Humble Opinions

Reading Week is supposed to be a week for students to catch up with readings and to prepare for the meaty part of the semester. However, like Spring Break for the Americans, it is actually an opportunity to take a week off partying in Mexico, or Banff, or anywhere where there isn't a textbook. Here's the result of an exchange I had with one clever student... Hello Hume This is Kenneth H** from team stud (fist pump). Looking at my schedule for the up coming week I am not sure that I will have enough time to give the assignment a quality effort. I am currently working on a project for The Social Exchange (a student club here in Haskayne) that involves an awful lot of video filming and even more editing for a charity event that we are currently working on. Basically I am asking if I can have an extension until after reading week on the project. I tried to pop by today and discuss it in person to no avail, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me either b...

The view from my apartment balcony at 9:00am. It's snowing again today in Calgary. Nothing unusual in that, except that the humidity is unusually high at 85% or more. Typically it's in the low 50s - very dry. This humidity is making it icy on the roads. A dozen accidents were reported this morning. The morning TV news showed a wonderful scene of a large 4WD spinning slowly along the street bouncing off cars parked along the side. Nothing the driver could do. Luckily I take the c-train in to campus.

  Ferris, Anette, Kym, Leonie-Marie, me, Maraike, Pauline in the Campus Club after our last class in Advanced Market Modelling , October 2006. Relief for all!