Jace & Jace & ...

I'll recap a few links here...

The ebb and flow of popularity that is the name Jace

Jace INC

i have found the odd Jace here and there on the interweb. (pun intended)... and i have made off hand glib comments regarding one Jace Anderson in particular (other than myself of course, i can be my own harshest critic).

Anywhoo, i was googling myself again, to see if i'd made any inroads with the other Jace Anderson, and i found a personal blog (myspace) of the Hollywood Horror Jace Anderson. In the most recent blog post "Would the real Jace Anderson please stand up?" i found that i am described, in the world of Jace Anderson's as Medicine Hat Jace Anderson (i kind of like that, in an old world "your name is your moniker" sort of way).

In a twist of fate, i was glib and rude with my mention of the *other* jace anderson. The post was several years ago, and due to the interweb being a living form of archival it has been brought to the forefront again. a simple comment over a drink would have been taken differently for sure. Irregardless (which, is not a real word, if you are keeping score), irregardless, it was a stinging comment, and out of line; Interweb or not. My apologies.

The interweb can be such a hard place to write in, even looking back at past comments i wonder what i was thinking, what sort of humor tangent i *thought* i was on to think all would be funny.

Undersea Photography

Andrej Belic, Unterwasserfotographie

You just have to visit the site.

NIMBY

Not In My Back Yard. - Wikipedia definition

When change, however minor or reasonable... even necessary is proposed to a residential neighborhood, NIMBY will likely rear it's ugly, garish and selfish head. As has recently happened over in the UK;

"Residents' association chairman Malcolm Webb, a 58-year-old oil executive, denied residents were 'nimbys'.

"This is just the wrong place and the wrong property," he said." - Daily Mail UK

Human nature can be so disappointing.

era - One Year Ago Today

July 27, 2006




And now... After the sparklers were in the cupcakes, for the very first time;



"Thanks for a great first year" (at least, that's what i think he's been trying to say...)

Bio Diesel Motorcycle

David Hubbards' Do It Yourself Bio Diesel Motorcycle runs on 0.65 cents a gallon. - Popular Mechanics

This is a MUST READ!

/Someone be sure to get this link in front of Rod!

Recycling Myths

Not in an effort to talk you out of recycling, but rather in an effort to keep our support for recycling grounded in reality, i give you this link:

RECYCLING RUBBISH
EIGHT GREAT MYTHS ABOUT WASTE DISPOSAL

By Daniel K. Benjamin PERC Reports

/Well worth the read.

Simpsons go to Tabaka

i have a reasonably long history with soapstone.
It really started in 1995 when my folks gift store was host to three Soapstone carvers from Kenya, they were traditional Kisii tribesmen.
We carried the stone in our store from then on... and sold a lot of it too. The chess sets were always a real hit.

Since 2005 i've been to Kenya a number of times, and the artisans working in soapstone have always been of special interest to me. I've not been let down. They really are phenomenal.

Now, with the beauty of the free market, the Simpsons have gone to Tabaka for a traditional soap stone rendering. And it looks good.

"The team carve replicas of the characters that sell for $6, a huge improvement on the $1 per piece they earned before The Simpsons came to Tabaka.

The business employs around 80 people - the carvers, the miners who provide the soapstone and the women who wash and polish the finished statues.

The head of the team, Daniel Oigo Mogendi, said he won the tender by accident when he had gone to the capital, Nairobi, to collect payment for a soapstone chessboard.

His client asked him to carve a prototype of Homer, the big-bellied family man who is fond of a beer" - BBC News

White & Nerdy

Weird Al played the Esplanade tonight.

i was there. It was as great as you'd expect, only a bit better.

Internet Africa

I've talked about this before. The interweb in Africa where i have been is remarkably slow... imagine a slow 14.4 connection. I recall talking with folks in Eastern Africa a couple years back about how excited they were for a new internet option to be added along the Eastern Coast line. It doesn't sound like it's happened, yet.

"...a market ripe for development, but the article explains that there are numerous difficulties involved getting an infrastructure project off the ground." - The current state of internet connectivity on the African continent.

VP era BONK

I got these pics emailed to me this morning while i was at work. Seems that my boy is all grown up. (and by checking the file names of the pics, you can see he is mocking my job title too - That's MY boy!)






I ought to buy that little boy a tie... and send him to my next work presentation. He might do better than i do in swaying the folks, and he doesn't have near the command of the English language i have. (but he does have a crazy cute look about him, no?) Would you let that boy build town homes in your neighborhood? Of course you would.

