http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/The_Eskimo/index.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457 Welcome to my blog! I'm a cool guy docümenting his life on a daily basis... and his struggle with cats. :)Cheers! :D-E http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93839.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image](Photo taken from my patio this morning).I'm pensive this morning.That's one of the earliest "spring" thaw that I remember. Global warming that this time works of us? Maybe.Spring symbolizes l Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:58:33 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93839.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93835.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= On "face the book", I saw a link to a recent interview by Bill Moyers with someone who commented on the actual healthcare in the US.I was watching that, jaws dropped.In the context of my ill dad, I'm Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:38 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93835.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93794.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= My dad isn't well, since the beginning of the week. It appears as there was something in the food that has upset his stomach.And days have passed, and even more seriously so was his upset stomach.And Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:22:56 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93794.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93697.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= You realize how much spoiled you are... when power goes out. (It is rare that the Nor'easter that affects New England and NYC goes as far inland as Montréal. Along with the wet snow and high winds. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:21:49 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93697.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93644.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= Thursday August 5th - Sunday August 8th.I've been mulling on the date. Many of you mentioned being interested by the Jazz festival, and that is held in late June. However, this is the period of time Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:24:00 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93644.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93630.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image]We got about 2 inches of snow yesterday, and about the same today. It is still decently "warm" (around the freezing point. All in all, it's still winter, *without* the yuckiness of monster sn Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:57:32 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93630.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93576.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= ... as a busy bee.For the past week or so, life has been busy for me. Not always good, not always pleasant...But at the end of the day, I have a roof, two spoil rotten cats who think I'm their dad (! Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:36:11 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93576.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93548.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= Actually, we celebrated yesterday. The weatherman was calling for nasty things today. Since this is a nordic country, we figure we should respect Mother Nature's wintry mood. Safety first.For as lon Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:48:28 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93548.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93540.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image](Monument to Human Rights located in Ottawa Ontario, next to City Hall and just a few minutes of walk to Canada's Parliament. Photo taken in September 2007 during a trip in the nation's capit Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:31:42 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93540.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93360.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image](Graffiti. Vancouver's Seawall, somewhere next to English Bay Beach and the southern entrance to Stanley Park. June 2007).The fun of travelling is to see things you don't really expect to see. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:29:09 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93360.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93308.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= (About the photo, this is an oddity I discover during a walk in Stanley Park, Vancouver, June 2007. Something definitively escapes me... )---If you've been wondering about PlagueOfParadox, read Slug' Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:48:08 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93308.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93275.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= Remember the yo-yo? There was a big craze for that thing in the 70s. That and the clackers. I think I must still have those somewhere. Up and down, the yo-yo goes...Earlier in the week, after a fre Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:30:23 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93275.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93237.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= Heh. [image]"The Girl in a Wet Suit". She's located close to the Lions Gate bridge, guarding the entrance to the Port of Vancouver, or saying farewell to the vessels leaving the port. The photo was Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:29:37 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93237.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93184.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= Yesterday started off way early morning with an emergency at work...... and I spent the entire afternoon at the emergency... of an hospiital. Yup, when it's not my day... it isn't my day.The first on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:13:18 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93184.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93129.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image](Photo of the Olympic Stadium, a well known landmark)I've been toying with this idea for quite a while. I posted on Bad Sumo and also here as a network bulletin. I'm now posting here on the bl Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:46:09 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93129.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93107.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image](Crowded Ste.Catherine street in downtown Montréal, during the Gay Games in the summer of 2006).===I feel that I'm stating the obvious. We're all humans.Yet, we can't help to put labels. Stra Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:35:34 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93107.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93104.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image](a rare photo of Vancouver's seawall (and on the right, Stanley Park)... under a blanket of snow. Winter 2006). People would run, jog... I prefer to walk. Slowly... ====There's an other kin Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:54:16 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93104.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93090.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image](Photo taken on my way to Mount Rainier, Washington. July 2007. It is one of the mandatory stops for would be climbers, whether for equipments, climbing trainings, weather infos at the top of t Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:57:43 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93090.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93047.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= (A PG-13 version of my blogpost on badsumo).Have you noticed, when men aren't busy to kill each other, when facing cataclysm... there are those usual suspects?When some outspoken guys believe they ha Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:08:22 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93047.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93044.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m= [image](Photo taken during my morning walk, yesterday).A natural beauty, yes...Though we see those icy sculptures as evil.They can act as spears should they fall. Beside, their sheer weight can knock Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:15:49 -0800 http://personals.laweekly.com/blog/139/post_93044.html?dcb=personals.laweekly.com&site=ss&who=r,LrUlbw9MgcmURW9r1JZFTUQVdbIuz8I3q2/WDp17at6ScZexFsSzPrgaPNUSjVZgOFmjtach4RrP5Jm9Q6KTIsbgTpQX7Ru/wPZt198F/Sbk6uZ6NDQ00rEiFQLYTQJR&pid=p4457&m=