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| I Am Skooter | |
| So here's us, on the raggedy edge.
Rushing at the modern sunset to your window / Gestured with the bleach in hand, she said "let's go" "L.A." she cried / The heartbreak rides for free — A.C. Newman, The Heartbreak Rides |
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Musical chairs, airplane style
As I write this on Air Canada Flight 116, I find myself endlessley amused by the game of musical chairs that is being played. I moved because the dorfy guy in front of me dropped his seat as far as he could before we even levelled off, and I’m now sitting with no one in front of me (thus making computing easier.) Meanwhile, the other woman in my new row of 3 seats just moved to a window seat with an unoccupied neighbour, in large part becuase my move limited her ability to stretch out here. There’s only about 6 empty seats on this enormous plane, and it’s all about the hierarchical battle for the best position.
Calgary is not Vancouver
When people from Calgary talk to people from Vancouver, they like to say that they can see the Rockies - at least when the weather’s good. I took this photo from the airport looking west the last time I was there.
Now it’s not that I think Calgary’s a cow town with not much in the way of good reasons to live there, but I dare you to show me the mountains in this picture. I can see trees (and, most importantly, enormous fuel storge tanks) but not a single mountain.
Mel Lastman could screw anything up
Since leaving Toronto, I haven’t really been saying bad things about the place but I certainly haven’t missed it. On my last visit there, it finally struck me as a beautiful place in a very different way than Vancouver - particularly as night fell. There’s something magic about night falling on a city: the silhouettes of buildings offer a stark contrast against the sky, and the artificial lights begin to let off their glow.
The doors of the subway, as it left Warden station, shone like silver, masking the ugliness most people see within.
Now if only you could get rid of Mel Lastman.
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yosemite national park
Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park
redwood forest
Elk, Prairie Creek State Park
Mushrooms
Rouge River Valley Mushroom
Gargoyles at University College
Rock Creek Fair 2008
Getting Cattle Ready
rock creek 1950
Rock Creek Canyon Bridge Sign