Click the video below to see era play a game of BONK with the camera.

Norwood Grande

We've cleared the asphalt and fenced the yard.
Any minute now we will begin digging a hole.

Construction on Norwood Grande will start very, very soon.

Norwood Grande is our 4 story condo development on 13th avenue, overlooking the golf course, and across the road from Chinook Village.

The below picture was circulated by email. It is a tremendous example of concrete pouring.



wow.

Masai Mara Lion & Son

"Look of love: An adult male and cub on the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. They grow from 3lb at birth to as much as 450lb"

/My 3lb boy has a long ways to go.



Look at those eyes.

Be sure to click the following link, showcasing a whole series of Lion pics from that same spot in Kenya: Extraordinary pictures that show the Pride and joy of a Lion King

We spent a little time on the Masai Mara Reserve, but our tour guide had a real aversion to driving near lions. I don't know, he must have had a bad experience.


This was as close as we got to the majestic Lion. (it must have been the camera lense)

Era, Digger & the Anniversary

era & Prince are watching Digger Dan get the back yard in shape.


This smug little boy figures he is getting a back yard. Heh.

/Today was an anniversary of sorts. A year ago today i started with Classic. Since i started there, my role has been refined...

Musonda was in Town

As i mentioned earlier, Chris Musonda was in town. Chris is the Zambian National Director of Athletes in Action, and has been our host in Zambia numerous times.
He spent a few brief moments with us at church this morning, and then he was off (Winterpeg is his next destination).



The above pic was our group picture at the Copper Belt University campus in Kitwe, northern Zambia. Chris is the 2nd from the left. Can you spot the CFL athletes? (Hint; There were 3 current, and one retired athlete on that particular tour)

This morning was a flood of memories... not the least of which were all of the road trips from outlying town to outlying town. Thank God for additional family all around the world.

As mentioned before, Chris was in Canada as Official Chaplain for the Zambian National Team playing in the FIFA World Cup for Under 20 Men. Zambia advanced initially, and then lost to Nigeria in their first elimination round (Nigeria has since lost to Chile). Next time.

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David Lloyds Kickback

Kickback - Full Cut

Posted Jul 10, 2007

David Lloyd (V for Vendetta) talks at Jim Hanley's in NYC while on his U.S. publicity tour for his new graphic novelKickback. Lloyd discusses the book's 7-year journey from conception to publication and the obstacles he faced when trying to publish in the U.S.

He's proud of it. He said so. Several times.
V for Vendetta is classic Which i last blogged about, here. Sin City is referenced... and they mention France too, which i suppose is nice, for the French.

China's Draconian Response

"China on Tuesday executed its former chief food and drug regulator for taking bribes to approve medicines, in an apparently draconian warning to other officials after a series of scandals about the quality of Chinese products." - Financial Times - Asia Pacific

/i'm not sure this makes me feel any better, tho how you and i *feel* is exactly why this was done.

Michael Bays Little Pony

Transformers.

After watching the movie tonight, i am utterly convinced that if Michael Bay released his version of Hasbro's MY LITTLE PONY, i would watch that, in the theatre, his rendition of Transformers was that good. (Does he do G.I.Joe?)

Good movie... above expectations!

Era Firsts

This weekend the family and i went out to a nearby family farm... it was my first time *driving* the Russian motorcycle with sidecar ( i rode on the back of one with my family while growing up - like gypsies, only not) and it was era's very first motorcycle ride.



He liked it.

Today was another first for era... Not the first time in the pool, but the first time he was taken to swimming lessons. He did awesome... for a baby he floats pretty good.






We'll be doing more of that.

2010 FIFIA

South Africa, FIFA World Cup. 2010.
See you then...

Until then, look at this website of their IDENTITY for 2010. Stunning stuff. i want some.

Canada (sports) Day

Happy [140]!

Anyone else notice that after the first week of CFL action this season, the West is undefeated (The Esks are the only team not to register a win over their eastern rival)... and the east didn't win ONE game... the only point in the east belongs to Winnipeg, who edged a tie with Edmonton. Parity? i think not.

How about FIFA U20 action... this is the 2nd most important World Cup event in the world... behind only the actual World Cup (See you in South Africa in 2010 for that one!)
Canada bumped into the Chileans for game one, but now are flying to Edmonton to play the remainder of their opening round games.

Zambia earned a spot in this years U20 Cup... they are playing their initial round in BC. Chris Musonda, who was our host in Zambia for two of our Athletes In Action tours through Africa is in Canada as well, serving as Team Zambia's chaplain.