fixed relatively quickly, so the came on Saturday and billed me a bunch of money for the mechanism ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/25/star-crossd-metal-love/ Karen and I (after becoming a Brit) managed to get together and spend some short time with a long lost friend, Dale Wells (yes he's on facebook) with whom we did improv oh so long ago.  Karen said when Dale moved to the T that he would vanish to us living the ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/23/rosalyn-be-ist-thee/ Today I was sworn in as a citizen of the UK.  It all started in earnest back in November and 5 months to the day, it was wrapped up (slightly off their time estimate, but still not bad).  Karen and I filed into a room in Toronto at the consulate ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/23/allo-guvner/ A bunch of us went to see Just for Laughs at CITS tonight.  It was pretty funny, although there was some definite politically incorrect humour there (referencing KW and Hitler).  Overall, some funny stuff, but inconsistent.  I'd like to go see JFL in Montreal some time I think. http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/19/just-for-laughs/ Went to our Tally office for the first time in a while.  Good visit in general, was there with Jim and Peter.  Scared Jim in the car as Pete was driving.  Overall good talks with both Dev and CS -- I think there is some good cooperation potential there. http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/17/visiting-tally/ Decided to go for a run today -- that was sort of a mistake.  I was doing fairly well and wanted to go quite a way (apparently 12K, didn't realize that when I started), but I was doing my usual stupid stuff, jumping off here and there (and not wearing ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/15/12k-walkrun-a-mistake/ There was a hilarious SNL short on tonight (really, the few good ones have really helped bring innovation back to SNL) -- it was something I think that was based on the season ender of the OC and it was totally absurd and had guns in it (which means I ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/15/snl-short/ Had my group meeting in Ottawa this time around to be a bit different (and since 3 of the folks are in or close to Ottawa anyway, it saves money).  Lots of fun talk about cost of work (for example, spending $36K on authoring a document) and plans for how ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/12/ottawa-meetings/ Hope people had a better Easter than this.  Ate SO much turkey...  ugh, much turkey coma. http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/08/easter/ Yay!  K and I went out on a date tonight -- found a good Mexican restaurant (the Mayan Grill) in Cambridge which was nice (we sorely lack Mexican food in Waterloo).  Then went to see Blades of Glory which was quite funny -- I love the double hotdog scene, it ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/07/mexican-date/ Had lunch with Storm and Cassidy today at CiaH where I finally got to hear what made them focus on something other than CIGI.  I haven't been great at keeping up with all the flurry of activities from their side and totally should since there's a lot to be said for ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/05/something-on/ So, went and visited CIGI today (centre of international governance innovation) to meet with some folks and talk about what they have done.  The funny thing is that they are all friends of mine (or at least the main ones), so it was mostly a waste of time for myself ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/03/visiting-cigi/ Today was the day I sat down at got my hair cut.  After 9 years of having long hair, I'm fulfilling an obligation ("I'll get my hair cut when you make me a VP!") that I made off the cuff about 7 years ago, never thinking I'd have to make ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/04/02/haircut-for-charity/ So today for work, we had someone in to help us understand our products whom formerly used to work with us.  Lots of good information, however, one of the things that I was surprised at (and this is me saying this), is how unfocused and arrogant the person was.  Jumping ... http://www.nickandkaren.com/nick/ramblings/2007/03/30/unfocusedness-and-me/