Calgary

Quote of the day

"It's better to have a big heart than a big ass" - Franco Glavina while playing Hearts

The Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy

Grim: How was your day Mandy?
Mandy: Same old, same old, spiritually and emotionally fulfilling in every way.
Grim: Oh, that's too bad!

Random

* Despite everything it is still autumn and it is sunny. After Halloween next week it can snow.

* Someone ******** has stolen my bicycle yesterday. Again!

* On Sunday I am invited for pancakes with maple syrup and the 3rd climbing this week.

* I am proud to announce that on the first day for nominations for the best pictures in Calgary Outdoor Club 2007 there are 2 of my shots.

* On Friday I am having another 2nd interview. All of you, keep your fingers crossed!

* Fernando Alonso is again the champion of Formula 1!!!

* I have done so little today that I feel guilty.

* Obviously, my Internet connection has not worked for the last few days… 4 e-mails sent to close people – 0 replays received

* currently playing: Helpless - Faith No More

The State of the World slideshows

http://www.stateoftheworld.reuters.com/index.php?n=1

New 7 wonders

Someone has decided that the World needs new 7 wonders. Maybe this is reasonable since the Egypt Pyramids are the only wonder of the ancient world still in existence. On the web page, after registration one could vote and the choice is limited to 21 places around the World. They claimed that more than 20 millions have already voted. The result will be announced on 07-07-07, so you have enough time to take part. I voted, because I did not want as a World wonder to be declared something like the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty …

"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it." - Terry Pratchett

Test results

Now it is proved – I still belong to the “normal” people :-)

You Are 55% Normal

While some of your behavior is quite normal... Other things you do are downright strange You've got a little of your freak going on But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself

How Normal Are You?

Sun in a bottle

These days the colleagues-scientists in Canada are trying to spread widely the information how important this is for everybody to take vitamin D during the winter. Vitamin D is normally synthesised when one is exposed on the sun. However during the winter, especially in Canada and other northern countries the sun does not appear quite often. This is why it is very important to take additional vitamin D. As they said "a little bit of sun in a bottle" could help for a vast number of problems – from tiredness to cancer... So next time when you pass by a pharmacy buy vitamin D (usually comes together with calcium for strong bones). I will certainly do it. Today we officially have got the first snow in Calgary. Congratulations!

Chicks on rocks

Climbing in Bulgaria and the chicks there!

http://highballclimbing.com/picture%20galery/chiksonrock/index.html

And a picture from the last weekend – at last the clouds cleared away and the sun broke through to reveal a marvellous wall