Category: Humour
Something funny or a humorous perspective on some topic or thing.
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Bookmarks
Over the years I have accumulated a collection of business cards. I have cards for most of the positions I’ve occupied, but there are a few gaps. For example, the years 1984-1994 are missing. May be they will turn up. What follows is a brief history of change suggested or visible through the business card. …
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Shortest Day of the Year
Today is the shortest day of 2014. To be precise, the sun will reach its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees at 18:03 Eastern Time today. Today there remain just 19 days until my prelude to retirement. In retrospect, I realise I have planned poorly as these remaining days will be the shortest of the year. Rather,…
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Upper Austrian Youth Orchestra
in: HumourOver the last few weeks we’ve attended a couple of recitals. Continuing in the spirit …
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Happy Canada Day … eh
To all my expat friends in Nairobi, Tokyo, Uganda, Hong Kong, BDG, New York, Atlanta, and Vancouver 😉
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Passing: December 23, 2006 – June 19, 2014
Suddenly, after a short period of reduced functioning, our coffee machine passed on. It entered the repair shop June 12th with an initial diagnosis of a failing pump. Later was added a failing heater and poor suction. Repeated attempts to recover the device resulted in a failure of the cost-benefit analysis. The machine bound…