Jeff Chan
@jeffchanimal.bsky.social
QC born, ON bred, lives in BC. Biophile, explorer, skater, judo/jiujitsu, photog, shoots bows. Steady diet of books, punk rock, metal & fruit.
Back in use after 25 years as a space filler. SWR SM-400s, Peavey 210 TX, SansAmp Bass Driver DI.
This rig saw regular action in practice spaces and on stages during my Toronto years but has rarely been turned on in Vancouver.
DeoxIT got the scratchies out and it sounds as good as I remember
This rig saw regular action in practice spaces and on stages during my Toronto years but has rarely been turned on in Vancouver.
DeoxIT got the scratchies out and it sounds as good as I remember
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Back in use after 25 years as a space filler. SWR SM-400s, Peavey 210 TX, SansAmp Bass Driver DI.
This rig saw regular action in practice spaces and on stages during my Toronto years but has rarely been turned on in Vancouver.
DeoxIT got the scratchies out and it sounds as good as I remember
This rig saw regular action in practice spaces and on stages during my Toronto years but has rarely been turned on in Vancouver.
DeoxIT got the scratchies out and it sounds as good as I remember
Brachiosaurus enjoying some scenery in the Seychelles.
August 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Brachiosaurus enjoying some scenery in the Seychelles.
A digital SLR was not in the budget for our Africa trip, but scoring a used Nikkor 70-210 lens for $89 gave me a way to pull the Masai Mara wildlife into range with my Nikon F80.
“Pick up Velvia from the lab” day is one of the best days. Now it’s time to fire up the Nikon Coolscan.
“Pick up Velvia from the lab” day is one of the best days. Now it’s time to fire up the Nikon Coolscan.
August 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A digital SLR was not in the budget for our Africa trip, but scoring a used Nikkor 70-210 lens for $89 gave me a way to pull the Masai Mara wildlife into range with my Nikon F80.
“Pick up Velvia from the lab” day is one of the best days. Now it’s time to fire up the Nikon Coolscan.
“Pick up Velvia from the lab” day is one of the best days. Now it’s time to fire up the Nikon Coolscan.
First skate session after three weeks in Africa. Spent the tail end of golden hour on old standards, then got into new material. Frontside noseslides are new trick #2 since joining Team 50+.
Fingus the Gutter Rat needs to work on his framing.
Fingus the Gutter Rat needs to work on his framing.
August 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
First skate session after three weeks in Africa. Spent the tail end of golden hour on old standards, then got into new material. Frontside noseslides are new trick #2 since joining Team 50+.
Fingus the Gutter Rat needs to work on his framing.
Fingus the Gutter Rat needs to work on his framing.
Anatomy of a “Kansas Roll” (as defined in Miles Davis’s autobiography).
Things one learns quickly in Nairobi:
- USD is commonly used
- ATMs default to dispensing $100 bills
- Most places reject bills that are wrinkled or 10+ years old and will unload these on unsuspecting dupes at any opportunity
Things one learns quickly in Nairobi:
- USD is commonly used
- ATMs default to dispensing $100 bills
- Most places reject bills that are wrinkled or 10+ years old and will unload these on unsuspecting dupes at any opportunity
August 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Anatomy of a “Kansas Roll” (as defined in Miles Davis’s autobiography).
Things one learns quickly in Nairobi:
- USD is commonly used
- ATMs default to dispensing $100 bills
- Most places reject bills that are wrinkled or 10+ years old and will unload these on unsuspecting dupes at any opportunity
Things one learns quickly in Nairobi:
- USD is commonly used
- ATMs default to dispensing $100 bills
- Most places reject bills that are wrinkled or 10+ years old and will unload these on unsuspecting dupes at any opportunity
Discovered this ‘60s garage gem while watching “Roadrunner: A film about Anthony Bourdain” on a flight from Nairobi.
Et moi, et moi, et moi. By Jacques Dutronc.
Catchy simplicity at its best with great lyrics (I had to dig back into my high school French).
youtu.be/mTj8rizW9Bg?...
Et moi, et moi, et moi. By Jacques Dutronc.
Catchy simplicity at its best with great lyrics (I had to dig back into my high school French).
youtu.be/mTj8rizW9Bg?...
Et moi, et moi, et moi
YouTube video by Jacques Dutronc - Topic
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July 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Discovered this ‘60s garage gem while watching “Roadrunner: A film about Anthony Bourdain” on a flight from Nairobi.
Et moi, et moi, et moi. By Jacques Dutronc.
Catchy simplicity at its best with great lyrics (I had to dig back into my high school French).
youtu.be/mTj8rizW9Bg?...
Et moi, et moi, et moi. By Jacques Dutronc.
