It's been a hectic week

Time to take stock of the past few days:

Monday -- raked my yard (7 bags of leaves, grass, etc.), attended a performance/service by the Harlem Gospel Choir. It was great.
Tuesday -- supervised a couple a final exams. Got home late.
Wednesday -- we had a fruit platter at work to celebrate my birthday (which was Thursday)
Thursday -- did my first storytime in nearly 9 (!) years. Board meeting. Got home late.
Friday -- attended the final concert of this year's concert series, Papa Duke. It was great. I highly recommend him if you like wild gypsy music fused with all sorts of other styles. Check out his website (www.papduke.com)
Saturday -- worked
Sunday -- I'm planning on doing laundry and barbecuing something (or maybe I'll just sleep)

The weather has been nice-- warm, a little windy. We could use some rain to settle the dust.

Furry Bliss

Well, it has been a week with the new kitten and the two cats have reached an accommodation.

This unity has left me outnumbered-- 2 felines to 1 human; 2 males to 1 female. I still have the upper hand (for now)-- I'm the one who feeds them.



The kitten also has a name-- Banzai. If you saw him leaping off things with reckless abandon, you would totally understand.

Banzai goes in for his second set of shots next week-- we'll see how much he likes me after that.

MADLibrarian

Kitten-To-Be-Named-Later

There's a new addition to the household and as you can see Moe, the gray tabby, doesn't know quite what to make of him.



I think Moe will adjust-- after all who can resist this face...



He doesn't have a name yet but I'll keep you posted.

MADLibrarian

April Fool?

This is what I woke up to on April 2nd.



Just another example of Spring on the Prairies. Last week we had two days of a winter storm watch/warning that resulted in some rain-- after a prediction of 10-20 cm of snow.

MADLibrarian

Spitting MAD

When did spitting in public become a common thing? A couple of weeks ago as I was walking to work, I saw a person casually turn his head and spit. He was walking toward me about half a block away.

This wasn't the first time I've come across this behaviour. When I was living in Yellowknife I saw a lot of public spitting-- somewhat disturbing given that TB is practically a pandemic in the North.

Growing up, my parents made it very clear that spitting in the street was completely unacceptable. Even now I think there are only two occasions for public spitting (aside from accidental spit takes)-- eating watermelon or eating sunflower seeds (which are available here in Canada under the brand name Spitz). Even then it shouldn't be done on public streets but in the privacy of your backyard or at the cottage. (I admit I do indulge in Spitz at Rider games but I am careful to spit the shells discreetly and not on the opposing team's fans who invariably sit in front of me.)

Don't even get me started about the slobs who empty their automobile's ashtrays in public parking lots in the winter believing the mess will melt with the snow.

MADLibrarian

Signs of spring?

We've had a lot of snow this year as evidenced by this photo taken on Thursday, March 8th. But the melt has begun and birds are returning as seen in this second photo taken Tuesday. March 13th. (Of course we got snow on March 14th so winter isn't done with us yet.)

Playing around

Every once in a while I come across something cool that I play with. Here's a little flash movie that I created called Head Crush:



P.S. For those of you unfamiliar with this particular Kids in the Hall bit, check out this video on the head crusher

Welcome

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Here I hope to share my view of the world, things that irritate me to no end and stuff I like.

I also plan to keep friends and family up to date on things -- since I rarely email anyone.

If all goes well, expect weekly posts (at the very least)

MADLibrarian