-Today has been another cool, overcast, foggy day. Fortunately the fog hasn't turned into drizzle or rain, nor has the temperature dropped into the freezing range (though I can't believe that we are that many degrees away from this state).
-This morning, as is my practice, I stopped by Georgetown Bakery for bagels. Two aspects made this trip a little different. Firstly, though she is in town, I was not joined by my sister, who instead decided to go to a sleep-over at her friend's house. Secondly, this was my friends first day as baker's apprentice at the bakery.
Though the bagels were ready a little later than usual they were just as good as I have come to expect.
-A few minutes ago I decided that I would try to watch a few minutes of the coverage of the Beijing Olympics. Though I looked for such coverage on a high definition channel, I eventually settled on the CBC coverage. Once I arrived at the channel I had to sit through about 5 minutes of adds and promotional content before I actually was shown any coverage of the event.
Once the coverage started it was men's gymnastics and all the commentary was phrased in terms of how these performances would impact the medal chances of a particular Canadian athlete. So not only was it painfully biased (and towards someone without much of a chance of winning), but it was also just poorly done.
In coverage that was clearly tape delayed all kinds of wait time was left un-cut, but then abrupt cuts between athletes made it hard to follow what was going on. It seemed as though they taped a number of non-Canadian athletes and then just spliced them together without any particular concern for continuity or flow.
After just a few minutes of coverage we were back to another long commercial break. After the commercial break they went to come kind of athlete interview segment.
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Saturday, August 09, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
A Few Quick Notes 190
-Today, like yesterday, is not as nice a day as I would have liked. Instead of having sun and clear skies we are back to fog and rain. This deterioration in physical beauty seems to have caused the temperatures to have dropped by about 10 degrees, presumably just because mother nature likes to kick people when they are down.
-At some point yesterday afternoon I decided to bake some bread. When I eventually got around to rounding up the necessary ingredients I found out that I was going to be a little short on the fats side of things.
Fortunately a quick trip to the store put me back on track (and also reminded me that we were short on oats).
As I started collecting the flours and grains I learned that we had some kind of multi grain flour. As I had never seen this used before I thought that I would give it a try and see how it worked. One noticeable difference is that the bread has more visible grains than before (even though I have tended to use many non-flour ingredients).
Eventually we ended up with 8 grainy loaves. Unfortunately, as is commonly the case, I had no interest in tasting the bread once it came out of the oven. Luckily, my father was able to taste the bread and seems to have given it a basing grade.
-Yesterday evening I received an email that suggested that I wasn't fully/properly registered for my ultimate team this summer. While this may be the case (though I did complete the online registration) they seem to have received my money and also placed my name on the team list. I am not sure how these two things occurred without my full-fledged registration.
-It seems that we are either entering wedding or now completely in the middle of wedding season. My parents will be attending a wedding this afternoon while I have one to attend in a few weeks. It seems that I know of at least one or two other couples who will also be getting married this summer.
What I don't quite understand is why so many of my acquaintances are getting married this particular summer, and why I haven't experience so many weddings in past summers. On the other hand, this could just be the beginning of a multi-year trend among members of my peer group (as we are entering the marrying age).
-My laptop is painfully slow.
-Last weekend I was able to remove a bookcase from the area between my desk and my bed. My room now feels much more open. What I am now wondering is why I didn't work on this issue as early as last summer (when the bookcase mysteriously appeared in my room).
-As usual, this morning I made my way over to Georgetown bakery to buy a dozen bagels. Unlike recent trips, I was not accompanied by my sister, who is at Guide camp. Though her absence meant that I had to do everything myself I would still classify the trip as a success.
-At some point yesterday afternoon I decided to bake some bread. When I eventually got around to rounding up the necessary ingredients I found out that I was going to be a little short on the fats side of things.
Fortunately a quick trip to the store put me back on track (and also reminded me that we were short on oats).