Catchy simplicity at its best with great lyrics (I had to dig back into my high school French).
youtu.be/mTj8rizW9Bg?...
If you’ve read @waub.bsky.social’s Moon of the Turning Leaves, you’ll get the coincidence of finding this old Nat Geo beside the TV at one of our vacation stops.
I recommend it if you’re interested in a different angle on post-apocalyptic storytelling (read Moon of the Crusted Snow first).
I recommend it if you’re interested in a different angle on post-apocalyptic storytelling (read Moon of the Crusted Snow first).
July 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If you’ve read @waub.bsky.social’s Moon of the Turning Leaves, you’ll get the coincidence of finding this old Nat Geo beside the TV at one of our vacation stops.
I recommend it if you’re interested in a different angle on post-apocalyptic storytelling (read Moon of the Crusted Snow first).
I recommend it if you’re interested in a different angle on post-apocalyptic storytelling (read Moon of the Crusted Snow first).
A day in the life of a lion pride: The lionesses take down a water buffalo and get to snacking. The male(s) ambles up to take advantage of the ladies’ hard work. Then everyone lays down in the shade for a serious nap.
Masai Mara National Park in Kenya with Wildebeest Safaris.
Masai Mara National Park in Kenya with Wildebeest Safaris.
July 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A day in the life of a lion pride: The lionesses take down a water buffalo and get to snacking. The male(s) ambles up to take advantage of the ladies’ hard work. Then everyone lays down in the shade for a serious nap.
Masai Mara National Park in Kenya with Wildebeest Safaris.
Masai Mara National Park in Kenya with Wildebeest Safaris.
Birdwatching feels different when the birds can kick your ass. I like ostriches because these weirdos are the closest I’ll get to seeing an ornithomimosaur.
July 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Birdwatching feels different when the birds can kick your ass. I like ostriches because these weirdos are the closest I’ll get to seeing an ornithomimosaur.
These two giraffe bulls went from sunrise posing to full-contact sparring. They’d swing their heads into the other’s body and it sounded like dropping a king-size futon off of a four-story balcony.
Masai Mara National Park with Wildebeest Safaris.
Masai Mara National Park with Wildebeest Safaris.
July 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
These two giraffe bulls went from sunrise posing to full-contact sparring. They’d swing their heads into the other’s body and it sounded like dropping a king-size futon off of a four-story balcony.
Masai Mara National Park with Wildebeest Safaris.
Masai Mara National Park with Wildebeest Safaris.
I was never much for noseslides, but my baseplate recently got into the action and now I think they sound pretty nice. Not as nice as a 50-50, of course, but you can decide for yourself…
July 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I was never much for noseslides, but my baseplate recently got into the action and now I think they sound pretty nice. Not as nice as a 50-50, of course, but you can decide for yourself…
Final three pages of log entries before starting book 4.
In 2016 I started tracking my recovery from a bulged disc / pinched femoral nerve and my notes turned into a long-term habit. I was walking with a cane and taking 3 kinds of drugs to get out of bed back then, so I’m calling this progress…
In 2016 I started tracking my recovery from a bulged disc / pinched femoral nerve and my notes turned into a long-term habit. I was walking with a cane and taking 3 kinds of drugs to get out of bed back then, so I’m calling this progress…
July 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Final three pages of log entries before starting book 4.
In 2016 I started tracking my recovery from a bulged disc / pinched femoral nerve and my notes turned into a long-term habit. I was walking with a cane and taking 3 kinds of drugs to get out of bed back then, so I’m calling this progress…
In 2016 I started tracking my recovery from a bulged disc / pinched femoral nerve and my notes turned into a long-term habit. I was walking with a cane and taking 3 kinds of drugs to get out of bed back then, so I’m calling this progress…
The Dawn Patrol Trailrunning Club is small and our judgement is questionable. 18km and home by 9:50 on the longest day of the year.
The trail didn’t live up to its name, but there was a surprising quantity of bear doodie.
The trail didn’t live up to its name, but there was a surprising quantity of bear doodie.
June 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Dawn Patrol Trailrunning Club is small and our judgement is questionable. 18km and home by 9:50 on the longest day of the year.
The trail didn’t live up to its name, but there was a surprising quantity of bear doodie.
The trail didn’t live up to its name, but there was a surprising quantity of bear doodie.
In my interview for my current job they asked why I was interested. My first answer was, “Connection to the area.”
Exhibit A: Some photos from my lunchbreak trail runs. I like the DIY river crossing in #2 - check out the iron handrail that some crafty person mounted to the far right.
Exhibit A: Some photos from my lunchbreak trail runs. I like the DIY river crossing in #2 - check out the iron handrail that some crafty person mounted to the far right.
June 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
In my interview for my current job they asked why I was interested. My first answer was, “Connection to the area.”
