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Day 59 – Neither Here nor There…
59/365 (February 28, 2010) – On the road again. This time a short hop from Toronto to Thunder Bay to visit a friend for a few days. Kirk was in TO for a week for business and it seemed like a fun way to visit both his family and my best friend by crossing paths and then heading on while…
Read more »Day 58 – It’s Been a long Day
We visited the Art Gallery of Ontario today. Kirk saw that there was an exhibit on King Tut and wanted to take it in. Happily, so did both of his sisters and associated other halves. It was a great exhibit, the only downside was that the sarcophagus was not present. I think they are in England, but not totally sure.…
Read more »Day 57 – Leaving on a Jet Plane….
Heading off to Ontario for a week, so offline for the same amount of time. I’m now playing catchup…. I actually love flying, even with the episode on the flight to England last year. I always shoot for the emergency exit seats. Not because I think there will be a problem, but because i love the extra leg room. They…
Read more »Day 56 – Only One?
56/365 (February 25, 2010) – Better get there early then! What else can you say….I hate poor grammar in the final copy, but sometimes they give you a great opportunity for a photo! Heading out to Inch Creek Hatchery for a morning meeting. Saw this on the way and made a mental note to pull a U-turn and photograph it…
Read more »Day 55 – Go Canada, Go!
55/365 (February 24, 2010) – Canada lost to the US in Men’s hockey….for the moment. Our big hurdle was Russia. Russia vs Canada holds more Canadian interest than Canada USA…surprisingly.
Read more »Day 54 – Rain’s Back…..
54/365 (February 23, 2010) – Wonder what this will do to the events left on Cypress…maybe, just maybe, it will snow?
Read more »Day 53 – Welcome to the Green Olympics
53/365 (February 22, 2010) – Vancouver wanted to be the greenest Olympics ever, but this wasn’t quite what VANOC meant.
Read more »Day 52 – Mittens
52/365 (February 21, 2010) – The Olympic red mittens were a solid home run for VANOC. By recent estimates, about 3 million pairs have been sold. And at $10 a pair, what a bargain. But the cute thing is that they have been showing up in strange places. Some enterprising soul (or souls) has (or have) been adorning various statues…
Read more »Day 51 – Bilingulaism
I’m so annoyed by the bitching coming from the other side of the country. “Not enough French” Seriously? Give me a break. Vancouver doesn’t have a French sign anywhere except at the airport or at Federal facilities and other locations where law more or less requires it.
Read more »Day 50 – What Defines a Nation?
50/365 (February 19, 2010) – I’ve been mulling this over for the past few days. For some reason, media in different parts of the world have been slagging the Olympics, Vancouver, and Canada. Interestingly, it’s generally media people who are not or have not been here to experience any part of what is happening. And I’ve also been mulling over…
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