Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
I new there was a reason for spending so much money at Starbucks!
Caffeine Prevents Liver Disease
DC Jeff writes “The Washington Post reports that drinking two cups of coffee or tea daily may reduce the risk of liver disease. From the article: ‘The study of nearly 10,000 people showed that those who drank more than two cups of coffee or tea per day developed chronic liver disease at half the rate of those who drank less than one cup each day.’”
Today, I was reading The Sprit of Sailing while sipping on a Starbuck’s coffee in the living room. This is a very excellent book that Scott & Mandi gave me for Christmas. It combines two favorites of mine, sailing and photography. The pictures are very powerful and moving. In this one I can just feel the boat surging through the waves and gaining speed. Makes me look forward to doing more sailing this summer. I really enjoyed this book and cherish it very much. Michael Kahn combines the inspirational sailing photography and with equally inspiring quotes from many famous writers. My first favorite is on page 60 where he quotes Mark Twain.
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream Discover.”
It may be a little early for New Years resolutions, but this describes the way I hope to live my life in the coming years. Taking more chances, trying new things, and living life to the fullest. I hope you will too. My second favorite quote in the books is by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving; to reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it – but we must sail, and not drift, not lie at anchor.”
What a powerful thought, that it’s not so much where we are right now, but that our path is set correctly and that we’re moving forward on that path regardless if it’s easy (with the wind) or more difficult (against it). Never stay at anchor, it’s hard to get anywhere that way.
On Thursday I was working out on the Bowflex and especially focusing on building up my shoulder to recover from the shoulder separtion incident while listening to the Daily Source Code with the PodFather, Adam Curry when he played “Taking a Dump at Work”. I’m well into some difficult reps and concentrating hard but I have to stop because I’m laughing so hard. So, if you don’t mind a little “toilet humour”, give it a listen.
14:18 PODSAFE – Taking a Dump at Work – Stuckey Murray (PSMN page)
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The Story of “Deep Note”For more than two decades, THX cinema and DVD trailers have been wowing audiences with state-of-the-art visuals and the famous “Deep Note” sound effect. Before launching the company in 1983, THX executives decided to leverage their wealth of creative talent and resources at Lucasfilm’s Skywalker Ranch to develop a promotional trailer. However, the company was looking for something that would be more than just another corporate logo flashing on the screen.
Oh yeah, for a good laugh, view the Simpson’s THX
With the shoulder injury from the MDH trip I never did say much about the rest of the ride. Here we are on Saturday morning and the boys are looking for a little something to do during a rest break. Well in this case it’s more like rock off, as in off the hill and down into the valey.
Good thing we were not in a national park, there could be charges for doing this kind of stuff.
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It started around 5pm yesterday, and this is what we woke up to this morning. A co-worker who was flying in from Toronto was diverted to Saskatoon and my son who has been out in his 4×4 this morning reported that several buses are stuck and blocking traffic. A good day to work from the home office
as I listen to the dull roar of the neighbor’s snow blower. I’m hoping my “snow blower” (Scott) will look after our driveway, as he’s home today. His construction job with J&D Penner seems to have come to an abrupt end with the change in weather. 
Did I day burning bush? I meant burning brush; this stuff is definitely getting consumed. On a rare November trip to the lake where the weather was great with temperatures at +10 and no snow, we observed the annual brush burning event. A neighbor organized the burning pile through the year and several local cottagers contributing to the pile. This year we both participated in contributing to the pile and observing the burn. We’ve heard rumors that there is a big road party in conjunction with this activity but we were heading back into the city before there was any sign of a party but they had another couple of hours of active burning ahead. The wind was light but not from the best direction, I hope they kept everything under control. In years past we’d just see the charred remains in the spring and were none the wiser. Now we know how it happens.
On October 21, 2005, Eric turned 23 and something magical happened, he became a Princess (according to Scott). We had a great time around a Saturday brunch celebrating Eric’s birthday with Dez, Scott, Mandi & Shirley. However, apparently I need to work on my waffel making skills. First there was the over filling, then the sticking and then they were too crisp. Everyone ate them anyway and survived.
Happy Birthday son, we love you very much and are so very proud of you. You are a blessing in our life and the lives of many.
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Today, I was back on the bike for the usual spin out to Assiniboine Park and back for a distance of 35km. This would be fairly normal, if it we’re not for the crash on the Maah Daah Hey Trail on October 2, a mere 14 days ago, which resulted in a 3rd degree AC shoulder separation.
This first ride after the crash was far less that stellar and no where near as fast as my normal ride. I was favoring and protecting the left arm and watching out for every bump and crack in the road and of course there was no curb jumping or anything exciting at all. Just a nice first safe ride. The crash on the MDH was on Sunday about 40 minutes into the days ride. I was crusing down an nice straight downhill section that seemed quite ordinary until there was a large dropout in the track and I had too much weight forward which caused a crazy shock bottoming jar, tossing me out of the track. This would not normally be too bad as I could have typically re-gained control, slowed up a bit and dropped back into the track. But, before this could happen there was this large rock in the way, that I just couldn’t seem to steer around. Well as best as I can figure, the bike hit the rock and I flew over the bars one way an the bike departed in a separate direction. There was no bouncing, no rolling, just a sudden stop from about 25/kmh on my left shoulder.
For the first few minutes, I just layed there and did some pretty serious praying. After a while, I was able to sit up and the arm hurt quite a bit. I was sure that the forks on the bike would be trashed or the front wheel would be taco’d, but to my surprise the bike seemed fine, certainly alot better that I was. The rest of the guys were up ahead so I got back on the bike and rode down the rest of the hill and over to Scott & Eric. By this time I was feeling a little dizzy and decided to start back to the hotel. I’m about 8km from the hotel and as I start moving I realize this will be a very long walk. After walking up the hill past the scene of the crash, I decide to ride the rest of the way as it’s almost all down hill from here. Slowly and carefully I pick my way down the trail, onto the road and back to the the hotel. After a shower it’s into the car for the 9hr drive home. The next day is at the doctor’s to get the verdict. Oh well, stuff happens and this now marks my most serious bodily injury to date. It was worth it for a couple of days riding with the guys. I’m looking forward to MDH VI.
