Hayley Wickenheiser : "They had our flag on the floor of their locker room
and now I want to know if they'd like us to sign it."
We were lucky enough to be staying with friends in the West Village.
I've never really believed the Village went beyond 6th Avenue but whatever. Over dinner, the first night, I asked one of my hosts why he'd chosen New York City and he talked about it being the only Real City, with the possible exception of Chicago, in the U.S. Not Boston?, I asked. Boston is really nice, he replied, but it's just a big town. That comment came to mind during a momentary loss of clarity when I caught myself thinking : Huh, it seems like the city has mellowed since I was here last. Then I remembered that I was basically walking around Beacon Hill. Otherwise, there isn't too much to report. I spent most of my time working. Eventually, my hands started to hurt so I went and stood outside the apartment where my great-aunt lived for 30 years and where I learned to appreciate art and food and life in general. Afterwards, we walked down to the Prada store which should really be selling consumer electronics and where I already knew I wasn't allowed to take pictures. Dumb asses. Resistance is futile.meta
I would just like to point out that the Chinese built a 26' statue to honour Norman Bethune
and Montreal built a traffic island. As for Tim Horton's, I will simply quote from their website :To go to our parent company's website, click on Wendy's.Comeonguys, bad coffee is nothing to be proud of. Having just returned from Americaland where they seem to hate coffee only slightly less than they hate cheese, I am still a bit sensitive about this sort of thing. Here's me, waiting for the shameless huckst...I mean Canadian hero to make a Timmy Hoho's commercial. see also : The Coffee Glut
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Nicholas C. Zakas : Creating a Cross-Browser (DOM) Expandable Tree
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Dave, it's not hard to think about a site that uses "all the latest and greatest technology
but [has] nothing to say" as a kind of weblog with plenty to say (for the sake of argument, we'll assume that we're talking about client-side, view-source-able magic) *about* the latest and greatest technology.meta
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : retirement zombie
Someone who retires without first sorting out a life for herelf thereafter. Result--retirement zombies wander the streets aimlessly, usually accosting former colleagues and boring them to death with chat about "the old days."
ex. Watch, out Chris's coming--he's the worst of this year's crop of retirement zombies.
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : seriatim
Seriatim \Se`ri*a"tim\, adv. [NL.] In regular order; one after the other; severally. web1913
seriatim adv : in a series; one after another wn