http://www.mattkiazyk.com personnel website of matt kiazyk Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:34:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hilarious.  What's a brother to do when he can't fly his own personal jet anymore because it's too expensive! Well he must fly commerical now. Well at least he still has first class! http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/09/01/i-feel-so-sorry-for-him/ [caption id="attachment_220" align="alignright" width="389" caption="It was a close vote, but in the end, the ranger died"][/caption] So after a four month long poll, yet another Canadian beer legend is leaving us. While personally he wasn't my favourite, it still made for funny commercials. Although there's nothing more Canadian like and more satisfying ... http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/08/30/so-long-kokannee-ranger/ [caption id="attachment_211" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Days with my father"][/caption] That makes you think of the people that have come into your life. The memories you've had with them, be it good or bad. Days with My Father is just that kind of site. You can't help but be sad from the photographs, but ... http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/08/24/once-in-a-while-you-come-across-a-website/ I went to the eye doctor today - first time in 3 years. I figured it was about time I went. Actually the only real reason why I went is because I ran out of contacts! So all went fine and after a few tests they gave me some drops in ... http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/04/16/is-there-something-wrong-with-my-eye/ It's the beginning of April, so that could only mean one thing. It's time once again for the annual MNP Mustache growing contest! What's better then not shaving for a whole month? I'll admit it, I'm lazy, so not having to shave your whole face for a whole month is plain and ... http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/04/05/its-time-to-defend-my-title/ I've added my gallery back to the website. You should see the link at the top. This time I used a pretty cool ajax style wordpress plugin call Slickr.  I'll try to update the gallery soon. I finally got a computer back up and running at home as it had crashed ... http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/03/02/added-by-gallery-back-in/ Well it's back for another year - it's time for Canada's favourite frustrating, paper rolling event. Click on the link on the top to see how I do this year! It probably will be a little less coffees this year since I do have a new coffee pot for Christmas that ... http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/02/28/another-year-of-roll-up-the-rim/ This post is to inform you of some problems I have with your current transit system. I recently moved to the Spruce Cliff area and before that for the last 2 1/2 years I have been riding the C-Train every weekday morning to the downtown core. The C-Trains are fantastic. ... http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/02/02/dear-calgary-transit/ I'm really liking Orlando! Taken on a "beach" while there was some downtime at the conference. http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/01/23/i-could-really-live-here/ I didn't realize how big Lotusphere actually is. The few conferences I've been to seems ridiculously small compared to this extravangza. I don't know a number for sure, but I swear there's 10,000 people here. Try to picture feeding 10,000 people in 2 hours twice a day. But they get ... http://www.mattkiazyk.com/2008/01/22/lotusphere-is-huge/