-While today has been a little warmer than yesterday the high of 12 was a little disappointing. Fortunately, the sun was a little more visible than it has been these past few days and the rain seems to have temporarily stopped. While we are supposed to carry on in a similar vein tomorrow, it seems that the middle of the week will put us back into the rain and fog cycle.
-Tomorrow my father and I are scheduled to head out on a converted fishing vessel to go iceberg hunting. Though one might expect me to know approximately where we are going I don't. Hopefully we are able to see a few impressive bergs, and maybe even scoop up a few of the smaller pieces of ice.
-This afternoon my father and I removed a section of wall at the adjoining house. This is the first demolition of this house that I have taken part in since my demolition party of '05. Unlike the last time, this experience involved less beer and tools more complex than bare hands and feet.
-In a few minutes, even though it is less than ideal weather, I will head out to the back patio and toss a few burgers on the grill. It is likely that once Greg and I finish eating that we will head to the downtown region, though this hasn't been settled. As I have to leave on the early side for my boat trip I hope not to stay out all that late.
-Yesterday my sister went on 'tour' with her youth choir. This is her first tour with the choir since she joined last fall. While previous tours have taken choir members to such places as England and Denmark, this trip will seem them visiting such towns as Gander and Harbor Breton. As far as I can tell she seems to be enjoying things so far, though I have no idea how the singing is going.
-I think that the recent posting drought is likely related to the over abundance of posts that occurred while I was in Sint Maarten. After such an output and the subsequent diminished excitement level the idea of posting every day has seemed difficult and somewhat unimportant (as I guess this entire exercise is anyway). Anyway, I guess I will see if I can continue somewhat regular posting as we enter the Summer.
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Monday, June 04, 2007
A Few Quick Notes 103
-Another sunny, yet cool, day in St. John’s. While we definitely had a little bit of wind it definitely wasn’t oppressive.
-While looking through judicial inquiries at work today I came across two suicides and a vehicle pedestrian accident that all occurred in the last week of October 1979. Deadly week b'ys.
-This evening, immediately after work I went to Signal Hill with my mother and sister. From this iconic location we were able to see three icebergs very clearly and some number of them in the distance. While my mother and sister were counting about eight in total I think that 4 or 5 would have been a more appropriate number.
-I wore my new Value Village wool sweater vest to work. It turned out that this was a very appropriate choice as the library was pretty cool today. Only late in the afternoon, with the help of the midday sun, did things start to warm up.
-Our first Ultimate game was tonight. While I was not able to play for medical reasons, I was able to stand on the sidelines and watch my team defeat our opponents in a nail-biter. The final score was 11-10. The game ended with the opposing team just outside our endzone.
-Last week’s episode of This American Life was one of their best in years (at least as far as I am concerned). While it is not quite up to the standard set by Running After Antelope, it was pretty good. Particularly from a library and information studies perspective it was of interest. The prologue seemed like a pretty good example of a (one of the few maybe?) knowledge management program. For those of you that are interested, This American Life now has a podcast which is updated every Monday.
-While looking through judicial inquiries at work today I came across two suicides and a vehicle pedestrian accident that all occurred in the last week of October 1979. Deadly week b'ys.
-This evening, immediately after work I went to Signal Hill with my mother and sister. From this iconic location we were able to see three icebergs very clearly and some number of them in the distance. While my mother and sister were counting about eight in total I think that 4 or 5 would have been a more appropriate number.
-I wore my new Value Village wool sweater vest to work. It turned out that this was a very appropriate choice as the library was pretty cool today. Only late in the afternoon, with the help of the midday sun, did things start to warm up.
-Our first Ultimate game was tonight. While I was not able to play for medical reasons, I was able to stand on the sidelines and watch my team defeat our opponents in a nail-biter. The final score was 11-10. The game ended with the opposing team just outside our endzone.
-Last week’s episode of This American Life was one of their best in years (at least as far as I am concerned). While it is not quite up to the standard set by Running After Antelope, it was pretty good. Particularly from a library and information studies perspective it was of interest. The prologue seemed like a pretty good example of a (one of the few maybe?) knowledge management program. For those of you that are interested, This American Life now has a podcast which is updated every Monday.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
A Few Quick Notes 102
-We were fortunate enough to have access to the sun today. Unfortunately, the heat that one might normally associate with sunshine did not also show up. I guess I will take the type of weather we had today of the rain and fog that we had earlier this week.
-On Friday evening I finally watched The Interpreter, the first feature film to receive permission to film inside the UNHQ. Aside from seeing many familiar locations, the film was a let down. My favourite part was at the end when the US deports one of its citizens. Maybe it was supposed to be a comedy rather than a thriller, it might have been close to working if that had been the case.
-For the first time in several years I saw an iceberg in the St. John’s vicinity. Apparently this piece of ice had been visible from St. John’s, though when I saw it had been blown around to Blackhead and appeared to have run aground.
-Tomorrow marks the beginning of another Ultimate season here in St. John’s. Hopefully my game will go well tomorrow evening.
-A few days ago my mother purchased a few pounds of cherries. While many connoisseurs would likely intimate that they are far from ripe, they are what I consider perfect. Growing up in Newfoundland and mainly being exposed to fruit picked weeks before it would be ripe has had a lasting effect. Now what I consider to be good fruit is what most people would consider to be substandard. If it won’t crunch when I bite into it I don’t want to even consider eating it.
-On Friday evening I finally watched The Interpreter, the first feature film to receive permission to film inside the UNHQ. Aside from seeing many familiar locations, the film was a let down. My favourite part was at the end when the US deports one of its citizens. Maybe it was supposed to be a comedy rather than a thriller, it might have been close to working if that had been the case.
-For the first time in several years I saw an iceberg in the St. John’s vicinity. Apparently this piece of ice had been visible from St. John’s, though when I saw it had been blown around to Blackhead and appeared to have run aground.
-Tomorrow marks the beginning of another Ultimate season here in St. John’s. Hopefully my game will go well tomorrow evening.
-A few days ago my mother purchased a few pounds of cherries. While many connoisseurs would likely intimate that they are far from ripe, they are what I consider perfect. Growing up in Newfoundland and mainly being exposed to fruit picked weeks before it would be ripe has had a lasting effect. Now what I consider to be good fruit is what most people would consider to be substandard. If it won’t crunch when I bite into it I don’t want to even consider eating it.
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