Category: Blog
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Beijing is open
Although the Coronavirus pandemic is far from over and we just came back from the five-day Labour Day long weekend, Beijing has basically re-opened. Some schools still haven’t sent their kids back but, while walking around the neighbourhoods over the last few days, people are back at work. We were at Sanlitun on Sunday and…
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If this is a Depression
These are the notes I used for this week’s podcast episode titled “If this is a Depression”. I’ve included some more articles that counteract some of the articles I mentioned in the podcast. You can listen to the podcast and see the full show notes here. A common saying is, “A recession is when your…
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Thoughts before roasting coffee
Well, it’s been quite the adventure, drinking coffee, that is. I’ve done it for years, my earliest memory is at home in Winnipeg and my Mother had made coffee for a visiting friend. She asked if I wanted some and I agreed. I recall mixing in lots of milk and sugar into the black coffee…
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Quarantine workouts #4
This week’s workout list! *** Day 1 Time for some active recovery! I know you’ve been out shovelling snow or rolling around in bed, so let’s do what the current fashion is in the fitness industry: stretching with funny names. Scorpion. Lie face down and spread both arms out to your sides. Move one leg…
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Problems and progress in picking up Python programming
My spreadsheet tracking shows that I’ve been studying Python programming for about three months now and just about 75 hours total. How is that going? Meh, can’t say I know too much. I didn’t pick up Python programming until about mid-February, just before I dropped studying Japanese from my schedule and as the Coronavirus became…