http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php like trepanning... but without the black and decker cordless... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:03:36 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 nikc@dorja.com nikc@dorja.com en you know i didn't realise just how many shot I took til I got to my 4th/5th set of captions to complete... its now over a month since I arrived home and I still have one more batch to do... still it was a good time (as this lot shows)... ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=55 more photos are up... including some of a little something that followed me home from australia. for those not here delays in finishing the captioning are largely the result of some very nice weather we have been having here and associated activities that such a climate brings. highs in the 30s ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=54 After two trips across the water (one intercontinental and another across the georgia strait) I'm back in one place and uploading shots of my adventures... More to come as I get more time to add captions... Anyone wanna buy a bike? Mate's rates of course! http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=53 a dinner in my life... was buying the weekly snacks for work and came across the 'super deal' at my local grocery store. fresh organic mixed greens for $1.79/lb... filled the crumpler beyond bursting point and navigated the bicycletta home. no thanks to the crazy old lady who nearly ran ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=52 my lovely lady and i enjoyed what was referred to as a 'mellow date' a few weeks ago. after a busy, busy week a quick trip to chapters for some bonus reading material and then some quality time spent with a brew at steppes tea house on broadway. himalayan spiced ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=51 mr jeremy fish of sillypinkbunnies fame has been 'brewing' a great beard for the past few months... one that i have definitely viewed online with strong envy... witness it's destruction! thats some very very funny facial mould options... gives me a few ideas for when the time comes to scrap ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=50 Just when you thought Vancouver was heading into spring comes a quick weather reversal (or temperature drop) and out of the sky falls flake of white goodness. Looky here for photos of last friday morning arund my place (the higher elevations of east van) and on the drive to the ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=49 for the king band is dead. or maybe not... nobody was really sure, but local skate-punk-thrash band S.T.R.E.E.T.S (Skateboarding Totally Rules, Everything Else Totally Sucks) played what may be their last show on friday night. They have cult-like status around here thanks to frequent cross north american tours, close friendships ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=48 Yesterday I lost my popped my alleycat cherry and raced in the Valentines Day Alleycat here in Vancouver. What is an alleycat? "Alley Cat races offer a chance for bike messengers to compete against the clock and each other. Traditionally, race participants are handed a list of simulated ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=47 after turning off comments on this blog a millenia ago, it seems it only turned them off from new posts. so i have been accumulating comments on old posts. i have a mailbox rule set up that deletes anything from myself (setup a while ago to combat this issue) and ... http://www.dorja.com/~nikc/blog.php?p=46