Today is Labour Day in Canada (and the US, but they nicked the idea from Oop North). As such, everything is shut; malls, coffee-houses, you name it and you can’t buy it (well, not easily).
If this was a UK Bank Holiday (like last week), we’d all be at Meadowhall or B&Q. And I’d be writing my postcards, drinking coffee and buying cheap electronic accessories.
Gary says… WTF?
I’d always assumed that when I returned to Canada, it would be to take the scenic railroad trip from Toronto to Vancouver via the Rockies, with my chosen life-partner. However, since my chosen life-partner isn’t interested in being my chosen life-partner I’m here with my mum, visiting family for a wedding.
Today, we went to the Toronto Waterfront (lake-side, not sea-side). It reminds me a bit of London (England); there are sights to see, which people generally ignore unless they’re tourists. And the CN Tower, the Toronto landmark, is now obscured by two large, conjoined office-cum-apartment buildings, in the same manner that St Paul’s has been hemmed in by unnecessary developments.
It doesn’t matter where you go in the world, there will always be people who Think Small. As fab as the Waterside looks, it’s that view from it to the Tower that people want to see, and photograph… and now they can’t.
The in-flight information screen and I had a difference of opinion.
Sharing the departure lounge with a man famous enough that even my poorly mum managed to recognise him.
Looking through my friends list, and my friends’ lists, one or two interesting connections pop up.
Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance. But only if everyone follows the plan.
I still don’t know what the fuss is about. Facebook, I mean.
Things are there to remind us of what we forget, but do they have a value of their own?
Despite our best efforts at work, some people just didn’t get the message about why there was so much travel disruption today.