So my move happens tomorrow. I've rented a moving truck from Uhaul, hired some guys to help at this end and some students in Ottawa to help off load. Power hookups are all arranged as are internet services, mail forwards and all the other things you need to deal with when moving. I must say it's a heck of a lot easier with internet dealings, although I did need to spend some time on the phone as Ottawa Hydros hook up online form doesn't email you to let you know anythings happening. So I ended up calling them, which was better anyway. They told me to get a letter of credit from Toronto Hydro to avoid the security deposit.

In other news, my voice is almost back to normal after spending Sunday screaming at the Ottawa Cyclocross Provincials. You can see pics at Mike Clark's flickr account http://flickr.com/photos/shapelike/

So yes, back to the move. Tomorrow morning I should be packed and on the road by noon. Here's hoping

I just got back from looking for housing in Ottawa after accepting a job with Ottawa Public Health. I'll be covering a maternity leave for between 9 and 12 months. A good chance to get some experience with a good team.

As freaked out as I am about global warming, today's +17C weather was a nice change from the cold/rainy weather we've been having. And it was a lovely day on the disc golf course. I birdied a few holes and came close to a hole in one on #3, which would have been very choice.

And it sounds like I'm getting a job offer from Ottawa Public Health to cover a maternity leave position as an infectious disease epidemiologist. It's been a long seven months looking for working and straining not to do something soul-sucking, but it's paid off. I'm really looking forward to this job, learning more stuff, and getting paid!

In other news a cyclist was caught in Toronto with a gun.

Well, I have a few interviews lined up for the next two weeks and I've been hitting the books to review a few things pertinent to infectious disease epidemiology.

But all work and no play isn't good! So I've interspersed the work with some hacking of images put by pals in the Toronto Fixed thread of the bikeforums http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=7784738

The first was one of my pals Keith and Wes (that's Wes running up the hill).

With the most recent a pic put up by Matt Rennick Living for the City.

Both done with Gimp and Imagemagick with some optimization online at gif image resizer.

It's fun to break up the day with this stuff, even though I pretty much suck at it. But in any case, how long can you really look over CUSUMs and epi curves without going cross-eyed?