Monthly Archives: February 2006
Our amazing women continue
I just watched the most beautiful and dramatic sports event — the women’s 5000m speed skating… Canada’s incredible Cindy Klassen won bronze, her fifth medal of these Turin games (out of five events entered!) and the sixth Olympic medal of … Continue reading
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Palabritas del día — hebilla
A few silly ropa (or lack thereof) words for today, and a progress report on my Spanish vocabulary studies… la hebilla — buckle (e.g. a belt buckle). But (I think) you can also use it colloquially to say something like … Continue reading
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Long live absurdity!
Each week I listen to a number of podcasts (which ones?). I do my listening as I walk the mean streets of Montréal, trolling for a funky café to sit and read in, or write, or watch people, or scald … Continue reading
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Canada: A Country of Great Women
Well, in a huge disappointment (but, to be honest, not a huge shock), today the defending Olympic champion Canadian men’s hockey team was eliminated by Russia in the quarter-finals. But of course our defending champion women’s team didn’t disappoint, winning … Continue reading
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Palabritas del día — amarilla
It’s been too long since I’ve done one of these palabritas posts. But I’m still chugging my way through my Interactivo del vocabulario, still averaging around 10 words per day (I’m well over 1000 words by now; will post another … Continue reading
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¡Otra medalla de oro!
Canada’s fantastic women win hockey gold, beating Sweden 4-1 in today’s final game… Our third gold of these Olympics, and 14th medal overall.
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Why do you think I have this outrageous subject, you silly reader?
It’s not a mocking thing — really it’s not! I truly love hearing the lilt (or lack thereof) of different languages and accents. Sound and imitation have always been very important to me. (Apparently I’m also pretty good at making … Continue reading
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Rollercoaster winter (oh, and Olympics)
Wow — Canada has taken off in the last couple of days at the Turin Olympics. Yesterday we won four medals, today (so far) three more. Our total at the moment is 11, tied for second place with Germany and … Continue reading
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Constrained Fictions #3
Once again, I thought I’d constrain myself by randomly picking a noun, an adjective and a verb (I won’t tell you which ones because that would spoil the fun) and also by forcing myself to use exactly 400 words (roughly … Continue reading
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Señor Luddite’s new-fangled teléfono
Now, I may be the only person on the block not to have a cell phone, but… Today, after doing some research into cross-platform audio/video chat applications — and after a friend’s recommendation — I finally decided that Skype actually … Continue reading
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