The local music store has closed for the day, and I didn’t purchase any low brass. Or anything else. Remarkable restraint. I could have found (yet) another way to annoy the neighbours.
posted in environment | Comments Off on Temporary bridge fix | 255 words
This is just an idea. I may have to start reading more. Turns out that there are a lot of books to go through before I can claim to have a broad education.
posted in humour | Comments Off on Need to read, more | 263 words
I grew up believing that a “black Friday” was far from a positive thing. History. Go ahead, put the term into Wiki, and back come a flood of tragic memories. War, pestilence, asteroids striking the earth and destroying the dinosaurs (I’m not sure about that last one). But we’ve changed millenia, and now, Black Friday is symbolic of hope.
posted in economy, humour | Comments Off on When the Friday is something other than black | 264 words
The first real payload of winter weather has come and (not) gone. I was home, in time; lifting the plowdrop of wet blobs reminds me why summer is so much cooler, if you will. No forced time off from work, but the bus was overfull and overslow this morning. All the sardines were peaceful, and within months we’ll have it all figured out. Months. I’m counting them.
posted in media, Wx | Comments Off on Tie down the cat | 259 words
Sorry I missed it. There were byelections yesterday. Although the results were predictable (this is Canada), the victory speech wasn’t. JET (the son of PET) quoted “Jack” during his political Address To A Haggis. Gasp! For the record, Justin used some memorable quotes from the belated Mr. Layton, thereby ensuring that the members of the Orange tribe will not vote for the Red tribe any time soon. Not that they were going to. But in politics, the offended nature is more important than the actual content.
posted in media, photography, politics | Comments Off on Three Rock references | 259 words
I tried to be patient. Really. I mean, last evening, when I placed that book order, I thought that things would be there in a matter of days. Yes, I carefully chose items to ensure free shipping, but the whole point was that it would be fast. And then, this afternoon, when I logged into the site to check on progress, and saw that the anticipated delivery date was “next year”…
posted in economy | Comments Off on Speed reading or speed delivery | 260 words
Proof that my family hasn’t spent enough time in the organized sports world: We need to use an online service to coordinate the annual secret Santa. Six people, not sixteen or sixty. We tried the “throw the names in a hat and trust everyone”, but it now requires too much effort to get everyone in the same time/space. Based on last year, not even the actual date for exchange of gifts is immune to absentees. Hence the email messages (five so far) to try and make it work.
posted in history | Comments Off on Sounds like a rail stop | 263 words
As seen “under the lights”, steady flurries in a steady wind. As seen at field level, the steady progress of a team towards an expected conclusion. This was the Vanier Cup 2013, as seen from my chair.
posted in food, sports | Comments Off on Perfect way to end a perfect season; with a trophy | 299 words
Yes, I remember where I was a half century ago. Just getting out of my Grade V class, via that scary fire escape on the end of the building. No emergency; the door was in our classroom and it was part of our good luck to test the acrophobia on a daily basis. There was, as I recall, a single loudspeaker on the outside of the building, and the head nun announced what sounded like the end of the world, as we knew it.
posted in history | Comments Off on None know, for sure | 256 words
The worst question you can ask someone who takes care of a computer network: Where does “that” jack terminate? Despite our efforts to put order in the octopus, the number at one end isn’t always reflected at the other end (of the wire). And we don’t know why!
posted in technology | Comments Off on Too many unidentified wiring drops | 262 words
