Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

May 30, 2018. I had one of those days where ripples of controversy follow. An IBM rep at my panel said we needed to privatize health care to save costs; I reminded him that using IBM to privatize the new pay system cost us many times more. I got home in time to attend a town meeting were smarmy town officials tried to explain why the $5K sewage upgrade they pitched last year will now cost us $9K - it was a skeevy effort, consisting of saying that the $5K was just one part of the total cost, and the rest was some amount mandated by the bylaws (that they just hadn't mentioned earlier). So you can imagine how I responded to that (no, not meekly and quietly). The river was at Carleton University, where the panel was located, in the centre of Ottawa. https://flic.kr/p/26Axzk1

May 29, 2018. It's election time in Ontario. I've voted already, in the advance poll. No, it was not for the red or the blue candidate. I voted NDP because I think things like schools, hospitals, climate and social welfare are important. https://flic.kr/p/27AZbA1

May 28, 2018. Back in the office. Looks like they're preparing to wash the windows. I added a 'publish vCard' feature to gRSShopper today. NRC changed its email service, which now doesn't work properly. https://flic.kr/p/26xpRwd

May 28, 2018. Yesterday's ride to Avonmore was so nice I did it again. It was equally nice. I took this photo early in the ride (near the sheep from yesterday). I also got the tomatoes and geraniums transplanted. And the Blue Jays won. https://flic.kr/p/24Rzgh5

May 26, 2018. Despite threats of rain I went out biking and was rewarded with a beautiful ride. This is taken off Steele Road, on the way back from Avonmore. Listened to Lights 'Skin and Earth' a few times while cycling. Got back, bought dirt and ports for the tomatoes and geraniums, and cut some lilacs to make the house smell nice. Played a few hours of Cities:Skylines after fixing a persistent GPU driver problem that was crashing all Steam games. https://flic.kr/p/HVAxZz

May 22, 2018. Ordinary day in the office, no meetings, just some proposal reviewing and paper revisioning. I took the car to the dealership for servicing after work, and took this photo of St. Laurant Bvld. The flag is the Franco-Ontario flag. The bus is a double decker. And the building is a pretty good restaurant. https://flic.kr/p/24GkDEd

May 14, 2018. I was up very early at in the city by seven to spend all day being a judge today at the Canada Wide Science Fair. This is a farm near town. https://flic.kr/p/24qR54G

May 13, 2018. Busy day. Went out for a bike ride to Chrysler (37.6 km) where I found a cluster of trilliums, including this one. Then in the afternoon-evening it was into the city to prepare to be a judge for the Canada Wide Science Fir at Carleton. https://flic.kr/p/24qQQ6S

Another bike ride today and this time I made it it St. Albert and back - 25 km. This is a look up an unnamed creek that crosses Guerin road. This is a little off the road looking up the creek. https://flic.kr/p/HeGR5e