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Aaron Gladders
West coast tech hippie with a sprinkle of business
Archives for the month of: January, 2008

Paris in January

January 17, 08 //
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My first time in Paris and here’s the coles notes:

-it’s much like Vancouver, but a little warmer
-there hasn’t been as much dog doo-doo as people warned me
-the french version of subway is everywhere. It isn’t even subway, it’s just seems like every store. And the baguettes have an *appropriate* amount of cured hams, roasted tomatoes, butter, pesto or cream cheese. Nice greens. And about the same price. I have a picture of someone cutting the ham off a leg and putting it in a sandwich for someone, on the spot.
-riding the metro was cool at first. By day 3 the packed RER or Metro, and cattle-like sound of shoes clopping between stations started to take the novelty off
-that said, Paris is another example of a country that has their mass transit right, or close enough. I cannot believe we don’t have this in North America. Maybe another 2-3 hundred years and I start to picture transit going under major streets in Vancouver.
-Cheese! Wine! Bread! Maybe some of you have heard speak of this…..

I’ve adjusted to buying food and am not treating each excusion as a costco run to ensure I have all possible food for the next two weeks. I buy what I need for the day and put it in my tiny fridge.

I’ve also learned that a relatively large man can shower in a 1.5×1.5 ft area. You just need to rotate every so often to adjust the angles of soaping.

I haven’t had chances to really explore as it’s a working trip but even arriving into La Defense was completely surreal. Can’t wait to see the other sites.

Marty’s Place

January 17, 08 //
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Spent the first weekend this year at Marty’s Place in Langley, Whidbey Island (WA, USA). Not too far from Vancouver, ~3 hours without border line ups – not much more than a ferry ride to Vancouver Island. We stayed at a restored heritage farm house. They’d done a great job bringing it back and it felt like we had come home as soon as we arrived. A huge kitchen, large dining room, living room overlooking Saratoga passage, sitting room, media room and upstairs 4 bedrooms and an office sprouting off a long hallway that ended in a windowed sitting area. Clear-stained dark wood over everything. A house big enough to entertain in and for the family to spread out. Oh – 5 acres with a firepit overlooking the ocean!

Langley itself was a nice community. Nice shops, the main food store was well stocked and had a small organic section. Bakery across the street. My wife picked up a handful of wonderful puppets for our upcoming plane ride to Paris.

I decompressed.

Whiskey Sour

January 11, 08 //
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Simple, sour, sweet.

2 ounces whiskey – rye, scotch, bourbon. Whatever you’ve got.
1 ounce lemon juice
1 tsp – 1 tbsp sugar depending on taste

I like to put the sugar in first so it might dissolve more, then ice.

New Years resolutions

January 7, 08 //
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1. Eat 3 square meals a day.
2. Exercise before getting to work.
3. Read a book a month.

Moderate, but achievable and balancing.

  • Tweets

    • My eldest just split my forehead open (by accident), biggest cut I've had in a long time. I know for sure that I am not cut out for the UFC 1 month ago
    • Just saw geese flying north - is winter over already? Feels like it. 1 month ago
    • Open Data Vancouver hackathon next week at the city archives, come one come all #opendata http://ow.ly/XVT7 1 month ago
    • #1 job choice for kindergarters: Spiderman. How awesome is that. http://ow.ly/SMOh 2 months ago
    • Good to be home, and it's not even that cold. Don't let anyone say you can't wear shorts and flip flops in December 2 months ago
    • 3 min of lovely "little red-riding hood" as infographic porn. Oldie but a goodie: http://ow.ly/NhPS 2 months ago
    • "What English sounds like to those who don't speak it:" http://ow.ly/Nh8s - the visuals are worth it alone 2 months ago
    • RT @bsletten @novaspivack Dark matter detection claim about to be announced. Big news for physics. http://bit.ly/8MF2U0 2 months ago
    • RT @haigarmen @Corvidael: US Drones hacked by insurgents with $26 software. http://bit.ly/6yr0sj #wargames 2 months ago
    • I'm convinced happiness is figuring out the right time zone for you to sleep in naturally, and I've finally found mine 2 months ago
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