http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress The Future Is A Scary Place To Live In Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:40:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Monday, this happened. Thinking outside of the standard feelings of tragedy and also the exploitive nature of the news coverage (the cover of Tuesday's Metro was disgusting), I have this sense of closeness. I don't know her, but it's easy to see myself in her shoes. Here's a woman, in her ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/11/19/dont-it-always-seem-to-go/ So definitely there was the intention to make some content, perhaps about the crazy long distances I've been running lately or the upcoming NHL All-Star game, or the US or Canadian political scene, or maybe a late comment on Remembrance Day, or about this crazy amazing book I'm reading or ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/11/17/plans-mislaid/ I normally take the stairs in my apartment building. I live on the 8th floor but it's no big deal. Coming home from work today, I walked up the stairs, entered my floor, walked to my apartment, put my key in the door and turned. And turned. And turned. Looking up, a ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/11/07/asleep-on-my-feet/ Everyone's heard of love at first sight. Recently, I was enamored with great design. The site is Noah Kalina's. He's the guy behind the iconic "photo of himself for 6 years" video. His blog is just amazingly put together. It's minimal, most of the content is multimedia, with embedded videos, playable ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/10/28/beauty-without-depth-is-just-decoration/ I've been meaning to make mention of the d250 campaign, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of democracy in Nova Scotia/Canada. It's been a campaign that in my mind has missed its mark a bit (promoting concerts, etc while there's a federal and municipal election going on). But that commentary might have ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/10/23/250-years-of-democracy-and-now-this/ Mitch Hedberg had this great joke that went like this: I sit in my hotel at night and think of something that's funny and then I go get a pen and write 'em down. Or, if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of, ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/10/21/words-on-a-page/ Interesting little follow up: Less then a year after starting a chapter here in Halifax, the Guardian Angels have faded away on the local scene, both from sight and from any new news. So at the end of last month, Rick Howe got in touch with Angels' founder, Curtis Sliwa to get ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/10/20/when-the-angels-make-contact/ A myriad of reasons... I have three cavities. Which means more dental visits. I have the three cavities because I don't floss I don't floss, which means everytime I go to the dentist, I get the floss lecture and the associated guilt trip I had a new Hygienist take care of me The Hygienist I ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/10/16/reasons-i-disliked-my-recent-dental-visit/ When I was younger, not sure when exactly, certainly when I lived in Chester and probably when I was still in elementary, so like Grade 4 or 5, my school class saw a presentation, some sort of career day thing. I can't recall the exact details of the presentation, nor ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/10/01/wide-awake-asleep/ Mists rising is what we really wanted to title this book; so singular, so soft is our Mohair Plus: floating up halo upon halo from long luminous hairs. Fact is we titled it Mohair Plus. Fact is - Bernat's is the mohairiest of all such yarn - with a full 66% ... http://runawayfuture.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/09/07/excerpts-from-a-knitting-book-found-in-the-laundry-room/