I've moved my blog from Livejournal to Blogspot this year. For those that wish to follow and contribute, here's the link:
http://clickspring.blogspot.com/

I'm enjoying some of the writing in peoples blogs here. Keep up the good work.
Cheers!

It was a beautiful fall here and we love to talk and think about weather, so here I am doing so with others that might not be as enthused.

In the winter of 1994/95 the ground was frozen solid on the October 15. I think that was the year we saw -50C which was new to me. Cars don't work so well then and they make noises I can't even begin describe.

This year we were still in the arms of fall at the end of November and then, like a steel door slamming shut, the cold...

One of the layer chicken cocks got donated as a snake meal tonight.

This is 640 grams of chicken going down the hatch of a snake that still unsettles me with it's size and willingness to behave without regard for my well being.



It's a terrible shot, but to pull the door away would have likely resulted in him regurgitating the effort so I left him be. I'm just happy he's got a good sized...

This was a tremendously cold run. I was surprised how much this six mile jaunt took out of me. I think the temperature was -30C and the wind chill made it feel like -43C which is maybe a bit much to venture out like this, but you only live once right? And besides, I really want to make a dent in my half marathon time and that date is coming whether I train or not.

I'm supposed to race a 5km this weekend. That should hurt.

This is what stupid looks like.
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Went into the city with a friend for film night to see Terror's Advocate. We hadn't been all winter and we both like independent film a lot. The film last night dove tailed into a Noam Chomsky book I was given as a gift recently called What We Say Goes very well. It was a story of Jacques Vergès. The film mostly consisted of interviews with him and those that knew him. It was an outstanding look at a history I had little acquaintance with. I did not even know the name Vergès and my mind was...