While in Richmond, waiting for EB at the Gateway Theatre – I paid a visit to the resident bunnies.
Bunny Time
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
A Tom Bihn Bag Perfect for Mac Air
Wow, my pals over at Tom Bihn bags just below the border from us are on the case big time (sorry, pun).
Simply put, Tom Bihn makes the best bags in the world. If you’ve never seen one or had one, you’re missing out on one of life’s major pleasures.
Today, via email, the Bihn gang let us Bihnees know that he’s already set for Steve Job’s new laptop line:
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock or are otherwise pleasantly disconnected from the mass-media, you’ve probably heard about the new Apple laptop, the MacBook Air. Macaholics as we are here at TOM BIHN, we’ve already introduced a new size of our Brain Cell laptop case designed specifically for the MacBook Air.
So all you MacAirHeads – go get ‘em. You won’t be sorry.
Tell him Bigsnit sent you. It won’t get you a discount or anything, but it’ll make Tom laugh. A few more details:
The TOM BIHN Brain Cell laptop case has gained a reputation for offering some of the best protection anyone can get for their laptop. Now the Brain Cell is available in a size specifically designed to carry the MacBook Air: Size 6X.
The Brain Cell is designed to clip securely inside a wide variety of TOM BIHN messenger bags, briefcases, and backpacks — bags including the Empire Builder, Super Ego, ID, Ego, and Zephyr.
A full list of the TOM BIHN bags that will accept the Size 6X Brain Cell and thus the MacBook Air can be found here: www.tombihn.com/page/001/CTGY/MACBOOKAIR
Old School Look at Cypress
It was foggy so I thought I’d try some vintage looks.
This tree is right at the top of the Lion’s Express chair. We watched with amusement today as a ski instructor spoke to his class of about 8 kids, all gathered round near this tree. 7 of the kids were paying rapt attention, but the 8th was facing the other way, wacking at the snow covered branches with his ski pole.
Flickr Appreciates a Good Bit of Hands On
What does Flickr.com do when it’s feeling stressed and overwhelmed.
The same thing I do.
screen grab Sat. Jan 12 at 3:45 p.m. pacific time
CBC International Sales Deal Gets Scrutiny
Back in December I blogged on an item that seemed to slip by almost unnoticed.
Today, the Globe and Mail took notice:
The CBC’s low-profile pre-Christmas sale of its taxpayer-funded international sales catalogue to a foreign buyer is drawing the ire of some of the biggest guns in Canadian television, who question why homegrown distributors weren’t invited to bid.
Even some members of the CBC board of directors privately complain they weren’t properly informed of the sale of a significant chunk of the public corporation’s international sales arm last month to Britain-based ContentFilm for an undisclosed sum.
Things get even more interesting further into the story. The UK owners of ContentFilm have since sold the company to a Canadian based firm, a firm that recently employed a high level exec at CBC.
Looks like the CBC’s new president will have a few things to stick handle.
Canucks and Islanders
My friend and colleague Loc dropped a nice little New Years gift on me and the 2 boys. 3 tickets for the Canucks.Islanders game tomorrow.
Oh yah.
You Are Here
Rock-n-Chair
Spotted along Commissioner Street on Vancouver’s waterfront.
Cypress in the Fog
We had an insane run at Cypress Mountain this morning.
I’ve boarded in foggy conditions before, but nothing like what we encountered this morning on the first run. MB and I were excited to be making first tracks again, but it became immediately obvious after we stepped off the Lions Express chair that it would be slow going.
It was totally nuts. I couldn’t see more than 2 metres in front of me, and subsequently was going dead slow. What I could see was pretty much just white on white. Goggles didn’t help, and other boarders (very few of them) loomed into sight at the last minute.
I quickly discovered that when you can’t see, your sense of balance gets totally messed up (d’oh).
I found myself sliding sideways across the hill when I thought I was going down. I wiped out a number of times on simple turns even though we were on a green run (after bailing off a blue). What if found was that I had no sense of how far I was leaning into the turn, and no proper sense of when to pull out.
Very very disconcerting, and a bit frightening. I can certainly see how people get lost and disoriented in white-outs or heavy snowfalls.
At least it’s not raining.
Looking back towards Guest Services as we walked back to the car
Homer Simpson Appears in Cheese and Tomato Sandwich
There’s a centuries old New Year tradition in our family.
For generations, Ouimet’s have celebrated the wee hours of the new year with a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich.
This year, like every other, I followed the family tradition to the letter, as handed down from Ouimet to Ouimet
In case you’re having trouble reading the scanned document:
- slice white bread, thick
- slice tomato, thin
- slice Canadian cheddar, medium
- place tomato slices on bread
- cover with sliced cheese
- grind black pepper, coarse
- grill on open fire until cheese melts
- eat and celebrate the New Year
Maybe it was just the way the light played on the cheddar, maybe my eyes were tired, I really can’t explain it. Imagine my surprise when I sat down to eat my New Year sandwich when I looked down at the plate.
Judge for yourself.
Holy Springfield ! Some kind of miracle ! What a way to start 2008 !
I probably should try to sell it on eBay.