Category Archives: Ramble

wrinkle cream and assisted living

Posted on July 2, 2011 by kaan

I’m sure I’m not alone feeling that modern marketing is frustrating and annoying. The content usually suggests my life is lacking in love or happiness. It seems these problems could be solved if I took the latest pill, lost a … Continue reading →

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Electroshock therapy

Posted on June 24, 2011 by kaan

The treatment program for my knee continues. It is getting better and I have been given the “green light” to run on Sunday. I was essentially asked to remove my ego from the equation and encouraged to walk if the … Continue reading →

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sproing

Posted on June 6, 2011 by kaan

It seems spring has sprung in Vancouver. A run in the sun this morning was an obvious thing to do. On the north side of the cambie st bridge I stopped to perform some bicycle maintenance for a man who … Continue reading →

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Game One

Posted on June 1, 2011 by kaan

What an amzaing frirst game. I feel like it really set the tone for the remainder of the season. I didn’t even realise this was such a big deal. My team, Local Pint, has been givin’er for a laest of … Continue reading →

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get ruffled

Posted on May 17, 2011 by kaan

Last Wednesday I had the joy of attending a video release party for the new Ruffled Feathers single, Blueprints For Our Failed Revolution. It was sooooo good. The video can now be found on youtube (and the song is available … Continue reading →

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fear

Posted on May 16, 2011 by kaan

By my own reckoning, fear falls into two categories: rational and irrational. Rational fears are a part of evolutionarily favourable survival-instincts: it makes sense to be afraid of a raging fire moving towards me or the roar of the bear … Continue reading →

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The ultimate caveat

Posted on May 5, 2011 by kaan

Sometimes it feels like a seemingly endless commitment to running leaves little room for other activities that are physically demanding. For instance, I have discovered that if, in addition to all the running, I ride my bike to UBC on … Continue reading →

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blue dawn

Posted on May 3, 2011 by kaan

In retrospect, the enormous support for the conservatives might have been obvious to anyone who took a good look at Vancouver. Several nights per week an astounding number of political activists put on their conservative blues and go out on … Continue reading →

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Change of scenery

Posted on April 15, 2011 by kaan

I am now in the process of running 50 km for my brother, Theo. He is up north working at the moment but I slept on his couch in Kamloops nonetheless. He just replaced  some of his living room furnishings and specifically … Continue reading →

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