Here’s an ad from the intranet at work: FOR SALE: CASELOT OF CHAPSTICK (200), 1987. SPECIAL EDITION “CYNDI LAUPER – GOONIES MOVIE THEME” ASKING $75 The punctuation suggests that the Chapstick is 24 years old. I wonder if it has a best-before date. It is an interesting combination – the Chapstick caselot plus Cyndi Lauper.…
On the return trip I had another 4.5 hours to watch the in-flight entertainment. Started with 127 Hours, since I had heard it was pretty good, given that everyone knows the ending before it starts (well – almost everyone, I suppose). It was about the guy who was hiking alone and a big boulder pinned down his…
>On the flight to Toronto I watched Black Swan. I must say that I don’t believe my life or my soul have been enhanced by the experience. I was tempted to bail at about the 1/3 mark but stuck it out to the end. It goes on a list with A Clockwork Orange, Deliverance and Taxi Driver…
Went to my first Sikh wedding – my cubicle neighbour R got married, after a romance that likely involved all the dimensions of a Bollywood movie, particularly with the glamorous ending. Another co-worker, KB, ventured with me to Abbotsford for the ladies party on Wednesday and the actual marriage today. KB is a city girl and…
Havana is stunningly shabby and elegant. It could be the years of neglect, or it could be the type of materials used in construction, but everywhere there are crumbling buildings with vestiges of ornate detail and grandeur. The view from the rooftop is an unrelenting mess – one can’t imagine where to start renovating! Streets in…
I diligently wrote daily draft blogs on my i-phone during the trip, but didn’t have access to wireless internet to send them. Then, on return, I had some trouble with Gmail on my phone, so I removed and re-installed the app. Hadn’t thought about the fact that the drafts existed only on my phone, and they…
In Toronto we got celebratory with an evening at the opera. The photo shows the keeners at the pre-show talk. The building is new and modern and quite impressive. If you are wondering when my love for opera began, you have good reason to wonder. M got cheap ($35) tickets to the Canadian Opera Company’s…
The variety of hostels, motels and hotels is an interesting part of travel. For Australia and New Zealand I had a list of hostels in various towns, downloaded onto my i-pod, so we would pick one and try to find it in town, and make a decision on the spot whether it was acceptable or not.…
Seeing Clarely 