the flying squirrel

I spent the weekend in Ottawa for a friend's wedding. That was pretty wonderful. I'm a big fan of weddings, and this was the first one I'd been to for friends (surprisingly, it's taken this long). That's so much cooler than extended family sorts of weddings. Not that I don't like my family... Weddings are (at their best, anyways) parties, and parties with friends are quantitatively better.

After the wedding, I spent a couple days in Belleville setting up my parents with my sister's old computer. Old, but still newer and better than theirs. Actually, my parents computer would still be serviceable, except I think the harddrive is toast.

So I missed the first couple days of the commuter challenge. I'm kind of annoyed that the metric they're using for participation is kilometres. So because I bought a house 2.5km from work, even if I walk every day, I can't hope to come close to matching the contribution of some dude who decides to take the bus in from his monster house in Cambridge one day (and never again, because that takes like two hours). So I'm a little perturbed. My dedication to the cause is obviously superior and I should be acknowledged and lauded for that fact! Because I'm awesome.

Dell's Days of Deals are dangerous. I bought a new printer yesterday. My old one sucked, though, and the new one prints duplex and works fine with Linux and Mac OS X. I might give the old one to my sister or something.

Speaking of walking, I'm debating whether it's possible to do most of my regular grocery shopping between the butcher, the baker and the international grocer which are all on my route home from work. The only problem is the butcher and baker both close around 6. Hm. More on this in a future non-bullet post.

Doctor Who on Sunday. 7pm my place, unless I hear a better idea.