On Friday, February 6th, my blog saw 289 visitors, including 105 from Israel and two from the Turks & Caicos Islands.
It was a Parade of Nations at Squaremeat.com. Let’s entertain my delusion for a second and imagine all these athletes returning to their lodgings in Olympic Village to spend the evening perusing my 2020 review on the documentary, American Factory.
Pardon my skepticism.
Continue reading “Ego-driven analytics.”Last Friday, I did a 7.5km road run. Saturday was project day: I continued working on my cross stitch project and started sewing an oven mitt. Sunday, I did a 73km ride outside (average temperature 4°C/39°F). Yesterday, I finished the oven mitt and then ran up a mountain (9.5km). This morning, I raced in virtual France with the RIOT ladies (31km).
My crowning achievement over the past few days, however, was mailing my AFI card application. The only envelopes I had on hand were cutesy stationery envelopes featuring cartoon cats navigating a tiny pirate ship, or neon yellow card envelopes, both of which were too small for my needs. I stopped by a Canada Post outlet to pick up the proper #10 envelopes and noticed they offered ones with built-in postage. After I’d paid for those, I ripped off the plastic wrapper and wrote my address on the upper left corner of one of the envelopes. As I unfolded my application to find the mailing address, I discovered that the destination was a mere ten-minute walk from where I was.
Oh boy.
Perhaps that’ll count as bonus proof of my disability.
Continue reading “Roule ma poule. Or not.”
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