Ok now where was I when I left off yesterday….search engine problem, check….first potential new home viewing, check. Right…

How about I start with things on the job front. I have to say things have not gone smoothly with marketing my employer’s website. By now I really should have had their website fairly dominant in the search engines. It is doing quite well on Bing & Yahoo, but let’s be serious, that traffic is peanuts. Google progress on the other hand has been a long road with plenty of potholes.

Normally this would get a website marketer worried about his job, but really the problems have been out of my control for the most part. It’s primarily a mix of poor decisions by other people and a poorly optimized website that I don’t have access to repair myself. Luckily I’ve managed to convince my boss to bring on some outside help to fix the website. Then if all goes well, it’ll be smoothy sailing and lots of pats on the back. Or bonus checks will suffice rather than just back patting Continue reading →

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So I’m not really sure of the plan this weekend. A lot will likely depend on the weather.

If it’s bad weather (which is normal for Vancouver this time of year), I figure we’ll probably just take it easy and relax at home. Maybe we’ll watch a movie or two and watch a bit of sports. Probably do some work on my blog too.

On the other hand, if we luck out and it’s nice weather I think we’ll probably go for a hike somewhere. Within an hour or two of the city there are so many awesome hiking trails to check out. I’ve only hiked a handful of them, but there’s plenty more to see. We probably would have done that last week if it wasn’t for my sore legs. So not I’m itching to get out there. This area is so scenic and it’s nice to take advantage.

Or maybe I’ll try to convince my girlfriend to play tennis with me again. We played last weekend and I guess it was a little…uh….uncompetitive Maybe it’s best if I invite a friend a long to play too lol. I’m no tennis star, but some longer rallies are good. I’ll have to help her get some more practice. Continue reading →

Photo: Tomi Tapio

Today is my lucky day. Well technically the lucky day was earlier this week, but today I get to reap the benefits of that good luck. My girlfriend happened to score some free Canucks tickets from her employer. Since they’re the company seats they use to schmooze with clients and partners, I’m sure they’ll be awesome seats. I’m not picky though. I’d be happy even if they were the worst seats in the arena…it is free after all. And yeah, I love me some hockey.

The shitty part about it is that I think my girlfriend is coming down with the flu again. Hopefully she’s feeling well enough to enjoy the game. I’ll have to rub it in that her obsessive hygiene wasn’t enough to protect her. I scoff at her offers of berry scented hand sanitizer. Maybe I’m just self conscious but I don’t think a guy should smell like that. I especially don’t want my hands smelling like that while eating. And yes I will put my hands all over that railing that hundreds of people have touched today. Continue reading →