Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
From a Starbucks in Grand Forks.
We checked out a cool Swedish design furniture store across from the HoDo and then headed off to the Fargo Air Museum. Then it was off to Schells, a totally awesome sporting goods store and a stop at Cold Stone Creamery for a treat for the road as we drive back to Grand Forks for, you guessed it, more shopping!
More pictures of planes & Schells. Wakeboards for Dez?
More detail later, we’ve got to hit the road.
The temperatures are on the rise and the snow is melting fast and I saw a sure sign that Spring has arrived on Friday. No, it wasn’t a robin, it was a guy on a motorcycle, and at 6C it still makes for a very “cool” ride. I can remember riding my motorcycle late in the fall to put it away at my parents for the winter in those temperatures. Definitely cool if you’re not dressed properly for it.
Saturday was a busy day with an afternoon wedding that was very nice, and then we went to see the Cannes Lions winners in the film category at the Art Gallery. The Film Lions are awarded to the best commercials of the year. A lot of the commercials were uproariously funny, some quite poignant and a few quite tasteless, but overall it’s a great show. This is one of the Gold winners.
Lots of laugh out loud stuff and quite a few “how did they do that?” moments. Perhaps a few “Why did they do that?” moments as well. Like what’s with the frog jumping out of the drain pipe on the Sony commercial?
This afternoon there was another spring time first. The boys were over for lunch and we all went for a bike ride afterwards. No motors, just leg power. It was a bit wet and generally we took it at a pretty easy pace. Well, except for when Scott went flying by me a couple of times, and then the chase was on! We went 26.4km at an average speed of 19.5km/hr, a decent pace for the first time out considering we stopped a couple of times and slowed down to look at some houses on South Drive. We discovered that my rear tire throws the most water, and I got the wettest, which was surprising since I had a fender and Eric didn’t. Later we figured out that perhaps I had it set too low. I’ll check it out on the next wet ride. I was a good time riding with Scott and Eric.
Podcasting gets little respect from traditional media. To them we’re little more than a joke, than amateurs. What they don’t understand is that podcasting is more than just a delivery mechanism – it’s a social movement. People are growing sick of the watered-down, cookie-cutter content that networks and record companies expect us to enjoy. We want and deserve more. Big corporate media derives its power by having the
resources to mass market their product in a unified effort, which is why they think they’re better than us. On March 22, 2007, we’re going to give you a chance to change that.
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Who knew? I was browsing the iTunes store and came across The Ultimate Yes – 35th Anniversary collection with this song!
Today I raced in the ninth annual Icebike race held in Winnipeg at The Forks. It had been postponed a couple of weeks due to the brutal cold, but went ahead today with only -16C and moderate wind.
I wasn’t really sure about doing it this year but yesterday I registered and after church Shirley & I headed down to The Forks. There were some familiar faces at the race, but not as many as in previous years. Apparently there were 50 pre-registered and it’s been as high as 197.
The course was quite forgiving this year, a combination of long hardpack snow covered paths, some pavement (rare) and lots of sections of loose snow. Thankfully there was no riding on the glare ice skating paths as in previous years. The hardest part was along the river bank on the St. Boniface hospital side where the track was sloped across the direction of travel and had lots of loose snow, especially on the first lap. By the second lap the traffic had cleared the high side of the trail and if you rode straight and steady you could avoid being pulled into the deep loose snow.
I rode to work all summer 2-3 times a week, but since the snow came, I’ve only been out once prior to today, so I wasn’t exactly in top riding shape. But, I achieved my goal by completing the 20km Abominable course and not being last. Not to bad for a guy my age competing with a mostly under 30 crowd. Scott took some photos, so there should be pictures later.
Update (2007/02/19): While at the Icebike the group was introduced to Rune the Viking biker. This guy is cycling around the world and has started in Bolivia, crossed the USA, into Northern BC and was in Winnipeg last weekend. This years race results are not posted yet, so I’ll update that later. Flickr seems to be down right now, so I’ll also update with a link to more Icebike photos courtesy of s2photo
Hope in the Bible is confidence about what will happen coupled with ignorance about its timing.
That’s right, last night we had a great teaching about God’s plan for sex from Pastor John Burns entitled “What Teens need to know about Sex for Parents”. We heard a few words that you generally don’t hear in church, but it was all good.
Wondering where this is going? We’ll I’m not to sure, but as things would have it I’ve been listening to some podcasts from lifechurch.tv of messages by Craig Groesch and enjoying the Urban Legend series (subscribe on iTunes). I thought I’d check out their web site a bit and had a look at their webcast of a message on, you guessed it, sex!
Again a great message well worth watching, not to mention an impressive web presence and great video work.
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Geee, I just bought an iPod, I wonder how long this will take to make it to Canada?
New York may ban iPods while crossing street – washingtonpost.com
New York may ban iPods while crossing street Reuters Wednesday, February 7, 2007; 11:53 AM NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Yorkers who blithely cross the street listening to an iPod or talking on a cell phone could soon face a $100 fine.
Just last night I went for an hour long walk, at -25C, while my earmuffs were plugged into an iPod and I crossed several streets. I guess I can understand this concept as I’ve found that even at low volumes, you are quite distracted by the voices directly in your ear. I also find that it’s quite different that listening to the radio in the car, much more distracting.
Perhaps they should enforce this in all public places. Just look around while you’re walking in the mall. Almost everyone seems to have something plugged into their ears or be talking on a cell phone. At least the collisions are at a much lower speed.
I’d had this podcast on my iPod for some time and I just listened to it last Thursday. I was quite impresses with Mr Abagnale’s story and even more impressed with his life after being caught. He had some profound things to say about life and his values. Just last night the movie was replaying on TV and it was interesting to watch it again after learning some of the truths about the story.
Well worth a listen.
» Flying Pilot Podcast #17 Catch Frank Abagnale If You Can!
As pilots, we have probably all heard of Mr Frank W. Abagnale, whose life inspired the hit movie and book, Catch Me If You Can. I had the opportunity to meet him on one of my flights. To our good fortune, he graciously agreed to talk to the Flying Pilot Podcast listeners. So, in this episode we hear a speech given by Mr. Abagnale about his life, and then I ask him a few questions in a short interview over Skype about his earlier years, and about what he is doing now. We also talk about some things that pilots should do to help secure themselves from identy theft.
