waterfront
I was late for my appointment with my financial advisor this morning. "Financial advisor" sounds too hoity-toity. The guy, in that weird, Belleville-esque kind of way, is almost a friend of the family, really. I can't say that that makes him a *good* financial advisor, but at least I don't feel too intimidated to talk to him. That bit's kind of important. I was late for my appointment, so they took me across the street to the diner for coffee. Because, you know, they had almost given up on me and had decided to go there for a break.
This weekend is Waterfront. I remember when Waterfront started when I was a kid. I don't really remember when it became an event. When I told my boss I was from Belleville, he said, "Oh! I've been there. It was for some--what was it called?--'Waterfront' thing. We went to see playing." And I didn't really know what to say. I mean, I've been to Waterfront, with the (relatively meager) ethnic "Folklorama" festival and the bellyflop contests and things, but I've never actually been to Waterfront. They have bands now. And people get incredibly, credibly drunk. And none of that's really my bag, if you catch my meaning.
Tonight's the Tea Party concert. My sister's gone off to that (she doesn't have enough money to get incredibly drunk, not that my mother would let her live it down). I can actually hear it from the living room (as I could the fireworks earlier). Tomorrow is Loverboy. Beyond a vague association with the "cheesy 80s band" category, the only connection I have to Loverboy is the fact that their "Working for the Weekend" song is on the GTA: Vice City soundtrack. But I'm not really much of a concert person anyway.
I saw Lemurs today. Lemurs rule. They had a petting zoo at the downtown sidewalk sale, and along with the usual goats and llamas and things, they had a couple lemurs bouncing around their cage and an armadillo (also awesome) and a couple weird little South African things which looked vaguely wombat- or rabbit-like but with really long, spindly little legs. They were cool, but not as cool as lemurs.
Matt pointed out that the Lite edition of the soon-to-be-released Fourth Edition of GURPS has been released. I like GURPS. It was my game. We all had our favourite game systems in highschool. I picked up the 3rd ed. GURPS Basic Set on a whim one day. We only actually played it maybe a half-dozen times (I'm not a terribly enthusiastic GM), but I still like it. I think I'll buy 4th ed. when it comes out just for old times' sake.
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tinkerer
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Loverboy? Those guys are still alive? Ohmigod, I saw them in concert back in 1982! Yup, cheesy 80s stuff...
You're absolutely right, Squirrel, lemurs are cool. We saw ring tailed lemurs at the Greater Vancouver Zoo back in May. But we didn't get to pet them--did you get to pet yours? This trip we didn't go to any zoos. Instead we saw a couple of very pretty waterfalls, and also the aquarium in Stanley Park. My daughter fell absolutely in love with the otters. They were being especially adorable this morning. So adorable that we missed the beluga show. *Sigh*
Thank you for the birthday wishes :> I didn't exactly get what I asked for--we didn't suck quite as much as some other teams, thus ending up in 5th place overall and so played a third day for the "bronze". At least the game time was workable for our plans, so it wasn't entirely evil. Unfortunately we lost in double overtime--no surprise, we've lost every playoff game we've ever had. But my daughter played the first half of the game and stopped 18 shots before letting in the first goal against (defense? Does our team even know the word?). She earned the MVP medal for our team for her effort. I *love* it when my kid gets MVP awards--not only does it help me mentally justify all the time we spend on lessons and play, but also I get bragging rights. lol!
Submitted 2004-07-11 03:43:46
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Dan
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You know, once, in sixth grade, some kid did a presentation in which he mentioned that Ring Tailed Lemurs pissed in their hands and smeared it on trees to mark off their territory.
Needless to say, I always wipe my hand after shaking the hand of a lower primate.
Submitted 2004-07-12 14:51:12
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flying squirrel
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Well, I didn't actually get a chance to pet them either. I could have, but the lemurs were too fast, and there was a sign up saying to wash your hands after you touched the animals, which seemed like a hassle, so I was just content to watch.
Our little group really liked Vancouver's otters as too. They're just too adorable, rubbing their little paws together like that. Patiently scheming...
Submitted 2004-07-12 16:56:05
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Not that this has anything to do with anything, but I'm finally about to completely uninstall this stupid browser/mail (Netscape 6) and install the next version. I've always been happy with Netscape--until this version. Apparently it is the worst they ever made, so buggy that even their own website recommends a complete uninstall before installing N7 to "prevent possible conflicts". Ouch. I really suck at uninstalling stuff (that's why I've put it off for months, despite having the damned program crash on me due to "illegal operations" nearly every time I use it). But using Internet Explorer freaks me out with all the security issues. Really, REALLY freaks me out. Plus when it isn't crashing, Netscape has some great features I use all the time and don't want to part with. So, time to be brave and upgrade, even if it means backing up my email and bookmark files (and possibly losing them due to my own ignorance on how to do this competently...)
Pray for me, Squirrel. Send lots of strong psychic waves of electronic success in my direction, 'k? Oh, and don't panic if you don't hear from me awhile. For once it won't be hockey--just regular computer idiocy holding me up. :>
Submitted 2004-07-17 00:33:50
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Whew. Still alive. Y'know, why is it you can "uninstall" a program, yet so many pieces of it are still on your computer that none of your information is lost? After using "remove program" to get rid of N6, and then installing N7.1, I expected to have to use my backed up files to restore things like address books and profiles and preferences. But nah--everything (right down to my toolbar bookmark buttons and email server data) was all there, ready to go and fully incorporated into this new version.
Hm. The cynical pessimist in me would much rather have spent several hours restoring information, instead of discovering it was all still there and as accessible as ever...
Submitted 2004-07-17 19:23:41
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flying squirrel
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That was fast. Glad to have you back. And yes, you probably should have upgraded from Netscape 6 a long, long time ago. Netscape 7.2 is supposed to be coming out sometime, but it will likely be the last. You might want to consider switching over to the Mozilla Suite at some point (http://www.mozilla.org/), since it's basically the same thing, except with actual updates (you know, for security and stuff).
Submitted 2004-07-18 00:29:20
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Dan
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Firefox is the new hotness. : D
Submitted 2004-07-18 21:49:15
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flying squirrel
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This is also true.
Submitted 2004-07-18 22:16:32
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tinkerer
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Um, maybe. I took a look, but am not convinced it is worth it for me just now. I'm running a 56k dialup, on a Win98SE 233 Pentium with 96 ram. Yes, antiquated. My computer and I are well suited. ;> But when the kid finally quits hockey and I can afford new hardware, I might just install them *all* for kicks. After all, if I wasn't at the rink so often I'd have more time to put such hot new software to use, right? And by then maybe even Microsoft will understand that total integration was a truly lousy idea, and have a product that won't pose a chronic security risk to use...
Submitted 2004-07-19 01:54:32
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