Archive for October 15th, 2008

15 Oct 2008 Scenes From White Plains, NY
 |  Category: USA  | One Comment

Sunday morning

I had such a great time in White Plains last Saturday night/Sunday morning that I thought it deserved a mention before I get too absorbed in my editing projects again. I’ve driven upstate from New York City through Westchester County on a number of occasions using different routes, and each time I thought to myself that I’d like to actually stop to explore the region along the Hudson and also along the eastern shore and not just barrel through it like I usually do. But in the last couple of years I’ve been working office hours and the weekend road trips never seem to leave much time for stopping — I’m usually on a flying mission of some kind.

The brilliant weather forecast last weekend was what convinced me to take one last trip to Rhinebeck before the end of the flying season this weekend. I could’ve gone this weekend, but I had a feeling the weather might worsen if I waited one more week. Like anything dependent on weather, picking a flying time is a gamble.

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15 Oct 2008 One Last Word On The Canadian Federal Election
 |  Category: Humour, Politics + Economy, Videoclips  | One Comment

Canadians: you DID vote yesterday, right? I sure hope so.

Video courtesy of the Rick Mercer Report: http://www.rickmercer.com

Voting results can be found here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/ridings/