As I started collecting the flours and grains I learned that we had some kind of multi grain flour. As I had never seen this used before I thought that I would give it a try and see how it worked. One noticeable difference is that the bread has more visible grains than before (even though I have tended to use many non-flour ingredients).
Eventually we ended up with 8 grainy loaves. Unfortunately, as is commonly the case, I had no interest in tasting the bread once it came out of the oven. Luckily, my father was able to taste the bread and seems to have given it a basing grade.
-Yesterday evening I received an email that suggested that I wasn't fully/properly registered for my ultimate team this summer. While this may be the case (though I did complete the online registration) they seem to have received my money and also placed my name on the team list. I am not sure how these two things occurred without my full-fledged registration.
-It seems that we are either entering wedding or now completely in the middle of wedding season. My parents will be attending a wedding this afternoon while I have one to attend in a few weeks. It seems that I know of at least one or two other couples who will also be getting married this summer.
What I don't quite understand is why so many of my acquaintances are getting married this particular summer, and why I haven't experience so many weddings in past summers. On the other hand, this could just be the beginning of a multi-year trend among members of my peer group (as we are entering the marrying age).
-My laptop is painfully slow.
-Last weekend I was able to remove a bookcase from the area between my desk and my bed. My room now feels much more open. What I am now wondering is why I didn't work on this issue as early as last summer (when the bookcase mysteriously appeared in my room).
-As usual, this morning I made my way over to Georgetown bakery to buy a dozen bagels. Unlike recent trips, I was not accompanied by my sister, who is at Guide camp. Though her absence meant that I had to do everything myself I would still classify the trip as a success.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
A Few Quick Notes 180
-So far, today has been a pretty sub-par day. Not only have we had to deal with the typical overcast skies of the past few days, but also with intermittent rain. Fortunately, the wind has been relatively calm so even if you are out walking things aren't too bad.
-Not surprisingly, as it has been no higher than 10 degrees all week, my beans have still not sprouted, or shown any other signs of life. My fear, which is growing by the day, is that I will need to re-plant, which may cause production to be so delayed that I will have to leave the province before I can reap the rewards of home grown vegetables.
-As is our Saturday tradition, Kirsten and I made our way to Georgetown Bakery to pick up some bagels.
On the way there we stopped, as is our habit, at a local coffee and doughnut shop to pick up traveling drinks. As we approached the counter the manager recalled our order from last week and wanted to know if we would be having the same. Though this isn't a particularly new experience for me, I am pretty sure that this is the first time such a situation has arisen for Kirsten.
-Things finally reached a breaking point and my parents have decided to conduct a major junk removal operation in the basement. Hopefully this will result in more operational space, less crap, and a fully operational lathe work station.
The project, which will be large, will likely carry over into tomorrow, and possibly into the early part of the week. We likely won't even be able to start on some of the space issues until the crap levels have been reduced.
Aside from a general reduction of crap, the greatest benefit to me will likely be a functional lathe and lathe tool sharpening area. I will hopefully be able to use this area to do some lathe based bowl making this summer.
-I think that I will be having homemade chicken rice soup for dinner tonight.
-This afternoon I went for a walk downtown. While in the downtown core I stopped for a coffee, which also signalled the halfway point of my walk. By the time I started to climb the hill surrounding the downtown area I could feel the effects of the espresso based drink. While I am not sure if my heart was beating more quickly, I was certainly feeling more edgy.
-If things go as planned, Kirsten and I will make some banana bread this evening.
-Not surprisingly, as it has been no higher than 10 degrees all week, my beans have still not sprouted, or shown any other signs of life. My fear, which is growing by the day, is that I will need to re-plant, which may cause production to be so delayed that I will have to leave the province before I can reap the rewards of home grown vegetables.
-As is our Saturday tradition, Kirsten and I made our way to Georgetown Bakery to pick up some bagels.
