I never know when there are holidays anymore. I chalk this up to three factors:
Living abroad, while not working in the local economy.
Having clients in Canada, the U.S., Ireland and the U.K.
Being self-employed, with mostly self-employed friends.
This is not a “woe is me, I don’t get paid holidays” post. I work really hard some weeks, […]
Today I visited a local bicycle shop to get my new hand-me-down bike’s tire fixed. I was chatting with the owner, and he was telling me how he did the Paris-Brest-Paris cycling race last year. It sounds seriously extreme. From Wikipedia:
Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) was originally a 1200km long bicycle race from Paris to Brest and back […]
Here’s something I didn’t know about hotels. Halfway through my stay at the Sheraton Wall Centre here in Vancouver, I decided to extend my stay by one night. Today I went up to my room, but couldn’t get in (the little lock light flashed red, not green).
This happens all the time to me–I think I […]
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