one shady character
Two weeks ago I was the successful bidder of an online auction for health charities through work. The prize was a one-hour ride for two people in Durham Regional Police’s new Air1 helicopter. Oh, and this baseball cap.
One bidding war, a couple of weeks of waiting for the Sergeant in charge to return [...]

I was at work less than three hours when there was announcement of an evacuation due to a gas leak around the intersection in front of my office building. People could smell gas despite the fact that our windows don’t open, which meant the fumes were creeping up through the ventilation system via the outside [...]

Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, Vancouver — June 22, 2005
My plan for this evening was to process last weekend’s photos, but alas, I had to face the fact that I don’t live in a self-cleaning apartment and my clothes aren’t of the self-laundering variety (when will the scientists get around to inventing these???). Oh well, there [...]

I crashed immediately after getting home from the Argonaut Rowing Club, taking photos of the regatta and indulging in a gourmet BBQ. ‘Twas a fine way to spend a summer evening, if you ask me — boats, a gigantic lake, and food! Photos forthcoming.

… than write about the weekend. Tomorrow I’ll be at the yacht rowing club after work (I wish that didn’t sound quite so… bourgeois); maybe I’ll write it up on Thursday. Yeah, right. Hopefully I won’t forget it all by then.
At Thai Thai on King Street (East), we began with appetisers:

Moving right along, we had [...]

The George Washington Bridge from the High Bridge water tower, New York City. See birds’ version of it, and a great shot from inside the tower.
Rather predictably, I was out cold last night after getting home from work, with the weekend’s activities catching up with me — and there were many! I haven’t even uploaded [...]

I’m home in one piece! (More on this later.)
I had a fabulous weekend, most of it in New York City, but the icing on the cake was arriving at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome half an hour before they closed and catching the very last load of the day in the 1929 New Standard biplane. I [...]

The Biplane, Evermore
I’m hoping to go up in the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome biplane this weekend. Let’s see if the weather cooperates. It’s a camera-only weekend this time, I’m leaving the PowerBook at home.
Clear skies, everyone, and happy Friday!

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I scanned this first page of the 1992 Aussie road trip journal recently to email to Lachlan, and because my book is completely falling apart at the seams. I’ve been keeping it in a box because there are bits glued and taped in, and the adhesive isn’t working anymore! I flipped through the book [...]

Went to a playoff game at Christie Pits this evening, Game 5 of the series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Brantford Red Sox in the Intercounty Baseball League. Each team had two wins each, so this game was important. A summary of the game can be found here.

I’m quite liking the Sigma 28-135mm [...]