On the way there we stopped, as is our habit, at a local coffee and doughnut shop to pick up traveling drinks. As we approached the counter the manager recalled our order from last week and wanted to know if we would be having the same. Though this isn't a particularly new experience for me, I am pretty sure that this is the first time such a situation has arisen for Kirsten.
-Things finally reached a breaking point and my parents have decided to conduct a major junk removal operation in the basement. Hopefully this will result in more operational space, less crap, and a fully operational lathe work station.
The project, which will be large, will likely carry over into tomorrow, and possibly into the early part of the week. We likely won't even be able to start on some of the space issues until the crap levels have been reduced.
Aside from a general reduction of crap, the greatest benefit to me will likely be a functional lathe and lathe tool sharpening area. I will hopefully be able to use this area to do some lathe based bowl making this summer.
-I think that I will be having homemade chicken rice soup for dinner tonight.
-This afternoon I went for a walk downtown. While in the downtown core I stopped for a coffee, which also signalled the halfway point of my walk. By the time I started to climb the hill surrounding the downtown area I could feel the effects of the espresso based drink. While I am not sure if my heart was beating more quickly, I was certainly feeling more edgy.
-If things go as planned, Kirsten and I will make some banana bread this evening.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
A Few Quick Notes 177
-While not all that warm, today has been a pretty nice day. Temperatures were steady for much of the day, hovering within a degree or two of 10. More importantly, the sun has been out since this morning, and even more unusual was that it's presence wasn't marred by clouds diminishing its effectiveness.
-This morning, as is our habit, Kirsten and I made our way over to Georgetown Bakery to pick up a dozen sesame bagels. Unlike other trips, in this instance we left the house before 8:00 AM. The only negative side-effect of this early departure is that we weren't able to stop by and pick up a drink at the local coffee shop, as is our practice, because the store didn't open until 8:00 AM
The great benefit of the early departure time was that it meant fewer customers where there, and that a much greater selection of goods was available (not that this last fact mattered as we were only interested in buying one thing). It was very enjoyable not to have to worry about person ahead of us in line buying all of the particular item we had our eyes on.
The only exciting part of the return trip was the belated visit to the coffee shop, and that wasn't that exciting. Kirsten and I kept things simple by sticking to our usual orders.
-Earlier this evening, while I was in the midst of baking some cookies, I noticed that the barbecue that I had started in the late afternoon seemed to have gone out. In some ways this wasn't all that surprising as we have been doing a fair bit of barbecuing these past few days, and not once have we run out of gas. Anyway, the problem was that we now had a partly cooked pork roast on the spit and no effective means of finishing the cooking.
Eventually my father was able to head out to pick up more gas, but not without a delay of at least an hour. Since his return the gas has been hooked up and the flow and flame re-started. Hopefully things won't take as long as I fear they will (if they do we won't be eating until about 9:00 PM).
-Yesterday my team played its first Ultimate game of the year. Much to our surprise we won 15-0, and managed to finish the game in much less than an hour. While I don't think that it is likely that we will win all of our games with such authority, it would be nice if we continued to score as effectively.
-This morning, as is our habit, Kirsten and I made our way over to Georgetown Bakery to pick up a dozen sesame bagels. Unlike other trips, in this instance we left the house before 8:00 AM. The only negative side-effect of this early departure is that we weren't able to stop by and pick up a drink at the local coffee shop, as is our practice, because the store didn't open until 8:00 AM
The great benefit of the early departure time was that it meant fewer customers where there, and that a much greater selection of goods was available (not that this last fact mattered as we were only interested in buying one thing). It was very enjoyable not to have to worry about person ahead of us in line buying all of the particular item we had our eyes on.
The only exciting part of the return trip was the belated visit to the coffee shop, and that wasn't that exciting. Kirsten and I kept things simple by sticking to our usual orders.
