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Most Fun Day Skiing Evah

Jim — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:52:59 +0000

Found this photo after my wife was cleaning up the office.

Chris Miller throwing an awesome old-school 80s style daffy at the base of Pakalolo on Blackcomb.

Possibly the best photo I’ve ever taken.

I Feel The Same

Jim — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:50:44 +0000

Especially about the “really healthy” part.

Bring the Cyclone

Jim — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:34:05 +0000

My wife and most of friends are aware of my deep love for Neko Case. So when I was at the Spadina TTC station and saw this poster,

I started to think, “How more awesome can Neko get?” And the answer is “None, none more awesome.” Check it out — Neko, fast cars and swords!

Can’t wait to get the “Middle Cyclone”

Oh The Irony

Jim — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:06:15 +0000

So it’s our fourth day here in West Vancouver for our Christmas break. We come back to BC every other year, and I get really excited for it. I love Christmas with the whole Graham family, and this will be the first year that Iain will go into ski scamps.

Except it won’t.

We are having the strangest weather I have ever seen. We delayed flying out of Toronto until Saturday December 20th so that we could avoid “Snowmageddon” on December 19th. And then there was supposed to be another storm in Toronto on Sunday, except that it went above freezing, and Toronto is having Vancouver-esque weather.

And we are in the middle of the heaviest snow I have ever seen in Vancouver. There’s about 50cm on my parents’ back deck, and it’s showing no signs of stopping. These photos are from the first round two days ago, and it’s just getting worse. We can’t get up 18th Avenue because West Vancouver only has 10 snow plows and has used up its snow budget for the next 10 years.

But, but, but in the worst irony of all — Whistler has the least amount of snow it’s had in a long long time. Like 70cm. And it’s not getting any of this blizzard that we are stuck in. So I won’t even get to ski in this.

Part of me is thinking I will drive to Whistler, get my skis, and then go to Cypress And take Iain with me. The good news is that we are going to get a lot of use from our new Aquarium membership.

I Went To Detroit Eatery For a Burger … And All I Got Was The Stanley Cup

Jim — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:04:34 +0000

So my friend Pat The Lawyer and I went for lunch. I felt like a burger, so I suggested we go to Detroit Eatery on the Danforth. Good burgers and a pretty cool place — school kids at lunch sitting besides regulars and the hipsters, too.

The place is crazy decked out with Red Wings memorabilia, to the point that Kris Draper has brought Lord Stanley’s cup to the place before.

Anyway, we get there, and it is surprisingly packed. We asked for a table, but the waitstaff was a little distracted. As we are lined up, a lawyer acquaintance of Pat’s taps him on the shoulder and says “hi.”

Pat: Man, it’s packed in here.

Other Lawyer: Yeah, didn’t you hear?

Pat: Hear what?

OL: Kris Draper is coming by in 5 minutes with the Stanley Cup.

And damn if he didn’t

Needless to say, we didn’t get a table.