God's Art

as seen from this bench in Fish Creek Park.


I know nothing about Doris Flynn, other than what is on this bench. I love the fact that this simple dedication speaks of hospitality, rest and God as artist. I wish I'd had the chance to meet Doris.

- Peace

Sky Over 3400 KM

Biked 40 km today, passed the 3400 KM mark in while in east Fish Creek Park. It' going to get cold this week, but I'm going to try to keep at it.

- Peace

Cab Turning at 3300 KM

Passed 3300 KM last night, in the snow and the ice.

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Solitude Together

Solitude Together a great term coined by Lisa

After walking for 3 hours with someone I have met twice before, I can feel more kinship than with many people that I have worked beside or gone to church with for years.
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However we do it, I think it's essential to build more solitude together into our lives.

- Peace

Elbow Blur at 3200 KM

Hit 3200 KM on the ride home last night.

Overhead at the Office

Overhead at the Office is quite funny. I really should blog some of the random things I hear as I bike around town.

Woman to man in Fish Creek Park: Yeah I could deal with it that way, but then I'd be accused of being a slut.

- Peace

Path in Shadow at 3100 KM

Hit the 3100 KM Mark yesterday. This is on the north side of west Fish Creek Park as the sun was setting. Nine pictures to go :)

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Portal

Played Portal on the weekend and finished yesterday. The video gives you a bit of an idea what it is about and it won't. It will capture the puzzle aspect of game but I don't think it captures the creepy humor. The game is narrated by an AI with emotional issues. It's done brilliantly. Funniest AI since Marvin the Paranoid Robot. So play for the unique puzzles and stay for the final AI swan song.

- Peace

Driving With Miss Melissa

As previously mentioned I got to ride with Miss Melissa in her new 1999 VW Beetle. After Xalt I set up my Pentax K10d in the car with the trip pod and took pictues as Melissa drove me back home. Shooting in multi frame mode, I filled my 2 Gig card. Flipping through the shots made me think of doing a movie, turns out Picassa can take a set of pictures and generate a movie. I then used Windows Movie Maker to add music and credits. Enjoy.

Part of my personal joy in doing is that it reminded me of the Wizzard of Space and Time from 1983.

- Peace

The City of Words

The 2007 Massey Lectures will be broadcast this week on CBC's Ideas. I've enjoyed the Massey Lectures in the past, when I've caught them, but this year's description caught my attention.

The end of ethnic nationalism, building societies around sets of common values, seems like a good idea. But something is going wrong. In the 2007 Massey Lectures, writer Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at some of the problems we face, and suggests we should look at what stories have to teach us about society. “How do stories help us perceive ourselves and others?” he asks. “How can stories lend a whole society an identity...?” From Gilgamesh to the Bible, from Don Quixote to The Fast Runner, Alberto Manguel explores how books and stories hold the secret keys to what binds us together.

Emphasis is mine.

- Peace

VW Melissa

Melissa came by with her new car last weekend, gave me ride and let me take some pics :)

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School at 3000 KM

My homework, 1000 KM by the end of the year.

- Peace