-Earlier this evening, while I was in the midst of baking some cookies, I noticed that the barbecue that I had started in the late afternoon seemed to have gone out. In some ways this wasn't all that surprising as we have been doing a fair bit of barbecuing these past few days, and not once have we run out of gas. Anyway, the problem was that we now had a partly cooked pork roast on the spit and no effective means of finishing the cooking.
Eventually my father was able to head out to pick up more gas, but not without a delay of at least an hour. Since his return the gas has been hooked up and the flow and flame re-started. Hopefully things won't take as long as I fear they will (if they do we won't be eating until about 9:00 PM).
-Yesterday my team played its first Ultimate game of the year. Much to our surprise we won 15-0, and managed to finish the game in much less than an hour. While I don't think that it is likely that we will win all of our games with such authority, it would be nice if we continued to score as effectively.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
A Few Quick Notes 174
-Today, like the past few days, has been remarkably pleasant. The temperatures, which are in the teens, are great for walking and other semi-active outdoor activities. This are made even better by the fact that the sun is shining and that the skies are clear. Shockingly, the wind isn't even over powering.
The only remaining evidence of how bad thing were in May is general condition of the plant-life in the city. Some of the tulips are just now starting to bloom. And in the past few days a few of the trees have started to show signs upcoming leaf growth. Hopefully within a week or two we will be close to back on track (which is certainly a slower track, even at the best of times, than most of North America).
-Yesterday I was able to put my newly acquired cataloging skills to good use. For the first time in my working life I was able to use the LC classification schedules while cataloging for money. While I am pleased to say that I have now used them in a work environment, I must say it was a bit anticlimactic.
The positive side of this addition to my repertoire is that I can now start moving through a broader range of library materials. I am no longer restricted to only government documents. Things are starting to look up.
-Obviously, I am back at work, or at least that is the information that I would hope most would get from the above note.
For the most part I am basically doing the same things that I did in the past, but that I am now expected to do at a higher level. It seems that as I now have a library degree I can't shirk too many of the things that come my way (not that I was doing that in the past).
The only disappointment of the job is that I was reclassified from 'summer student' to 'Library technician IV.' Not surprisingly, I had really hoped that I would have been able to get a post that have more accurately reflected the fact that I now have a library degree.
-Early this morning Kirsten and I made our way over to Georgetown Bakery on our weekly bagel pilgrimage. Fortunately, as was the case last week, they weren't sold out when I placed the order. While their we ran into our former neighbour and were able to get a description of his new dog.
-On Thursday night a friend and I went to a recently opened bar just off George street for a beer. The main justification for choosing the particular bar was that his ladyfriend was working her first shift there.
As it is a relatively new bar it wasn't all that surprising to find that there weren't that many customers there when we arrived. Actually, most of the people there seemed to either be friends with the owner or in some way associated with the bar staff.
After the newly minted bartender had received her orientation she was able to come by and serve us some beer. Within about two minutes of having received these beers a guy down at the other end of the bar purchased everyone at the bar a round with some recent VLT winnings.
We eventually started talking to the younger sister of a former classmate of ours (who was to start as a bartender the next night). While talking to her the VLT winner purchased another round for the bar, this time shots of Goldschlager.
While I appreciate it when someone buys round for the bar I wonder why it can't be that I have such luck on a night when I don't have to be at work at 9:00 AM the next day.
-On Thursday I prepared 'coq au vin' for dinner. As some of you might know, this is a dish that is based on wine marinated chicken. Not surprisingly, a few additional components are thrown in during the cooking process. While the three recipes that I examined vary slightly, they are remarkably similar, with only a few side ingredients changing.
While this was a pretty flavourful dish I did have two problems. The first problem was of my own making and was related to the timing of things. Instead of preparing the coq au vin as soon as I returned from work, I instead prepared the gingerbread and didn't start work on the main dish until the dessert was in the oven. Secondly, the dish was a little bit greasier than I might have like. The next time I make it I will be sure to remove some of the bacon grease before I continue adding other ingredients.
