Holiday Stress

The holidays can be frantic, stressful and too busy. Is it because we take on too much? Is it because we don't do enough planning? Is it because we cannot live up to an ideal?

Take a breath.

What is important during any holiday when people gather? Ego? Status? Showing off wealth?

It is appreciating the friends and family you have regardless of their faults. It is acknowledging your own faults and either accepting them or making a reasonable plan to deal with them.

The holidays are for taking a breath. Reflecting. Accepting. Planning. Doing.

Take a walk, either an actual lane or down memory lane, with your friends and family this winter season. Don't forget to breathe.

Interactivity Games Milk Shakes...they're better than yours

Do you want the best milk shakes in the city? Then head to Interactivity Board Game cafe. They make ice cream on site and the salted Caramel is awesome. Their Chai tea latte is delicious and different than anywhere in town.

Meat and Bread Restaurant

Meat and Bread is a limited menu eatery on Yates street in Victoria. They also have two locations in Vancouver. I had passed by this place a few times but was not hungry...until recently.

I tried the special, a chicken comfit with mashed pea spread and some fixings and washed it down with a local cider. It was all delicious and filling with plenty of space to sit down and relax. I'd come here again.

Postcard of the Interwebs - 10 Dec 2014

Old Cherokee Story

Reality and imagination flow in different directions in the brain: Interesting article on further hints at how our brains work. Could lead to innovative treatments and possibly a truth detecting machine.

Find your Birth Star: Many magnitudes more scientific than astrology, type your birth year, month and day to find the star whose light started shining on Earth the day you were born. From the Joint Astronolmy center on Hawai'i,

How to make Spice Blends:

Musonius Rufus, an Early Advocate for Philosophy: A comment on having an open mind to discuss ideas and move forward with others. I'm already there but it phrases it mush better than I could.

Reading Literature is Better for our Brains and Social Interaction: An older TIME magazine article but still well said on how reading fiction makes us better people and smarter too.

Prisms used to make Computers Faster: Staford has designed an algorithm to design an object with gaps of glass and air so that it can bend light in different angles and colours of light. The application for computing is extrordinary.

Jam Cafe

My wife has been to the Jam Cafe several times before and has waxed poetic about it. Therefore I was expecting a lot when I went there to share a breakfast experience there with her and her friend. There was a lineup outside that took half an hour to get through, as most breakfast places in Victoria have. The decor is "Canadian Pickers" vintage cool. I had the special, a Chorizo omelet, with goat cheese and flax cranberry toast. It was delicious. I'd go back here again.