http://citizen146.blogspot.com/2007/01/warmest-january-5th-on-record.html The more you see the more you realise they are lying to you!

Sponge bob on the loose

The local paper managed to lead with this shot of some child being scarred for life.

It`s the weekend again and I have a lot of blogs to catch up on: skookukumjoe.blogspot.com

sandrascanada.blogspot.com

foljy.blogspot.com

Unfortunately NO TIME.

As has been commented on by the media all over Ontario its "freeking cold."

Thursday night was my coldest night on the planet, easily beating last years measly-13 C in which I rode my bicycle to work through the snow.

This year it was -17 C in my bit of southern Ontario, some friends and I went jogging around 8 pm , the fool wearing the balaclava having ice form on his upper lip with each breath.

Not owning a car still making me feel smug in this weather.

Did a plus 42.5C once in Perth Western Australia and 106F in Death Valley California, as expected the hottest I have ever felt was in Vietnam at plus 30 C and about 200% humidity ( indoors it was about the same watching Apocalypse Now Redux at the Hyde Park Cinema in Leeds).

Watched Babel last night at the cinema, twas a good reminder of the range of experience available on planet earth. I was transported back to trips we have made as "rich Western tourists" to Morocco, Egypt, Vietnam, China, and India. I saw that "world as a village" thing this week(it`s all over the net in various forms) this is one . It reminded me of how fortunate I am to own a computer. I haven`t time to look up the millions of spin offs , but I bet there are some fantastic ones out there , ?% of the world has never had a hangover/is allergic to spam or saki or their workplace.......................................

http://users.gazinter.net/melan/Warn/Warnenu.htm

November in Whitby 2005

Continuing the only at weekends blog, which is probably just as well as am too busy to think these days, and therefore have nothing interesting to say.
Whitby is a costal town in Yorkshire Northern England, where Captain Cook lived and the novel Dracula was set and written., but as far as I am concerned it is where I learnt to surf!
So here I am in the fading light of an early winters eve, its 3.45pm the lights from the funfair on the promenade are on, and the ferris wheel is doing a brisk trade
Sat even just a few yards from shore the experience is surreal. The moon has risen over the castle on the cliff top, and the waves are just big enough to get up on, it's a long way from California, but I've been there and its just as cold! Only those in Hawaii surf in skin, the rest of the planet has boots, gloves, hats and attitude.
This was the last time I was in the water, but I feel a trip coming on in the Summer, which surely to God must be here soon................

Beckham moves to TO, and it`s snowing at last.

Not much blogging as I am only "home for the holidays" on the weekends.

In a few hours my lift will arrive and we will drive south for a few hours, back to course work for another five days.

That is of course if the weather is playing ball. It has just started to snow, I took the above and since then it has continnued to snow , making a much better picture if I could be bothered to set up the lighting rig again.

This is the first of the season, though a new friend from Thunder Bay says the -28 which they got on Friday is normal for this time of the year. Here it continnues at about -2 and even rains on occasion. The garden was looking particularly vast , what with the lack of plants and everything, but the 8 foot christmas tree carcass which arrived yesterday, in the centre of the composition, makes it appear a little poky!

I am so tied up in course work, and the tv only gets one channel, that it took a while for the momentous Beckham news to filter through. Apparently now he has signed for LA he will appear in Toronto at some point in the "Soccer" season. Toronto have a new soccer team that some wag suggested they call Toronto SC as football is already taken. The season tickets have sold very well here, where during the world cup us "immigrants" shamed the loal population with a impressive show of fervour" for our Portugese/Italian/Greek roots.

Ps The eagles were robbed last night .......................................................

Warmest January 5th on record

We were having a few drinks with our neighbours last night. Once again we were told how lucky we are to be having a winter like this... thats what everyone said last year.

Two days ago they had the warmest Jan. 5th on record nearly plus 13, beach weather for Leeds.

Today is cooler but still mild, and as I look out of the window a troop of squirrels is munching on the heaps of maple seeds I swept onto the garden in December( a very sucessful recycling measure). We have some asparagus in the front garden that has sprouted up again and it looks like the snow shovel is redundant.

It`s so mild that my new bird feeder has been largely ignored by the fantastic array of finches the packaging promised, how we cheered when it looks like it actually does keep the squirrels out, although should the feet of snow return they may band together and start building seige engies..............

Mona lisa

like La Gioconda this man knows something!
Sunday afternoon the Philadelphia eagles take on the New York Giants at home in the first of three knockout games that would end at the Superbowl.
Just for the record I am not one of those deluded people who believes the league when they add "World champions" to the Superbowl winners. If you dont know, it only plays in US, they wont even let the CANADIANS play for fear of getting embarrassed.
I will unfortunately be sat in a car travelling, and am hoping to bribe the driver with lots of Tim Hortons (coffee flavoured liquid) to listen to the game play by play on the radio.
If you think that sounds boring, I once "watched" an entire play off game on msn(ie just almost live updates for three and a half hours).
I have my official shirt with a certificate of authenticity which attests to it having been worn in training by ND Kalu who at 330 plus pounds and 6 feet and five iches was somewhat taller than I (I can wear it as a dress), just got to find my hat to look somewhat like Andy........................................

je ne comprend pas! 100/2x3 +45 -103

Appologies for using beaker again but this is one of my default images when there is no time to upload any photos and I need to get a blog out in order to sleep at night.

Things I cannot believe:

1. Its January already.

2. Its plus 9C !

3. The eagles are NFC east Divisional Champions .

4. My snow shovel has had no use whatsoever.

5. I won a wine tasting for 15 people in a radio competition.

6. I was unable to do the skill testing question for the same! Seriously the rogers video guy had to come over and say not to worry about it the answers 92, having initially said there is a skill testing question but it is very easy!

100/2x3 + 45 -103 I must have a mental block for this sort of stuff, now I start the year feeling more stupid than normal..................