The only remaining evidence of how bad thing were in May is general condition of the plant-life in the city. Some of the tulips are just now starting to bloom. And in the past few days a few of the trees have started to show signs upcoming leaf growth. Hopefully within a week or two we will be close to back on track (which is certainly a slower track, even at the best of times, than most of North America).
-Yesterday I was able to put my newly acquired cataloging skills to good use. For the first time in my working life I was able to use the LC classification schedules while cataloging for money. While I am pleased to say that I have now used them in a work environment, I must say it was a bit anticlimactic.
The positive side of this addition to my repertoire is that I can now start moving through a broader range of library materials. I am no longer restricted to only government documents. Things are starting to look up.
-Obviously, I am back at work, or at least that is the information that I would hope most would get from the above note.
For the most part I am basically doing the same things that I did in the past, but that I am now expected to do at a higher level. It seems that as I now have a library degree I can't shirk too many of the things that come my way (not that I was doing that in the past).
The only disappointment of the job is that I was reclassified from 'summer student' to 'Library technician IV.' Not surprisingly, I had really hoped that I would have been able to get a post that have more accurately reflected the fact that I now have a library degree.
-Early this morning Kirsten and I made our way over to Georgetown Bakery on our weekly bagel pilgrimage. Fortunately, as was the case last week, they weren't sold out when I placed the order. While their we ran into our former neighbour and were able to get a description of his new dog.
-On Thursday night a friend and I went to a recently opened bar just off George street for a beer. The main justification for choosing the particular bar was that his ladyfriend was working her first shift there.
As it is a relatively new bar it wasn't all that surprising to find that there weren't that many customers there when we arrived. Actually, most of the people there seemed to either be friends with the owner or in some way associated with the bar staff.
After the newly minted bartender had received her orientation she was able to come by and serve us some beer. Within about two minutes of having received these beers a guy down at the other end of the bar purchased everyone at the bar a round with some recent VLT winnings.
We eventually started talking to the younger sister of a former classmate of ours (who was to start as a bartender the next night). While talking to her the VLT winner purchased another round for the bar, this time shots of Goldschlager.
While I appreciate it when someone buys round for the bar I wonder why it can't be that I have such luck on a night when I don't have to be at work at 9:00 AM the next day.
-On Thursday I prepared 'coq au vin' for dinner. As some of you might know, this is a dish that is based on wine marinated chicken. Not surprisingly, a few additional components are thrown in during the cooking process. While the three recipes that I examined vary slightly, they are remarkably similar, with only a few side ingredients changing.
While this was a pretty flavourful dish I did have two problems. The first problem was of my own making and was related to the timing of things. Instead of preparing the coq au vin as soon as I returned from work, I instead prepared the gingerbread and didn't start work on the main dish until the dessert was in the oven. Secondly, the dish was a little bit greasier than I might have like. The next time I make it I will be sure to remove some of the bacon grease before I continue adding other ingredients.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
A Few Quick Notes 97
-Today has been quite an unusual day for St. John’s. At the moment it is about 20 degrees, overcast, and humid. All in all, it is not what I would call an ideal day. On top of this, it is supposed to rain later this afternoon.
-This morning I got up at about 9:30. Basically my first action was to find my sister and see if she wanted to head out on a few errands with me. As she was up and not doing all that much of consequence when I found her, she seemed keen to head out for a while.
In just a few minutes we were both ready to go. Though she warned me that it was warm outside, I will admit that I had a hard time believing her, mainly based on the look of the sky. As it turned out, she was correct, a warm and sticky day was clearly ahead of us both.
Our first stop was the local Tim Horton’s where I purchased my typical x-large black coffee (double cupped) and Kirsten ordered a small Iced Cappuccino. Both of us were as satisfied as expected with our purchases, though my lasted for a longer period of time than hers.
