Monday, July 31, 2023

Review: The New Education

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 The New Education is a critique of the current University system and an exploration of the different ways different organizations are tryi...
Friday, July 28, 2023

2023 Whistler Day 2 - Tour de Silverberg

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 We started the morning by checking in the kids early. There was more confusion --- apparently, what we were supposed to do for these multi-...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Re-Read: Odd and the Frost Giants

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 While we're on a Neil Gaiman kick, I kept my bedtime reading pace with Odd and the Frost Giants , a really short Neil Gaiman story. To ...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

2023 Whistler - Day 1

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 To be honest, I'd never even heard of Whistler, but Brad Silverberg, who owned a house in the area, was a great advocate of it, and I w...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

2023 Banff: Athabasca Glacier and Lake Moraine

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 We had a leisurely morning, with Boen and I walking over to the coffee shop to grab a breakfast that included meat pie, something that'...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Review: Logicomix

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 I picked up Logicomix from the library at $4 when I saw it in the donation rack. A comic book written by a Berkeley professor about Bertr...
Friday, July 21, 2023

2023 Banff National Park: Helen Lake

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I'd pulled the Helen Lake hike out of some list of hikes to do in the Banff area. Just the drive to the trailhead was beautiful, with u...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Re-read: Stardust

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 Since I was on a Neil Gaiman kick for bedtime reading for Boen anyway, and I don't much are about whether a book is age appropriate, I ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

2023 Banff National Park: Plain of the Six Glaciers

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 We got out of bed, packed and got out the door by 8:00am. Despite that early hour, the parking lots was already becoming full. I paid for p...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

2023 Canadian Rockies - Transition to Lake Louise

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 We woke up early --- today was the day we'd have to drive to Lake Louise, which was a 3 hour drive, but I'd also wanted to visit my...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

2023 Canadian Rockies & Whistler Index Page

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 This year, I completely failed to acquire cheap plane tickets to Europe, plus Bowen complained about having to sit on a plane for 9 hours (...
Friday, July 14, 2023

2023 Waterton Lakes - Bear's Hump

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  In the morning Boen and I went out to get breakfast at the corner coffee shop and then headed down to the marina to buy tickets for the cr...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Review: Patient Zero

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 Patient Zero is a disease by disease exposition of various common diseases, some preventable by vaccination, others now curable by drugs. ...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Waterton Lakes Day 2: Goat Lake

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  Thursday rolled around and I got an e-mail from the hiking transfer company. A few weeks before we arrived, Waterton Lakes saw an unusual ...