Took a long time,...

Took a long time,..., originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

... to eat all this fruit.

Especially because I don't really like fruit. I don't eat bananas in the summer (mosquitos like me more if I've eaten bananas). I don't eat grapefruit or any oranges other than Mandarin (too much skin and other fibre-y bits). I don't eat mangoes (too sweet). I'm not a fan of papayas, Macintosh apples, Golden Delicious apples or green kiwifruit.

Grapes and Pink Lady apples are okay, but since they are in bags, they don't come with fruit stickers. Yellow kiwifruit and B.C. cherries are my absolute favourites, but are available only in August or September. I love passionfruit, but have yet to find it in Canada.

Travel Moleskine cover

Travel Moleskine cover, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

From my very first-purchased and first-filled Moleskine.

War = tragedy

War = tragedy, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

From the Quote Book originally posted to DNM.ca on Dec. 1, 2006

Anyone who knows me, also knows that I was a bit of an activist at the start of the Iraq war. Given my Mennonite grandfather’s pacifist roots, this is hardly surprising. Anyhoo,... here’s a couple pages from around that time.

Quote book cover

Quote book cover, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Originally posted to DNM.ca on Dec. 15th, 2006.

Anyone who has:
a) been to a pub with me
b) read a DNM
c) both

knows that I write down snippets of conversations in a notebook, for later “publication” in DNM.

What most people don’t know is that I collect all sorts of “real” quotes too.

The graffiti quote was from a photo I took in Melbourne in 1999 and the photo of the trees is a hand coloured B&W scan of a photo I took on Vancouver Is. in about 1988.

12 angry fish

12 angry fish, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Constructed August 2006, and originally posted to DNM.ca on Dec. 20, 2006.

I’d always clipped funny bits from magazines and saved them to make collage-letters to friends. However, in the past half-dozen years, everyone’s use of snail-mail has all but stopped. My conundrum, then, was what to do with all the scraps of paper I’d collected in a box?

The answer presented itself as I trying to find ways to start filling up those blank Moleskines with something other than lists or travel notes.

One of the first appears above.

Jung,... who knew?

You scored as C.G. Jung. You are more of a spiritualist than would be immediately apparent. Some of your notions are questioned by the cynical, but deep down you know the human consciousness is more than the flesh and tissue can account for. You tend to take a scientific observationist look on matters the average person wouldn't even begin to analyze. You personally are responsible for most of the ideas that are floating around in modern psychologist's/psychic's paltry little skulls. On the down side, you tend to be associated with that asshole Freud. C.G. Jung 100% Dante Alighieri 92% Adolf Hitler 83% Friedrich Nietzsche 75% Charles Manson 58% Jesus Christ 58% Steven Morrissey 58% Sigmund Freud 50% Mother Teresa 42% O.J. Simpson 33% Stephen Hawking 33% Miyamoto Musashi 25% Hugh Hefner 25% Elvis Presley 17% What Pseudo Historical Figure Best Suits You? created with QuizFarm.com

Obsessions 002/003

Obsessions 002/003, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

I, for reasons only my family understands, saved all the paper inserts from all my Moleskines. A had a pretty big stack of them saved. I have no idea why.

So, over the course of a couple weeks, I painstakingly cut out all the little Moleskine pictures from each insert and pasted them in another Moleskine.

FM2 to D50 in a single leap.

FM2 to D50 in a single leap., originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

This appeared in a paper DNM, I believe, but given that it's one of my first attempts at actually drawing somthing, I thought it deserved another chance at some "exposure". ;)

Where's indigo?

Where's indigo?, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Mmmm,... Van Gogh Moleskines with silk covers. I can’t bring myself to use them since they have even more “Intimidation Factor” than the plain ol’ black ones.

Originally posted to DNM.ca on Dec. 20, 2006:
As I had written in DNM (Vol. VII, Iss. 3) one must overcome the intimidation factor when it comes to using a Moleskine. For me, both inspiration and intimidation came from others who scanned and posted their Moleskine pages on Flickr.

Test post for the new Moleskine Anablog

Obsessions 006/007, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Thought this would be a good test post for my Moleskine journal posts. This might be a much better way to post, since the dnm.ca site I make most of my posts to gets far too bogged down sometimes. And,... to make matters worse, unless I post to the mac.com site, there's no way to allow comments there. Boo. That's what I get for taking the easy way out.

Anyway, this is my map of my favourite hike in the entire world. Not that I've been to the entire world, but you get the idea.

Is there a difference?

Is there a difference?
Originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Flickr users seem to know. Some of the comments generated a lot of controvery with other posters, but I learned a lot (my comments in purple).

In the US, I think Coke Zero is supposed to taste like Coke Classic but without the calories? It's better than C2 was (yuck!).

@Pragmatik - LOL. They're all pretty disgusting if you think about it. And I did. You'd have to consume 50L of the stuff to go over your RDA in sodium. Now that I think about it C2 has disappeared in Canada too.

Yes, as Pragmatik said, the Coke Zero is intended to taste like "real" Coke, while the Diet Coke has its own distinctive flavour. Even here in Canada.

Good to know. I'll have to do a side-by-side blind taste test sometime.

I can't tell the difference I wondered the same thing ... imo its a marketting thing. I think its to get blokes who think Diet Coke is for women to frink diet drinks! Maybe I am just too cnoical though!

@Dave - That's a pretty good theory. I can't think of the last time I saw a guy go for a Diet Coke. Now I will have to watch Coke Zero buyers much more carefully.....

There is MOST DEFINITELY a difference. The formulas are totally diffferent... I like Coke Zero much better. Two things Coca-Cola has learned...1. Never take away a long time brand name (i.e.TaB, with customers that are fiercely loyal) and
2. Never make a drastic formula change of a flagship brand. Remember 1986, when New Coke came out? Disaster...So, Coke is leaving Diet Coke where it is, and announced another diet Cola... Coke Zero. Good move. Let it find its own level. Sure, there will be some cannibalizatiion of the Diet Coke brand, but more people are happy because they can choose which one they like better.

@Kevin - You make some great points,... I do remember the New Coke debacle. And, as an added bonus, Coke now has two no cal drinks to Pepsi's one....

never heard of COKE ZERO, we only have Coke light and Coke light with lemon flavor...

Big topic. First, the 3 basic food groups: fat, sugar and salt. The new Coke is rating low on all three. Second, diet Coke tastes vile. Third, Coke Zero: a beverage for zeroes? Finally, you can get no-sugar no-caffeine Coke, but I say: "What's the point of that?" Next thing you know they'll be taking out the fizz

@nascent341 - Oh no, another variety! Now I have to think about what Coke light (with or without lemon) might be. :)
@Dunottar - you forgot the most important food group: chocolate. No wait, maybe that was part of the food pyramind (I can never remember): Beer, pizza, chocolate. Mmmm,... fizzless Coke. I think I'll stick with water. Or beer. :)

Looking at the labels? It looks like diet has 1% more sodium? Heehee. I dont drink soda, so I can't write much about the taste... :)