21st
July
2015
One plus about life in a small place is that your neighbours actually know who you are (and care). Case in point: this morning, we received a document requiring a notarized signature. I called the local lawyer’s office, and received an appointment for less than ninety minutes later, that same day. Drove down, met him in the doorway. Signed, sealed, delivered; in less time than it takes to find an available attorney in the Yellow Pages, elsewhere.
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posted in education |
20th
July
2015
Please, let the official election campaign begin. Otherwise, the party in power will spend every last cent in the bank convincing us that only they know how to care for us. Of course! Don’t let fairness, or moral values get in the way of your bid for another round at the trough. How is it that some people don’t realize the gifts bought with their own money aren’t exactly free. Today, a small donation to eligible parents of just over three billion (taxable, to boot). Pardon me, but since when did this government invent family allowance payments?
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posted in environment, politics |
19th
July
2015
I must have missed something in the weather forecast. That rain is hardly the thing that gets the tourist doing a happy dance. Although, in fairness, my local potato plot looks positively refreshed.
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posted in science |
18th
July
2015
The high season of concerts is underway. Based on the posters, I could keep my social calendar full; somebody different almost every day. And yet, I have little urge to join the throngs.
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posted in music, technology |
17th
July
2015
Just saw a photo that left me wondering if I should feel a sense of melancholy or do a “happy dance”. Our other house, with a SOLD sign on the lawn. After careful reflection, I’m going for the musical choice.
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posted in photography |
16th
July
2015
In a “what have I done” moment, I finally connected the water supply hose to the clothes dryer. Not sure what happens next; as long as the result doesn’t involve electrocution (or an extra suds cycle), it should be OK.
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posted in technology |
15th
July
2015
I guess that to save the environment, I’ll have to get my hands dirty. Or learn to be more aware of the local colour codes for waste disposal.
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posted in environment |
14th
July
2015
Tourists; the greater the distance, the more interesting the scenery. At least, if we base the pictures revealed this morning by a long distance voyager. The mission to fly by Pluto is starting to send back images, and I am surprised…
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posted in science, technology |
13th
July
2015
Some projects are never finished. Thankfully, not all of them… I knocked a couple of the smaller ones of my to-do list today, and I’ll sleep better because of that.
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posted in technology |
12th
July
2015
No reason to take it personally. After all, who can see the wind? But when my refreshed weather data site showed the prevailing breeze as coming from a different direction than the official (expensive) government observation site just a few kilometers away, I had to try and realign my personal compass.
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posted in Wx |
