Creationism

I read an excellent post on slashdot today about the argument against creationism. Just for the record, I am a lapsed Pastafarian.

Update: How is this possible? In a (American) national debate 3 candidates stood up and stated they don't believe in evolution and then one wrote why he said so in the New York Times. Here's the scientist's rebuttal.

That's a big bike

Here I am in Ontario on my dad's bike, its a 1200cc bike so a lot more power than I'm used to. I rode it around the block a few times, around the neighbourhood and then out in the country (with parental units following behind in the truck) to visit my uncle. It was really really gusty out on the open highway, not at all what I'm used to. The bike had power though, it could pick up a lot quicker than my little 400cc bike.

Anyway, the time has come to put away these childish things and move on to ... bacteria!

Motorcycle Trip

Today I went on the motorcycle out to horseshoe bay with Chris (guy in the lab next to us) and his girlfriend Susan. It was a gorgeous day and we took it easy on a nice twisty road on the way there. There is tons of traffic out on the main streets so it was great to have someone riding with you, two bikes are just less easy for the cars to ignore.

Ongoing History of New Music

I sometimes turn the radio on late at nights and catch this show and now I found the webpage offering podcasts. Fantastic! Check out The Ongoing History of New Music.

Contra Dancing and More Motorcycling

I've always enjoyed the Scottish Country dancing here in Vancouver and Duncan is a great and entertaining caller but I found the dancing rather slow. Last night I found something more interesting - contra dancing run by the Vancouver country dancing society. The music was great and there was lots of dancing and I had to stop because my knee was hurting.

On another note: more motorcycling stuff - I bought a magnetic tank bag and went out for a ride yesterday. I was on Southwest marine which got very large and busy and so many drivers were really nice about letting me in. And the weather - they were promising a weekend of +21 and it's cloudy *pout*

Apartment Hunting

Damn, I really love the house we're in. It has a yard, it's in a fantastic location, I like having housemates and the rent was *cheap*. However, our landlord wants it back so we are all scattering away. I've been trying to check out shared housing but most houses had creep vibes going and were way too much money for what they were offering so I moved on to checking out apartments.

First off, a rant about appartment advertising. Craigslist was great but not where I ultimately found my place. However, the ads (and the UBC list was the same) were very flexible in the lingo. Excuse me, but when you advertise a one-bedroom in your basement where the bathrooom was mainly yours but the landlords would come down and use it; that's not a one-bedroom. Here was another common ad in the craigslist section for apartments/houses - one-bedroom advertised but then it turns into a two bedroom to be shared with the other person. That's no longer a one-bedroom sweetie, that's shared accomodation and it has a craigslist section all to itself. Ditto kitchens - a hotplate and toaster oven does not a kitchen make (and you wanted $500+ for this luxury!). Or the one ad which said the basement one-bedroom was great for a female who only did light cooking. Light cooking?! Like use the hotplate to boil water for her Mr. Noodles? But that place was going for over $500/month, plus utilities (all the water boiling must add up).

Anyway, I found a place - a bachelor close to Broadway and Granville (one bus trip away from everything!). It's the first time I'm going to be living on my own, not sure how much I'll like that and it's double the rent that I'm used to.

I have a cell phone now in preparation for the move so look for me on the bus. I'll be the one saying: "yes, uh huh...., yeah I'm on the bus.... yeah.... I'll be there in 10 minutes... yeah, yeah.... ok bye".