Things I enjoy:

- biking in a blizzard

- driving the Limoment (my car, the Honda Element) in a blizzard

- pulling my windshield wipers up so they don’t freeze on overnight

- having clean laundry

- eating maple walnut ice cream

- reading Relevant magazine

Not so like:

- getting really wet while biking through slush

- initiating the doing laundry process

I desire to:

- make someone smile more than they’ve ever smiled in their life

- sleep really late but still get a full night’s sleep before 8am arrives

- drive across Canada but not have to pay for so much gas

One great benefit from the Olympics is the world-class advertising that gets featured… that’s right, I’m not kidding.

Somehow Sarah Brightman makes it into almost every Olympics, somehow!  Hehe.

Can you pick out the commercial?

So a few days ago I started typing in Dvorak again. I had tried about a year ago but gave up because it was too hard and I didn’t have the patience. Now I am giving it my all and using it all the time to force it into my brain. I find the ‘the’ very handy, and the ‘f’ particularly challenging.

When I first moved to Ottawa, everything was new and I wanted to experience it all.  Now I’ve seen most everything that I want to, and I’ve grown quite comfortable.  But I need continuous variety and newness or else I will grow demotivated and disengaged.  Do you find you need this or do you function best in an environment that you already are familiar with?

Here is a quick synopsis of the capabilities of Google Buzz and my thoughts on it.

• released to all Gmail users
• friends are automatically followed for you, found through Google Reader, Google Chat/Talk, or your Gmail contacts
• capability to link to Twitter and maybe other social media, so someone can Tweet and allow it to show up in Buzz
• able to mention other people using the @ sign, which will notify them by email of the Buzz
• commenters in a Buzz thread will be notified via email
• Buzz can be hidden in the Labels Settings, you can unfollow people
• Ability to Mute buzz(es) so that they no longer show up in the Buzz feed
• Permalinks to Public Buzz such as my first buzz
• Keyboard shortcut to Buzz within Gmail is ‘g’ then ‘b’
• brings many features from Google Wave to Gmail without going through another subdomain
• Private Buzz allows conversations between a group created in Gmail
• allows for inline photos, links, and videos

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