A Few Quick Notes 261

-Here in Halifax experienced a 23 degree temperature swing in a twenty-four hour period ending this morning. This means that while it quite cold yesterday, it was a balmy 7 degrees today. A noticeable consequence of the temperature swing is a serious snow melt. This seems to be causing serious problems near the waterfront, among other places. The most significant problem may actually be to come as the temperature is supposed to drop this evening, causing the recently thawed water to turn to ice.

-A few days ago I mentioned making a sticky toffee sponge pudding with double the butter. Amazingly, it seems that this mistake didn't negatively impact the pudding. I guess the down side is that each piece is even more calorie laden, which is somewhat hard to believe given that it saturated with a sugar sauce.

-On Saturday Neil and I had another Ultimate game, and again we lost. Though we lost we played a particularly strong first half (with the exception of the first few minutes) we didn't manage to hold off the other team. As it was -20 with the wind chill taking it down to about -27 we decided to see if instead of waiting an hour for our bus we could get a ride from one of our teammates. In the end we got a ride about halfway home, took the bus for a few stops, and then walked the rest of the rest of the way. Though this might sound like a rather convoluted trip it actually worked out rather well.

-On Saturday I had the pleasure of introducing yucca root ( also known as cassava) to Neil, Rebecca, and Rebecca's friend Margaret. Though they all seemed a little apprehensive at first, they all tried it and all claimed they liked it. Hopefully the grocery store will to continue to carry this product through the Spring and Summer.



-Again today I was able to take advantage of the a free coffee coupon at a fast food restaurant. Possibly more surprising than the fact that they place no restrictions on the use of the coupon (or the size of the coffee that they provide) is that they make a point of returning the coupon and telling you that you are welcome to use it again. I am tempted to re-route my walk to school tomorrow to take advantage of the offer again.