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Monthly Archives: January 2006

office fun

Friday, January 27, 2006

The accountant and the investor relations guy are scouring the office kitchen looking for booze. They’re in some state of disbelief that there’s none to be found, actually. R’s like, “I bet someone took it for the freakin’ office party, that’s what. What’s an accountant to do on a Friday afternoon!?” Oh wait… they found [...]

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at work again

Thursday, January 26, 2006

James and I went out for dinner last night. I suggested Wild Rice because it’s exactly halfway between our respective offices. When we got there I remembered it’s one of the $15 Dine Out Vancouver restaurants, and it’s also one of the only ones with a veggie option. So that’s good. Spring rolls for appetizer, [...]

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Happy Robbie Burns day

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

This holiday is strictly observed in my office by the drinking of scotch at lunchtime. Here’s a poem for you: On Politics (1793) In Politics if thou would’st mix, And mean thy fortunes be; Bear this in mind,-be deaf and blind, Let great folk hear and see. And this one’s my favourite: To A Mouse, [...]

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owie

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

My feet hurt from strolling around that stupid convention centre. I learned to pan for gold and am apparently pretty good at it. I also looked at a lot of rocks, including a chunk that had 1362 grams Au per ton. That is a massive amount. Half a gram per ton (or part per million, [...]

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Trade show

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

I have been working at a mining company for almost three months now. Yesterday I went to the trade show for the Association of Mineral Exploration (or something) at the Westin Bayshore. I wandered around booths and pretended that I knew stuff about the mining business. This afternoon will probably be a repeat performance.

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I'm excited!

Saturday, January 21, 2006

So my brand spankin’ new niece is almost 3 weeks old, and she’s slated for coming home from the hospital tomorrow (my sister’s been sick though, so if she still is, then homecoming is a no-go). But today I went to the yarn store because I had a $30 gift certificate. I’m going to make [...]

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ugh

Friday, January 13, 2006

Vancouver has recorded rainfall for the past, like, 29 days straight. I am about to go crazy and disembowel myself or something.

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