Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
I was just checking up on the four Travel Bugs that I’ve released into the wild since I started Geocaching. Regrettably, three of the four have been lost, or in Geocaching terms the cache has been muggled. Kiwi Kritter is the only survivor, but what a world traveler he’s become. After leaving Winnipeg, he criss Read More …
Bench Shadow Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. I was just playing around with the ability to send a photo from the cell phone to flickr and then have it post a blog entry. Well, it sort of works. The photo shows up just fine, but my phone doesn’t allow a subject while sending the photo Read More …
As an IBMer I’ve become involved in the greaterIBM business social network for alumni and current IBMers and their work in using SL to build the community. I attended my first meeting in SL in the IBM Almaden Island and found the experience to be quite enjoyable and fascinating. A while back greaterIBM hosted a Read More …
Sanding the front room Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Things are really moving along on Eric & Dez’s house renovation project. Lots of drywall finishing and painting happened during the week. This weekend I finished all of the wiring with the exception of some ceiling lights and some outlets etc. in the basement that are Read More …
This summer I rode by bicycle to work 2-3 times a week when I went into the office downtown. With the colder and snowier weather and being a bit lazy for some reason I’ve reverted to taking the van and driving to work. However, the last could of days I’ve found the traffic just totally Read More …
I’ve lost some weight over the last 10 months. Around 30lbs to be a little more specific. For quite some time only close family noticed or perhaps they were the only ones who said anything. But towards the end most people have noticed and said something. Generally. it’s been positive and I feel great about Read More …
Saw by s2photography Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. This weekend the renovations focused mainly on the basement. During the week Eric & Dez finished the upstairs drywall and started mudding the walls. Currently there are a couple of coats in most areas and sanding should start during the week. On the weekend about 3/4 of Read More …
Bathroom Wiring Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. This afternoon, after church, I was helping Dez and Eric with their house renovations. Today, I was the electrician. We wired up a bathroom ceiling fan, replaced a bunch of wire, re-routes lights to different switches and roughed in the bathroom light fixture and a GFI outlet. Len, Read More …
Kitchen with some new drywallOriginally uploaded by Big Dadoo. Today,I send a good portion of the day with Eric and Doug at Eric’s new house doing renovations. He’s only two weeks into the project and major work has taken place. I was the drywall guy today and did the inside of the new front room Read More …
Well, this is the weekend where I should be in North Dakota on the Maah Daah Hey trail biking with the boys. But, it’s not happening. We had a great run for 5 years of making the annual trips with a bunch of guys for some great mountain bike riding. The trips were always fun, Read More …