Terry Fox Run Friday Update 3

Fund raising for this year's Terry Fox Run. I collected another $125 in donations this week. To bring me up to a total of $680 of my $1000 goal.

I did get some bad news though as my team mate, Paul Brun, may not be able to make it this year as he has a torn ACL. Combine that with my sprained/broken ankle and we may be going very slow during the run this year.


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Caffeine Level of Common Soft Drinks

Researchers report what most soft-drink labels don't: how much caffeine is inside.

Note to Canadian readers, our Mountain Dew does not contain any caffeine as Health Canada states that caffeine cannot be in non-cola food products. So don't be surprised if you are not getting your caffeine high off the Dew.

Rowan Atkinson - Invisible Drum Kit

Illustrated Guide to Coffee Drinks

Need to know the difference between a Caffe Latte and a Caffe Americano? Well this guide will tell you how.

The Terror

While I love the multiple award winning author Dan Simmons I was initially reluctant about picking up his latest novel The Terror. My reluctance stems from the fact that the cover of the book reminded me of reading a book by Cassie Brown in eighth grade English entitled Death on the Ice.

Death on the Ice recounts the 1914 Newfoundland sealing disaster in which two thirds of 132 men died as they were left alone on the ice for two days. While The Terror is the fictional recounting of the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin to find the Northwest Passage.

Both books deal with the horrible trials encountered by men lost on the ice but The Terror brings things to a whole new level as the sailors are also being stalked by a super-natural entity which I can best describe as a Wendigo but is more accurately called a Tuurngait.

The story is told partially in flashbacks and from multiple points for view, most notably Captain Francis Crozier but remains quite easy to follow.

I highly recommend this novel even if you are not a fan of the setting as it is a well crafted suspenseful story with great characterization. I believe that most people would love to be as noble as Dr. Goodsir.

Update: Podcast interview on NPR.

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Terry Fox Run Friday Update 2

Fund raising for this year's Terry Fox Run was a good week. I more than doubled my donations collecting $360 this week. To bring me up to a total of $555 of my $1000 goal.


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