Carnet de Voyage

Welcome to my Carnet Binaire. Ah, the CB!

Now, I have no illusions that “carnet binaire” will replace the ever-subtly grating “blog” as popular nomenclature for web-based journals, but it does have a nice ring to it. And without “blog,” we would no longer encounter bloggers blogging in the… ugh, blogosphere. Which will undoubtedly be of relief to the vast majority of modern society [Heather Narduzzi presenting the primary exception].
You’re welcome, Society.

I write this from Vancouver, having arrived here very early a week ago on January 18th. Waiting to depart at the airport in Moncton, Janet, Heather, and I discussed my itinerary and that, with the time zones, I had traveled into the future (Ottawa – NB) and was now going into the past (NB – BC), then into the far future (losing an entire day from LA – Fiji). At which point Heather, who recently told me she loves safety, asked: “Can you stop at the Internet?? And blog from there?!”


Although I had been organizing and setting things aside well before my departure, packing was naturally only completed at the last minute. I paced back and forth, fully ready down to coat, scarf, and sneakers, waiting for the computer to finish burning a backup CD, ten minutes after we should have left for the airport. Even though the task could have been accomplished weeks ago. I am nothing if not predictable.

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As I am without computer, I am unsure how frequently I will be able to post updates. I do, however, have a notebook to keep track of tales to relay.

Or, for the nerdier among us, an analog blog.

Please post comments; it would make me ultra-happy. (It’s easy, Mum: just click on the word “comment”).