Road Trippin'

So, as many of you know I've been spending some time in New York training for my new position. I usually enjoy the opportunity to cross the border, although considering the baby's due in the next week and a half, the timing could have been better.

I always find it funny how it sometimes feels like you have travelled across the globe when you cross over and imaginary line. Currency changes, Celcius changes to Farenheit, Kilometers change to Miles, and the news takes a more sensational approach.

Other times I feel that I have travelled to the next city within Ontario. Other than a slight accent, people are interested in the same things and have the same concerns as people at home.

But the differences are often funny. Take, for example, my lunch at Applebee's last week. As I was finishing up my Oriental Chicken Wrap, there were two loud bangs from the direction of the door. Had I been in Canada, I probably would have assumed that a couple of baloons had popped. Being in the U.S. all thoughts swung immediately to gunshots. I apparently wasn't alone as many of the other patrons gasped and some actually ducked. It was, of course, the afore-mentioned balloons.

Prior to all this on my way to Rochester, I stopped at a Rest Stop on the I-90 for a Tim Hortons (which, by the way, are quite prevalent in New York now). The sign as you enter the bulding proudly states "History Happened Here". I think it's very important to track where historical moments happened and to mark them, but I couldn't help but picture the full wording of the sign at the initial brainstorm sessions, such as:

-History Happened Here, And Now You Can Go Poop Here!
-History Happened Here, And Now So Does Coffee Drinkin'
-History Happened Here, Aaaaannnnnnddd Now It's A Fuddruckers
-History Happened Here, But They Didn'y Have Our WiFi Connection Back Then!

OK, those are pretty lame, but my brain's been pretty fired lately. Later days.

The Beast Sleeps Again

I got nothin'.

The Beast Awakens

Well, the (former) Section-9.ca crew got together for coffee last night. The four of us hadn't gotten together in recent memory. Funny how time seems to pass us all by. TheRich pointed out that we had to get together at least this one last time before I become a father and my free time becomes anything but free.

During our conversations, blogging was brought up. I haven't been blogging near as much as I have in the past and TheRich suggested maybe I had made an unannounced departure from blogging. This isn't really the case, but I very rarely do I feel any desire to post anything anymore. I think when I do post, it's more because I know it will be uploaded as a note to Facebook.

So, blogging isn't completely over for me, but if I was a part-time blogger before, I guess I'm a part-part-time blogger now. Later days.

Live Free or Die Hard: A Review

Do you like Die Hard movies? Go see this Die Hard movie. It is exactly what you'd expect from the Die Hard franchise. Yippee Kai Eh!