The next stop was Monty’s, where I purchased my copy of the Saturday Globe and Mail. As usual, I had my money out and ready to pay. I am not really sure if this is appreciated, but it is something that I try to do when I buy my Saturday papers.
We then set out for Georgetown Bakery. We managed to cross through the Valley without incident, and then continue up the other side and past the brewery, also without incident. I was a little disappointed that the smell of the brewing process was more limited than usual. Soon enough we arrived a Georgetown Bakery.
As we entered I was surprised to see that the shop was almost empty, something that is uncommon on Saturday mornings. I also soon noticed that they were out of bagels, the reason for our trip. Kirsten was encouraged to ask when they might have more bagels. She was told that it would just be a few minutes. We decided to wait it out.
After just a few minutes our mechanic arrived. After speaking to him for just a moment they brought the bagels out. Amazingly, during this process the store basically filled up and the line became well formed. Some nice older ladies let us go in front of them as we had been there before them, and soon we were in a position to order. As usual, I ordered a dozen sesame bagels.
As we exited the bakery with our purchase Kirsten immediately noticed how fresh our bagels were. At one point she actually complained that they were too warm to carry, though she didn’t seem to have too much of a problem eating one moments later. We continued to eat these bagels as we walked back home. By the time we made it back six of the twelve bagels had been consumed. Before 3:00 PM this afternoon all twelve had been demolished, six of them ending up in my stomach.
-I have spent a little bit of time working on the creation of a thesaurus. This is a much more daunting task that I had originally envisaged. I am really not sure if I am up to it. So far I have just been working on a section relating to games and noticing how much labour it is going to take. I guess when I am able to compile a few more terms and their relationships I might be able to grasp how long I should expect to get something that will be minimally functional as a broad set of terms. Please feel free to submit subject areas that should be covered, and how these areas might fit together in a hierarchical manner (if that is possible).
-The CLA conference is next week. It turns out that the Canadian Association of Research Libraries is also having a conference here at the same time. This place will be overrun with librarians. I wonder what people with think with this infusion of buns and cardigans.
-If we end up getting leaves this year, I worry that we will also end up getting another elm spanworm infestation.
For the last number of years these worms (also locally known as inch worms or leaf rollers) have managed to eat/destroy the leaves on almost every tree in certain sections of town. Aside from looking as though some form of defoliant has been applied, these worms end up hanging down and getting caught in one’s hair, making sidewalks unusable for some number of weeks during each infestation. In some instances people have claimed to hear the worms eating at night, the leaves slowly falling apart.
A few weeks after the initial infestation the city is then overrun with the final form of the elm spanworm, disturbingly white moths. These pure white moths flock to lights by the hundred each night. At some point during their short lives they seem to find the time to lay eggs, setting the stage for the next year’s infestation.
-My judicial/industrial inquiry project is starting to take shape. While this is generally satisfying, it is a little bit odd to spend my days reading about the gritty details of tragic deaths. I guess without reading these documents I wouldn’t know that it isn’t such a hot idea to have a bar on the fourth floor of a building and then have escalators as part of the standard exit route (as some people might manage fall off and die).
-While I won’t be going camping this weekend, I am looking forward to it being a long weekend. The fact that snow isn’t in the forecast (though we do have rain) is nice. Maybe by the end of the weekend there will even be some evidence that the trees are actually still alive and about to bear leaves.
-Still no word on the ILL request that I submitted a few weeks ago at the Public Library. Unfortunately this lack of success does not surprise me (which is not something that is meant as a negative reflection on the library system). Hopefully I will get this book before I leave at the end of the summer.
-This morning I got up at about 9:30. Basically my first action was to find my sister and see if she wanted to head out on a few errands with me. As she was up and not doing all that much of consequence when I found her, she seemed keen to head out for a while.
In just a few minutes we were both ready to go. Though she warned me that it was warm outside, I will admit that I had a hard time believing her, mainly based on the look of the sky. As it turned out, she was correct, a warm and sticky day was clearly ahead of us both.
