A Kominar Chronicle

Thanks to all of those who recently helped celebrate my birthday.  Supposedly turning twenty-six isn’t a very interesting birthday because your life doesn’t really change much with no significant milestones.  Somehow I have found myself in the middle of a mid-twenties crisis. 

I’ve been accused of entering my late-twenties prematurely by close sources.  (Guess: It’s neither me nor the mysterious man in leather pictured to your left.)  I submit the following age demographic breakdown of the twenty-somethings for your consideration. 

• 20-23 = Early Twenties
• 24-26* = Mid Twenties (I’d also be open to considering 23.5 - 27.5)
• 27-29 = Late Twenties

Feel free to share your prejudice in the comments.

T-Shirt Adventures

With that reality nicely dealt with I’d like to share a quick tale of my birthday celebration.  As you may have noticed in the photo above, Nadine and I are wearing similarly heart-themed t-shirts.  They are in fact the 8-bit dynamic life shirt from ThinkGeek.com.  When near another shirt all six of your hearts light up, when apart only two and a half. 

This novelty has not worn off all-day and has garnered us attention at work and abroad including numerous potential workplace harassment incidents due to intrigue (inappropriate touching and the like)!   I’ll keep you apprised as the cases develop.

Flower in Sauce

The art you see on your right is my latest food-art creation Flower in Sauce.  I laboured over its creation after a delicious sushi-lunch.  Its medium is remnant chicken skewer sauce, and was painted with a single chopstick.  Some have relegated it to the lower class of “handy-work” rather than “art”.  This piece us that while sushi is certainly delicious it is not without its thorns.  (Some side effects have included: mysterious sushi regret and full-belly)

Art? Handy-work?  Certainly Art.

While browsing through my Google Analytics yesterday I noticed a strange concentration of visitors from Bulgaria.  I traced the referrals down to a site called Svejo. 

d_r_watson, A member of this community media site recommended my mushroom skull food carving.  At the time of posting I’ve got 32 гласа and counting.  Finally, some international recognition! You can read my original blog article here: Mushroom Skulls.  If you want to help with my гласа you can vote at : Svejo Салата от гъби

I took the liberty of translating some of the user comments for you below. 

• “ей аз обичам гъби не плаши така хората” “hey I love mushrooms so people are not afraid“
• “…отровни“ “… poisonous”
• “Виж, за това не съм се сетила” “See, for I do not think”
• “Сол сложи ли?” “I put the salt?“

Try some translation of your own! (ImTranslator.net)

Tags: Zack

No, I am not having another identity crisis, one is enough thank you! (Zack v Zach et al.) Instead, I’m heading out on a European odyssey, or “EuroZack” which sounds more eclectic.  From March 17 – 29 I’ll be touring some of Northern Europe including: England, France, Belgium, and The Netherlands.  If you happen to be reading this and in the region at the time contact me to zuzamen.  Keep tuned to this site for adventures and fun.

“What’s the occasion?”
I’ve been working with IGLOO Software for the past year and a half and just finished my last day of work.  I was a Business Development Specialist and Technical Sales Representative and developed a lot of practical business experience from my colleagues and clients.  However, I came across an opportunity to follow my passion and explore a Legal/Tech career path with a local technology company which starts in April.  Check out IGLOO if you’re in the market for online community solutions for your business or association.

On my final day I was able to share my Unicycle talents with my co-workers.  I had started my juggling crusade from day one but the nature of the unicycle made it difficult to encourage widely.  I left behind a set of office juggling balls to enjoy and hope to see some new talents when I visit again.

This delicious-looking jeep you see on your left was presented to me by IGLOO’s friendliest front-desk staff Cathy.  This Jeep’s body is comprised of Banana Bread with a smooth chocolate paint job. The grill is silver sugar candy confectionaries with lifesaver headlights to help you see the cavities coming ahead of time. The roll cage is fabricated of twizzlers pull-and-peel, its malleability does not promote confidence in this life saving safety feature but does work well when clearing the wreck. This monster sits atop of 4 full-sized Tim Horton’s donuts, 2 chocolate glazed in front for smooth riding and 2 honey crullers in back delivering that critical torque.  Best Served Chilled.

All the best to the team at IGLOO!

Tags: Zack

Congratulations are in order for my long-time friends Lyle & Mhairi who were married in late September.  What’s amazing is that they found some time where they were both in the same physical location to pull off such an event.  I’ve never met such a couple who can endure such distance yet keep such a close connection.  All the best to them in their new life together.

• Lyle and Mhairi Wedding Site

During my studies at Bond University I was a legal research assistant at the Department of Law. I had the pleasure of working with the other research assistants and contributing to a law textbook. I assisted with the Privacy and Spam Law chapters along with some draft review.

Internet and E-commerce Law is published by the Oxford University press and is available for order online. I was surprised last week when a copy from Australia arrived for me!

Congratulations to both Jay Forder and Dan Svantesson on their recent publication, and to all of the others who worked behind the scenes to make it happen.

Tags: Bond

Sharing our Light (1500 Pieces)

The Art of James Christensen

Finishing a puzzle in a small apartment with an over-active kitten is no easy task. I am proud to announce that Nadine and I managed to piece this together after 3 weeks of casual puzzling and only a few Chatty related re-constructions.

Chatty likes to play, we like to play, sometimes people and cat play don’t work well together. We devised a number of strategies to protect our work from her late-night mischief. The best seemed to be placing a rug over the puzzle with a folding chair on top, out of sight out of mind.

Two Days Later: Chatty sends the puzzle off in style to your right.