Television views do travel in packs. Look at this mediocrity wavelet (red markup is mine):
Original link from kottke.org.
If the on-shore flurry activity and general slush are getting to you, take a look at Air Canada's seat sale, announced today. There are quite good fares: Halifax to London return for $448, Halifax to Bermuda return for $358.
Today is day one of an exclusive 15-day “Oliver and Peter without Catherine” engagement. Catherine flew to New Orleans this morning (she reports light rain, 17 degrees Celcius, and palm trees in the courtyard of her hotel); Oliver and I are on the Island until Sunday and then we fly away, albeit to the somewhat colder and less exotic Hamilton, Ontario. Our small family doesn’t reconvene until March 29th.
For an idea of how things will be radically different under the reign of Pete: here’s the book we returned to the library and here’s the book we checked out. Gers are much more interesting than Scoop and Wendy!
Post-supper diversions with Catherine include making healthy cookies. With Pete, it’s wall-to-wall Nanaimo Bars.
In other words, we already miss Catherine desperately, and will likely be admitted to hospital with either sugar shock or Mongolian horseracing-related injuries before the week is out.
If you’re a business-curious Charlottetown blogger willing to cross the divide into being “one of the media,” you may be interested in the Media Sneak Preview of the new Sears store on the Malpeque Road:
Greg Paterson, General Sales Manager, Atlantic Region and Anita McGlashon, Manager, Sears Charlottetown will lead media through a tour of the store describing its unique features including its design, merchandise assortment and services.
The Grand Opening (which Sears calls a “Major Photo/Interview Opportunity”) is Thursday, March 17 at 9:00 a.m.
Apparently Sears is now inside something called the “Royalty Power Centre.” Who knew?
Travel agent to the stars, George Stewart, has moved from Admiral Travel in downtown Charlottetown up to the new Sears store on Mount Edward Road.
I’ve written about George in the this space several times:
Ian’s post about baby readiness this morning prompted me to dig this photo out of the archives:
That’s Oliver’s room in its “he’s about to be born” state: the photo was taken on September 24, 2000 and he was born six days later.
It’s so clean and non-chaotic. There are so few stuffed animals in it. The laundry hamper lid hasn’t been ripped off yet. We haven’t had to have the plaster stripped out because of flood damage yet. He still has a door handle. And that car seat is so, so tiny.
In related baby sentimentality: Dave Hyndman has a great photo of his on his blog this morning.
In yet another hip, down with it, rad attempt to get all funky and props in the youths, the CBC has a rad cool new web effort called Buzz that seems to exist to promote trippy youth-type events happening over the March break.
Like the far out Rotary Regional Library Bird Presentation and the Fiddle Doo & Pot Luck.
To attract said youths, the CBC has recruited some hot young media superstars, one from each province:
Anyone who’s been using a Mac to make the web for a while will recall the venerable Fetch, the granddaddy of Mac FTP clients.
Fetch gradually fell out of favour with Mac web developers as the world migrated from the “hey, Internet, here’s my password” world of FTP to the more secure SFTP. Many of us left Fetch aside with considerable regret, as it had a very robust feature set.
It seems that Fetch 5.0, now in private beta, will introduce SFTP support. So perhaps Fetch is back?
Our friend, the notorious E.G.C., has been tunnelling through the provincial archives and every time he comes across something related to our house at 100 Prince St., he emails it to me. Here’s what we have so far:
PEI Register Tues., 1 April, 1828. THE Office of the Assayer of Weights and Measures, is Removed to the House lately occupied by Mr. Henry Smith, fronting on the East end of Queen’s Square. March 31. G.R. Goodman
PEI Register Tues., 1 April, 1828. REMOVAL — The Subscriber has removed to the House lately occupied by Mr. Henry Smith, fronting on Queen’s Square, within three doors of Mr. S. Nelms, where all notices of MARRIAGES, FUNERALS, &c. &c. are requested to be left.
Royal Gazette Tues., 30 Nov., 1830. JOSEPH WEEKS BOOT & SHOEMAKER BEGS leave to inform the Inhabitants of Charlotte Town and it vicinity, that he has commenced business in the house of Mr. Richard Gibson, between Capt. Nelmes’s and Mr. Henry Smith’s fronting Queen’s Square - where he hopes by strict punctuality and attention to his business, to merit a share of public patronage. He has just imported an excellent supply of Sole and Upper Leather.
Haszard’s Gazette 19 July, 1854, p 3. Contract for Building a Cottage. Tenders will be received until Wednesday the 26th, at 12 o’clock at the works, for building a Cottage at the Gas Works. Plans and Specifications may be seen at Mr. Henry Smiths. By order of the Board. D. Rennie, Sec’y. Charlottetown, July 19th, 1854.
It’s easy to see why street numbers were a very positive innovation.
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