@feld Mainly just the singles I’ve heard on the radio. One of which was something of an ear worm for me this morning, leading to the discovery of some of his other stuff.
Can’t fault the singer on his range, that’s for damn sure.
Just reminded that part of the reason I’m so tired of seeing the Leafs play Boston in the playoffs, beyond having seen it so many times recently, is because of how frustratingly dirty some of the Boston players are.
Marchand is hugely talented, but rather than just letting that do the talking for him, he’s always gotten in the cheapest, dickish shots on the opposing team instead. And McAvoy isn’t far behind.
Reminded myself today to not think there’s an issue with the unwitting messenger throwing a spotlight on my flaws, but to focus on dealing with those flaws.
So not only am I dealing on the daily with drivers not wanting to wait in a long line of cars so they head farther up in the next lane over and then jam in, but today I saw someone one-upping even that, going around the second bumper-to-bumper lane in the oncoming traffic lane to push in farther up.
My commute to my second job (ahem currently my main) job is unfortunately close to as far as I can get from my house while still being in the same city.
Adding to catching rush hour traffic both ways, the city has started what will be years of bottlenecking repairs on the routes I usually take. So a 27-minute drive on the weekend took me close to hour and a half last night.
I could literally have driven to London, Ontario in the time it took me to drive home from work across Toronto.
Sometimes it’s not terrible, though. One weekday morning will take over an hour and the next day will be 40 minutes.
All of which means that now on weekdays I’m keeping half an eye on the GPS to gauge the time I need to head to work.
Today we’re already having some fun-sounding downpour and wicked wind. Which means I should maybe head to work… now-ish? Give it a good 3.5 hours to get there? 🙄
Yesterday I learned that vultures are birds of prey. Somehow I’d thought they were scavengers, maybe confusing them with buzzards? (He says, making a mental note to check if buzzards are birds of prey to maybe edit that out.)
So the several turkey vultures I’ve been seeing swooping around the Ontario Science Centre for months — and the wingspan of these things gets up to about my height, so they’re not subtle — are actively hunting, not just looking for carrion, or whatever.
Related: They’ve started hanging out over the Science Centre itself, and a couple of days ago were jostling around with some Canada Geese.
Guess that was them after some lunch.
Which, by the way, gives you some idea of their size. Much like when I heard that Great Horned Owls will take down a Canada Goose to eat?
Listen, Canada Geese are no joke. If they come at you snapping and hissing, even as an adult, you’ve got a problem.
And to know that THAT thing is a meal for a BIGGER bird?
Crazy.
It’s good, absolutely, but not my style of writing (or maybe translation?), which made for quite an ebb and flow of interest.
Definitely looking forward to the mini-series on Netflix.
Meanwhile, I just started Triptych, the first book of the Will Trent series. That had me from the start and I didn’t want to have to put it down to go to bed.
What are you reading?
What have you read lately you’d recommend?
Ontario government 2023: We’re getting rid of LCBO paper bags to save the planet. (But planet aside, you can buy reusable, branded plastic totes there starting at $1.25.)
much wailing and gnashing of teeth at the staff there for months before the public finally, reluctantly gets used to the change
8 MONTHS LATER
Same government: Wow, doesn’t having to pay less than the cost of a decent beer for a reusable bag suck? We’re bringing back paper bags for YOU, little guy!