A Collection of Daily Wisdom by Dennis Sylvester Hurd since September 2003.

I received an e-mail talking about biorythms. I remember little PC programs that used to calculate these. Nowadays, there are tons of web sites which do.

Google Search: Biorythms

Interestingly, I found out that I've been alive 16333 days as of today. I surely have had enough time to accomplish a lot of things, eh?

You know there are deals just too good to pass by. Sears advertised an extra ten bucks off pairs of in-line skates and I just couldn't help but to spend a little to save some.

How hard could skating be? I am Canadian now, so be it on ice or pavement, I should have acquired the skill by osmosis, right?

The weather today is excellent. It seems as though there's a high-pressure area over us that reminds the weather prognosticators of a summer pattern. It is also Good Friday and therefore a vacation day for most workers. What a great day to walk to the New Westminster Quay and strap on the new devices.

As strange as it may seem, I never really spent time on ice skates as a New Hampshire kid. I do remember that one of the town road ploughs used to get out on Sunapee Harbor on years of sufficient ice. It’d dig down and create a rink. I wonder if that still happens. I am sure I spent a few days skating with school kids at rinks in Kuwait and the UAE; not necesarily the first places one would consider taking up ice skating.

Regardless, the process today surely wasn't like riding a bicycle. In order to move well one has to be on a smooth hard surface. The problem with that is when one falls, it also occurs on a smooth hard surface!

My ankles hurt. I only fell down once but there was enough of an audience at the busy Quay today. Practice will make perfect so I have to promise not to let 'em sit in the closet.

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For some reason I just had to include this
song by Melanie. I guess this goes to show
my age as I thought of this song before
Avril Lavigne's Sk8er Boi.

Labels: Mediaplayer, New Westminster (Page 1), Quay, Sunapee

I am sometimes amazed how outside influences can affect personal moods. For example, a bad day at work can make everything about life seem grey. Conversely, a run of good weather boosts one's spirits.

Hyack Square - New Westminster, BC

Port Angeles was busier than we'd have thought.

I understand that it's an important 'jump-off' point to the Olympic National Park as it's a relatively close destination for vacationers from Seattle.. The port must attract lots of business and then there's logging. However, the area really appeared to be growing quickly.

We did loop down through Olympia. We'd always raced through that city on I-5 so this time we drove up by the state capitol buildings. I've got to do some more research on the history of that city.

We got back here early.


Jay in front of a mural of old Port Angeles at their Visitors' Center.

Labels: road trip

It was a relaxing drive with only a two-minute wait at the border. We arrived at 12:30, so we had to wait an hour for the short ferry ride over to Pt. Townsend, WA.


Unconcerned deers munched grass a mile from the ferry terminal.

Labels: flora and fauna, road trip

Neither of us has to work for a few days. The weather promises to be nice. We've never really spent any time driving the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. So, we're off for a few days.

We'll head down to Oak Harbor and then the half-hour ferry to Port Townsend in order to make it over to Port Angeles. We'll probably then loop around the bottom of the sound stopping in Olympia or Tacoma. I wonder if the Thomas family will be home at Snoqualmie Pass?

We should be back on Thursday evening. So, tune in then for a few photos.

Labels: road trip

I was thinking about how quickly we take advantage of technology and stop being amazed by it.

I was just checking through our city library's online catalogue. I put holds on several items so I'll be informed by an automated phone-messaging system when the items are available.

Yesterday, I completed and filed our tax returns online and arranged for a payment through online banking. (I sort of miss chatting with the bank-teller gals.)

I haven't mailed a letter for so long that I do not know the current postal rates.

The Net has ceased being an avenue for nerdy entertainment and has become an indispensable utility.

Labels: money, technology

Last night we set the clocks ahead before going to bed. Daylight Savings Time is now in effect. Windows XP knew and didn't even bother to ask if it was okay to change.

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This song by Styx seemed appropriate
for today! Although I lost an hour of sleep
last night, I've got extra time this evening.

Labels: Mediaplayer, music, Windows