How would you like to live on the high seas, in a community of fellow-minded travellers? The oceans are the last uninhabited and unexplored frontier on Earth, and for good reason — living on the seas is not easy, nor is it cheap!. However, recent decades have seen an explosion of cruise-based travel, and more [...]
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Living on the High Seas
37 Comments Kevin on Jul 21st 2011
Filed under Miscellaneous,Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading: Oil Edition
As the recent turmoil across the Arab world has driven oil prices skyward, I’ve had some thoughts about what this means for civilization going forward. Could our civilization truly function without oil? Are alternatives, such as solar and wind, truly “free” forms of energy? I believe it will take time for us to shift from [...]
14 Comments Kevin on Mar 5th 2011
Apparently it’s one of the coldest winters on record for some areas of Europe and the U.S., but it actually feels pretty normal to me up here in Canada. Most days have been warmer than -10C, and although I am not a person that adores the cold, this winter almost feels warm to me, since [...]
13 Comments Kevin on Jan 16th 2011
What are your pet peeves? I don’t think I have too many, but here are a couple that come to mind, because I find them particularly disgusting: People who spit their gum out onto drinking fountains. Why do people do this? It’s disgusting to the next user of the faucet, and there’s often a garbage [...]
38 Comments Kevin on Nov 24th 2010
This has been a busy week so far. I started classes which I am taking twice a week after work, and there is quite a bit of homework and study attached. I really don’t remember how I used to mix work and school in the past! Here are my posts over the past week: Learn [...]
17 Comments Kevin on Sep 10th 2010
Filed under Miscellaneous,Opinion
The Rising Chinese
China is an interesting country; the Chinese civilization has endured the test of time, and they have called “China” home for thousands of years. In recent times, they have gotten some bad press. A few decades ago, the bad press was about the atrocities and mass starvation which killed tens of millions during the peak [...]
36 Comments Kevin on Sep 9th 2010
Summer Heat Another week goes by, as I enjoy the last of the summer heat. Although I will miss the heat, I need my sleep! With a combination of a hot, stuffy apartment and ragweed allergies, I don’t think I’ve gotten more than about 4-5 hours of sleep a night. Posts of the week I [...]
22 Comments Kevin on Sep 3rd 2010
Happy Canada Day weekend! In today’s weekend reading, I highlight posts that focus on the economy and investing, with a couple extra posts thrown in for good measure! Here it is:
6 Comments Kevin on Jul 3rd 2010
