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Gibraltar Sun, the sequel to the hard science scifi novel Gibraltar Earth, was a fun read that makes me excited to get the final book in this epic series, Gibraltar Stars.

It seems the higher the education you get, the goofier your outfit. The honourary recipients looked like court jesters. <even more so than I>

We finished putting down laminate in the common areas this last weekend. We still have to do the stairs, bedroom, trim, and transitions - but it feels good to have the new flooring in. The carpet was in very rough shape.

Last weekend, while Tara and friends attended the Pride parade, I started ripping out carpet in the condo. We made good progress Sunday afternoon, and Monday we went looking for supplies. We ordered the laminate, and the remaining evenings of the week consisted of rounding materials and tools. After work today, we finally started laying down flooring.

Unibroue placed in the top 5 at an international beer competition for their specialty batch, called 17, which was only brewed in 2007. I particularly liked this beer, being similar to Terrible in its hopsy full flavour and dark colour. Terrible is a discontinued Unibroue beer I lamented about in early 2008. Hopefully the award will rejuvenate Unibroue's interest in brewing Terrible-like beer. Maybe they will resurrect my all time favourite ale? <Their website, no longer stating that Terrible is discontinued, gives me hope!>

I have my thesis bound!

Centennial Book Binding in North Vancouver bound both my PhD and MASc theses and am happy with both results.

AnalyzeNNLS has been updated.

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Would it be cheaper to hold the G20 in space? Read why according to Bob McDonald <we share the same alma mater ;-)>.

Walmart is an easy company to hate, but Shell's book Cheap gives an eye-opening perspective on the dealings of other large discounters, such as Ikea and even our food industry. She describes, quite succinctly, how the economics of Cheap creates great divides in the quality of goods. Mostly, we have either poorly made, cheap goods and well made, expensive luxury goods. There is no longer a middle ground.

I will be attending convocation tomorrow, where I will be officially awarded my PhD. I was delighted to learn this evening that I will be sharing this ceremony with two honorary degree recipients whom I admire, Bob McDonald and Mark Tewksbury.