It was sunny and clear for the always moving Remembrance Day ceremony at the Bonsor Cenotaph in south Burnaby, BC.
CP-140 patrol plane
It was sunny and clear for the always moving Remembrance Day ceremony at the Bonsor Cenotaph in south Burnaby, BC.
CP-140 patrol plane
My consumption of books has dropped dramatically over the years. Twenty years ago I’d read 100 books a year no problem, but in recent years sometimes I barely get through a book a month.
There are a number of reasons that added together have put that big dent in my consumption.
I noticed that following the injury to my ankle/foot recently, I read nearly a book a day over the last week. Hm. So it can be done!
It was also interesting to enjoy the interaction of reading. Active? I’m the kind of person who underlines, makes notes in margins. . .
With TV it’s more in one eye and out the other : – ).
It was a one-hour round trip on foot to the polling station and back, but I got my exercise while exercising my democratic rights and responsibilities .
We spent a few days up at the Salute to the Sockeye festival the last few days at the former Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park.
The park was recently officially, and rightfully, renamed Tsútswecw Provincial Park. (I’ve read news reports that family of the late Haig-Brown — one of Canada’s most famous environmentalists and nature writers — supports the renaming).
This year is a dominant run, and though it’s been slow shaping up, it was still awesome. I think this is the third or fourth dominant run that we’ve taken in — they happen every four years, with slower runs in between.
This needs repeating.
I shared this in a FB post earlier, but it really needs to sink in and be widely shared. Dunno who Prokopetz is, or if the source was quoted correctly, but the message matters.
“Rape is the only crime on the books for which arguing that the temptation to commit it was too clear and obvious to resist, is treated as a defence. For every other crime, we call that a confession.” Prokopetz.
I’ve been shot!
Didn’t feel a thing, eh? Some pharmacies in Burnaby, BC, have the flu vaccine already, some don’t, so you may have to “shop around” though I got mine free.
Funny how a usually comfortable temp on the rising side can make me feel hot, and the same temp on the falling side can make me feel cold.
I’m in that awkward “summer is ending fall is approaching what to wear” phase .
Even contemplated lighting the pilot light in the high-efficiency gas fireplace/heater on the main floor, but will hold off for another week or two, unless the usually colder females in the house want to.
The long-anticipated and much appreciated rain has also likely affected temperature perception. Here on the wet temperate west coast we never heat 24/7 even in the depths of winter. Usually an hour or so a few times a day to take the chill and dampness out of the air suffices.
Ha, threw on a long-sleeved sweatshirt, had a mug of coffee, and now I’m starting to sweat in my basement office .
I am seriously considering shutting down my LinkedIn account.
I just saw someone boast on LI that they had 30,000 connections.
Excuse me? How could you possibly know, and have worked with, 30,000 people?
The original premise of LI was that people who had worked with each other would connect, and vouch for each other. Or at least acknowledge that they’d worked together.
It’s completely debased. It’s now Facebook with a resume.
Another numbers game.
And LI is driving this debasement. Every time you accept a “connection” these days, it pops up dozens, if not hundreds, of other suggested connections. It wants to mine your email address books, if you let it.
I was wondering when I would see a cat photo on LInkedIn.
Today was the day.
Sigh . . .
Heartfelt thanks to City of Burnaby firefighters who dealt with a blaze in Byrne Creek Ravine Park today.
Also thanks to City of Burnaby staff for calling volunteer streamkeepers to keep us in the loop.
I was invited to take a look, but since firefighters were still working on it, I was asked not to go in all the way.
It’s been so hot and dry this summer, and the City of Burnaby added extra No Smoking in Parks and on Trails signs in the area, but we regularly saw inconsiderate smokers putting the park and their neighbours at risk.
Please, please, what does it take for people to act responsibly?
I don’t know if smoking caused this blaze, but I wouldn’t be surprised. I documented the mass of butts on trails in the area in a post earlier this summer.
I was allowed to go this far, wearing my safety vest and with an invitation from City staff.
UPDATE: Burnaby Now report here.