Cool Blog Alert!

I don't live near New York City, and the chances are pretty slim that I'm going there any time soon, but it is a city that I would really love to visit sometime in my life.  This blog that I discovered when a friend shared one of its posts makes me want to visit all the more.

It's called Scouting New York, and it's written by a film location scout, and some of the places he finds are just amazing.  Places that the rest of the city never gets to see, or just ignores as they go about their business.  I'm a big fan of abandoned places and beautiful (if sad) urban decay, so this blog really hit the spot.

I'd like to add that the photography is stunning.  You almost get the feeling you're actually there.

Check it out when you have some time.

Oh, Hypocrisy

Remember this post where I denounced Twitter?

I am ashamed to say I signed up for it this past weekend.  It was totally peer-pressure-driven.  The whole kiddie-table was doing it!

Anyhow, I really didn't know what I was missing.  I rather enjoy it muchly.  You can follow me if you like, but I'm not saying anything worthwhile.  I'm mostly following celebrities.

Bald Eagle Cam!!!

OMG OMG OMG LOOK AT THE BABIES!

Live from their tree-top nest at a fishery in Iowa, it's the Decorah Eagles!  It's a 24/7 live webcam trained on a pair of bald eagles and their three chicks (eaglets?).  Enjoy, because I know I am!

Decorah Eagles

New Hardware! Woot!

So, I just purchased a lap-top for myself, so hopefully I can update my blogs more often now.

That's all I've got for now. 

Mind Purge

Just a few things on my mind that I want to say but don't know where else to:

1.  If only he were younger.
2. I wish those Korean ladies in the building coffee shop would get some crunchy peanut butter.
3. Just when you think you have time to get something done, they throw something else at you.

I've hit a brand new low.

I signed up on Plenty Of Fish the other day.  Not for anything serious, just to see what it's about, but the fact that I did it still makes me wonder if I have a split personality, and the other person in my head is on some kind of behaviour-altering substance.

I will probably delete or clean out my account pretty soon though.  I've always been an advocate of actually talking to a person...in...person...(too many "persons")  instead of online for that sort of thing anyway.

UPDATE:  I deleted the account.  What a waste of time I will never get back.

It's like a heat waaaaaaaaave, burnin' in my heart!!

Okay, not exactly in my heart.  But darn near everywhere else!  This week we've been under a bona fide heat wave, which is three or more consecutive days with temperatures at 32 degrees or more (that's 89.6 degrees for my American friends).  Tomorrow is supposed to be the hottest day of the week, with the humidex factor making it feel like 44 degrees (111.2 degrees)!

Luckily I work in a nicely temperature-controlled office, and I haven't had to deal with the outside weather much during the day, but I really feel for all the people whose jobs have them working outside, and especially the homeless.  Toronto usually sets up cooling centers for days like this, but maybe not everyone can take advantage. It is really like walking into an oven.  I just hope that everyone can keep hydrated and cool as best as they can.

The best part about all this is that yesterday we already had a power transformer explode in the west end of the city.  I think about 250,000 people were without power.  With the days getting hotter as the week goes on and everyone turning their A/C to 11, I am hoping that this doesn't happen again.  This is why that big blackout in 2003 happened!  I suppose we're more prepared for that now, though.  They said on the news that yesterday's power outage could have been much worse if they weren't so quick to disconnect the transformer station from the main power grid.  We just have to be smart about our A/C use.

Okay, I lied.  The REAL best part about all this is the killer apocolyptic thunderstorm we're inevitably going to get when the humidity finally hits the breaking point.  I really love thunderstorms and am looking forward to it!