Archive for April, 2008

No love for polygamy »

While I was in Salt Lake City, a good work friend and beer-buddy of mine bought me a Utah souvenier.  A Polygamy Porter mug.  This is a reference to a Utah brewed beer that is popular (at least for its name). As it happens, when I got back home, the Vancouver office was having a [...]

New Craft Project »

While browsing around Etsy, I saw these beautiful handspun pussy willows made of merino wool and cashmere.  I remembered that my mom used to always pick pussy willows when we were younger, and I thought they would make a great mother’s day gift.  The Etsy ones are $20 a branch, which is insane. And as [...]

Random US Observations »

3 things I’ve noticed since I’ve been in the US: Diet Dr. Pepper is available everywhere.  I guess the US isn’t all bad. Expelled is getting a lot of commericial time in Utah. The new US currency has color.

First Day in the New Job »

I arrived in Salt Lake City last night and spent today in the office.  Yesterday was sunny and really warm.  Today it clouded over and snowed!  Like Vancouver, if you don’t like the weather, wait 5 minutes. I spent some time with my new boss and the rest of my new team today.  Everyone was very [...]

First Post! »

Ok, so I’ve tried my hand at a blog before, and failed miserably.  If you know me well, you know I get anxious over stupid things.  My last blog became a sourse of stress  i.e. “I haven’t posted lately”, “I don’t know what to write”, “aahhh”.  But lately I’ve been thinking of things I would [...]