Our first stop was the local Tim Horton’s where I purchased my typical x-large black coffee (double cupped) and Kirsten ordered a small Iced Cappuccino. Both of us were as satisfied as expected with our purchases, though my lasted for a longer period of time than hers.
The next stop was Monty’s, where I purchased my copy of the Saturday Globe and Mail. As usual, I had my money out and ready to pay. I am not really sure if this is appreciated, but it is something that I try to do when I buy my Saturday papers.
We then set out for Georgetown Bakery. We managed to cross through the Valley without incident, and then continue up the other side and past the brewery, also without incident. I was a little disappointed that the smell of the brewing process was more limited than usual. Soon enough we arrived a Georgetown Bakery.
As we entered I was surprised to see that the shop was almost empty, something that is uncommon on Saturday mornings. I also soon noticed that they were out of bagels, the reason for our trip. Kirsten was encouraged to ask when they might have more bagels. She was told that it would just be a few minutes. We decided to wait it out.
After just a few minutes our mechanic arrived. After speaking to him for just a moment they brought the bagels out. Amazingly, during this process the store basically filled up and the line became well formed. Some nice older ladies let us go in front of them as we had been there before them, and soon we were in a position to order. As usual, I ordered a dozen sesame bagels.
As we exited the bakery with our purchase Kirsten immediately noticed how fresh our bagels were. At one point she actually complained that they were too warm to carry, though she didn’t seem to have too much of a problem eating one moments later. We continued to eat these bagels as we walked back home. By the time we made it back six of the twelve bagels had been consumed. Before 3:00 PM this afternoon all twelve had been demolished, six of them ending up in my stomach.
-I have spent a little bit of time working on the creation of a thesaurus. This is a much more daunting task that I had originally envisaged. I am really not sure if I am up to it. So far I have just been working on a section relating to games and noticing how much labour it is going to take. I guess when I am able to compile a few more terms and their relationships I might be able to grasp how long I should expect to get something that will be minimally functional as a broad set of terms. Please feel free to submit subject areas that should be covered, and how these areas might fit together in a hierarchical manner (if that is possible).
-The CLA conference is next week. It turns out that the Canadian Association of Research Libraries is also having a conference here at the same time. This place will be overrun with librarians. I wonder what people with think with this infusion of buns and cardigans.
-If we end up getting leaves this year, I worry that we will also end up getting another elm spanworm infestation.
For the last number of years these worms (also locally known as inch worms or leaf rollers) have managed to eat/destroy the leaves on almost every tree in certain sections of town. Aside from looking as though some form of defoliant has been applied, these worms end up hanging down and getting caught in one’s hair, making sidewalks unusable for some number of weeks during each infestation. In some instances people have claimed to hear the worms eating at night, the leaves slowly falling apart.
A few weeks after the initial infestation the city is then overrun with the final form of the elm spanworm, disturbingly white moths. These pure white moths flock to lights by the hundred each night. At some point during their short lives they seem to find the time to lay eggs, setting the stage for the next year’s infestation.
-My judicial/industrial inquiry project is starting to take shape. While this is generally satisfying, it is a little bit odd to spend my days reading about the gritty details of tragic deaths. I guess without reading these documents I wouldn’t know that it isn’t such a hot idea to have a bar on the fourth floor of a building and then have escalators as part of the standard exit route (as some people might manage fall off and die).
-While I won’t be going camping this weekend, I am looking forward to it being a long weekend. The fact that snow isn’t in the forecast (though we do have rain) is nice. Maybe by the end of the weekend there will even be some evidence that the trees are actually still alive and about to bear leaves.
-Still no word on the ILL request that I submitted a few weeks ago at the Public Library. Unfortunately this lack of success does not surprise me (which is not something that is meant as a negative reflection on the library system). Hopefully I will get this book before I leave at the end of the summer.
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