One flew into the cuckoo's nest...

Bird Flu: the next pandemic? I've been reading on the subject from various sources and from what I can read this will be a big problem. I don't think I'll start stocking up on Tamiflu but maybe I should.

Accorcding to WHO "The risk of pandemic influenza is serious. With the H5N1 virus now firmly entrenched in large parts of Asia, the risk that more human cases will occur will persist. Each additional human case gives the virus an opportunity to improve its transmissibility in humans, and thus develop into a pandemic strain"

The Tristan Betrayal

I've just finished reading The Tristan Betrayal from Robert Ludlum. I for one do not usually read much, but this book got me really interested. The story is about an american spy during WWII who must convince the nazi to attack Russia. Towards the end, I certainly could not put it down nor could I go to sleep. Beside all the Russian words that I did not understand, this book deserves a 4/5 rating. Now I've started another Ludlum book called The Prometheus Deception. If it is good I'll post a blog about it.

Damn Snow Plow!

I'm am hard of hearing but the snow plow still managed to wake me up. To clarify: it wasn't only the snow plow, it was the entire snow removal team (trucks, plows and a front end loader). The thing I don't quite understand is why do they have to remove the only 5 cm of snow that's on the ground? Worst yet, why do they have to do it at 5 am in the morning?

24 medals - and many 4th place finish

Well the olympics are over. And canadians athletes have all done very well. Last week I got an email from Alex and he asked : " In your best opinion, who would you rather be deserted on an island with: An olympic speed skater, or any kind of olympic skiier (any kind)."
Thinking about it, I would definitly have to say skiier.


To change the topic, Windows Vista the new generation of the Microsoft OS ,which is scheduled for released later this year, will have 6 different versions:

Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Starter

Windows Vista

Olympics and Freezing Rain

I'm proud to be a Canadian. Today, Canada reached a total of 8 medals at the games.

When I get bored at work I log onto CBC olympics and read about the various sports. I enjoy watching and reading about all the sports but my favorites are cross-country skiing and hockey. I've always been interested by cross-country skiing since I ski myself.

The weather has been horrible today. We got rain/snow and freezing rain. Right now there's about 1.5cm of ice on the ground and more to come. During the last 5 weeks, Kingston has received freezing rain on 3 different occasions. What is wrong with this weather? Yeah, I know it's global warming.. blah blah blah.. but what is really being done by indiviuals?

Picture from Greenpeace

Muskrat

First on today's blog, I have to point out that the title has been changed since there is snow on the ground. Although there is very little snow, it would be wrong to say "snowless".

Everyday when I walked across the bridge, I see this animal in the water with its very long but narrow tail sticking out of the water. I've finally found the correct name of the animal, it's called a muskrat. I'm quite sure that the little creature wants to be recognized by me and become famous. For this reason, I'll give him a name and take picture of him in the weeks to come. First, I'll have to take a picture to prove that he's really a muskrat. This is an image from Wikipedia.