Exhibit A: Some photos from my lunchbreak trail runs. I like the DIY river crossing in #2 - check out the iron handrail that some crafty person mounted to the far right.
Exhibit A: Some photos from my lunchbreak trail runs. I like the DIY river crossing in #2 - check out the iron handrail that some crafty person mounted to the far right.
Allosaurus lived about 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic period - roughly 80 million years before late-Cretaceous dinos like triceratops, tyrannosaurs rex, and ankylosaurus.
I’m sure there’s a joke to be had in here about 50-year-old skateboarders.
I’m sure there’s a joke to be had in here about 50-year-old skateboarders.
May 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Allosaurus lived about 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic period - roughly 80 million years before late-Cretaceous dinos like triceratops, tyrannosaurs rex, and ankylosaurus.
I’m sure there’s a joke to be had in here about 50-year-old skateboarders.
I’m sure there’s a joke to be had in here about 50-year-old skateboarders.
Up is down and down is up, Alice.
May 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Up is down and down is up, Alice.
Slappies, noseslides, and swerving around on my Polarizer in the shadow of the Creeper Bus.
May 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Slappies, noseslides, and swerving around on my Polarizer in the shadow of the Creeper Bus.
Crikey! Are they trying to ruin my reputation or PeePee’s?
April 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Crikey! Are they trying to ruin my reputation or PeePee’s?
Mixed media on concrete. Wax, moss, aluminum, and a touch of grade 8 steel.
April 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Mixed media on concrete. Wax, moss, aluminum, and a touch of grade 8 steel.
Screechy screechy. My kingpin took some heat while I broke in a new section of curb.
March 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Screechy screechy. My kingpin took some heat while I broke in a new section of curb.
Recent bookstore scores: Perseverance @stephankesting.bsky.social
Moon of the Turning Leaves @waub.bsky.social
When the Earth Was Green @restingdinoface.bsky.social
Nomeansno: From Obscurity to Oblivion. Jason Lamb & Paul Prescott.
Excellent octopus notebook cover art by Ernest Swanson.
Moon of the Turning Leaves @waub.bsky.social
When the Earth Was Green @restingdinoface.bsky.social
Nomeansno: From Obscurity to Oblivion. Jason Lamb & Paul Prescott.
Excellent octopus notebook cover art by Ernest Swanson.
March 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Recent bookstore scores: Perseverance @stephankesting.bsky.social
Moon of the Turning Leaves @waub.bsky.social
When the Earth Was Green @restingdinoface.bsky.social
Nomeansno: From Obscurity to Oblivion. Jason Lamb & Paul Prescott.
Excellent octopus notebook cover art by Ernest Swanson.
Moon of the Turning Leaves @waub.bsky.social
When the Earth Was Green @restingdinoface.bsky.social
Nomeansno: From Obscurity to Oblivion. Jason Lamb & Paul Prescott.
Excellent octopus notebook cover art by Ernest Swanson.
Reposted by Jeff Chan
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
Judge societies by how they treat their most vulnerable.
Children don’t choose to be born trans. But an obscenely high number of these kids choose to commit suicide after being bullied by adults (and children who learned hate from those adults) because of how they were born.
Protect vulnerable kids
Children don’t choose to be born trans. But an obscenely high number of these kids choose to commit suicide after being bullied by adults (and children who learned hate from those adults) because of how they were born.
Protect vulnerable kids
February 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Judge societies by how they treat their most vulnerable.
Children don’t choose to be born trans. But an obscenely high number of these kids choose to commit suicide after being bullied by adults (and children who learned hate from those adults) because of how they were born.
Protect vulnerable kids
Children don’t choose to be born trans. But an obscenely high number of these kids choose to commit suicide after being bullied by adults (and children who learned hate from those adults) because of how they were born.
Protect vulnerable kids
Through the looking glass.
February 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Through the looking glass.
Breaching the pentagenarian boundary. In late 2024, the VPD, carnotaurus, barapasaurus, and a fellow nocturnal skate fiend swung by to commemorate my final slappies of my 40s.
A few weeks later, slappy nosegrinds became my first trick of my 50s. I gratefully accept this gift from the skate gods.
A few weeks later, slappy nosegrinds became my first trick of my 50s. I gratefully accept this gift from the skate gods.
February 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Breaching the pentagenarian boundary. In late 2024, the VPD, carnotaurus, barapasaurus, and a fellow nocturnal skate fiend swung by to commemorate my final slappies of my 40s.
A few weeks later, slappy nosegrinds became my first trick of my 50s. I gratefully accept this gift from the skate gods.
A few weeks later, slappy nosegrinds became my first trick of my 50s. I gratefully accept this gift from the skate gods.