http://averageadam.com The personal blog of a happily mediocre "adult" Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:21:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even as Russia rattles her sabre the world can rest assured that today marks the day tides have shifted. Oil prices have corrected to some degree and even though their height will effect markets for the foreseeable future things will begin to improve. Financial institutions are in jeopardy as the ... http://averageadam.com/2008/11/05/hope/ We had our second last hockey game of the Campus Rec fall regular season tonight. There is one more game on November 11th before we go into play-offs. This hasn't been our best season to date but with our 7 to 4 win tonight we brought our record up to ... http://averageadam.com/2008/10/29/dont-fear-the-tender/ The disciplines of physical exercise, meditation and study aren't terribly esoteric. The means to attain a capability far beyond that of the so-called ordinary person are within reach of everyone, if their desire and their will are strong enough. I have studied science, art, religion and a hundred different philosophies. ... http://averageadam.com/2008/08/12/no-ordinary-person-indeed/ I'm not one who can say they have good penmanship. In fact, my standard speed scrawl is fairly illegible; often even to me. If I slow way down and draw my character forms deliberately things look pretty good but it takes me forever to write anything. This level of penmanship ... http://averageadam.com/2008/07/25/a-perfect-question-mark/ For some reason I had an inspiration to make a stripe-y wallpaper in blues to go with the XP Media Center theme. I started off with vertical stripes and a lot of light/shadow work which worked out pretty well but wasn't quite what I was after. The second attempt ... http://averageadam.com/2008/04/28/stripes-and-such/ I've been sorting through folders of old files lately and I came across this short story I wrote. It is dated July 29, 2001 so don't judge it too harshly my writing has improved quite a bit since then. I wrote this after being inspired by two different books: I, Robot ... http://averageadam.com/2008/04/20/awakenings/ I've worked at the University of Waterloo for over four years now. Finally, as of April 1st, 2008 I am a permanent staff employee with full benefits. My new title is Information Systems Developer and I am responsible for the design and development of web projects for the department of ... http://averageadam.com/2008/04/07/adding-some-interest-to-the-uw-logo/ The following is a letter that I am sending out via email to the local, provincial and federal governments. I was inspired by an article in the New York Times that discussed the success of Ireland taxing plastic bags. It is my belief that a future conscious city such as ours ... http://averageadam.com/2008/02/02/plastic-bag-tax/ Way to go boys! Awsome first period, strong second period, awful third period, and beauty in OT. Let's hope our ladies have the same outcome next week. http://averageadam.com/2008/01/05/yaaaa-canada/ Google maps has recently added public transit routes for select cities. Instead of driving directions you can switch to directions including walking and public transit! This news is very exciting to me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, Toronto is a nightmare to try and navigate if you need anything more ... http://averageadam.com/2007/12/08/public-transit-soon-to-be-made-easy/