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Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ80D, ISO 80, 2400mm, ƒ5.9, 1/160s.

On Feb 2, 2010, my wife was severely injured in a car accident while travelling alone, about 50 kilometres east of Vientiane, Laos.

The moon is still relatively close to us today: we’ve got three months of the full moon happened at the closest point in the orbit (“supermoon”).

The sharpest, the most detail.

A little adventure from my life back in 2021, finally polished up for the blog… Wife and I rescued a birb from a house that was being demolished.

Despite my lifelong love of astronomy, I’ve never really been much of a moon guy.

I made good on my promise to do a run with a 5kg (11lb) weight vest, just to see how it would feel to carry that mass again … after recently losing about that much in fat.

Wife and I did a late summer trip, our first stay at Yellow Point Lodge, a fascinating and famous camp/resort on Vancouver Island, just south of Nanaimo.

Favourite thing about the e-bike?

I’ve lost 5 kilos in the last three months, and I am feeling blown away by how much easier it feels to run.

Recently my AirPods Max lost all dynamic functionality.

Wife and I were looking at a quirky old resort on Vancouver Island, Yellow Point Lodge, which has been there since the 1930s.

Caught this unusual cloud shadow near sunset, and just barely: although the shadow lasted for a few minutes, it was only highly distinct and photogenic for about a minute.

The Vera C.

Imagine scientists meeting to discuss the work that they are not doing, and “the things we’ll never know.”

I just finished Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company, a new book by Canadian journalist Patrick McGee.

I’ve been going to Gabriola Island every now and then for fifty years now.

I live on PubMed.

Happy personal news: my pathologically high cholesterol has now been dramatically reduced by a potent and extremely expensive drug — Repatha, an injectable alternative to statins.

2024 was my first year with an e-bike, and a great success by many measures, one of the most satisfying, useful things I’ve ever bought.

Gor-what now?

For Canada, Trump’s brain-dead trade war started months before he started slapping tariffs on countries all over the world.

Jason Motlagh for Rolling Stone on “What Happened When Portland Legalized Fentanyl”: The timing could not have been worse.

Other than the obvious one, I mean?

Ancient wisdom?

It’s fantastic to have a croisssant that is, all at once, super crispy and soft and warm. 😮 Like these… Wife and have been baking croissants lately.

Three days ago, I ran five whole kilometres for the first time in several years.

Delusional men with guns are menacing … weather scientists?

After being mothballed for most of the last five years, I am actually going to bring this blog back to life.

My new neighbours seem nice enough, but they weren't really getting just how well I can hear their music.

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