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The NY Times has a very cool “what if” calculator for the US election. Now you too can watch Kerry sweep Bush off the map! NYTimes.com 2004 Election Guide
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July 2004
Manchurian Candidate
A weekend of great entertainment! On Saturday we went up with Molly to the Tennis Masters Canada in the new tennis facility at York University. The new centre court is very nice, with great sightlines from everywhere. We had great seats for an excellent match, and we’re thinking of trying to get tickets for the […]
Project Apollo
Coolest pictures ever.
Civilization, the Board Game
Strange, fractious weather in Toronto at the moment — warm, smoggy, with a dull ugly sky, rain overnight and, yesterday, a short thunderstorm during the day. We stayed inside on Sunday in consequence and played the Civilization board game, which is fun though somewhat random when there are only two players. I’m hoping to have […]
The C1000
We bought a new toy on the weekend, and I’ve become a barista overnight. So much fun! Fully-automated espresso and cafe crema production — plus hot steam for heating and frothing milk for cappucinos and lattes. It takes me back to Italia, so it does…
Master and Commander
I read the two books — Master and Commander, and The Far Side of the World — while we were on our honeymoon. (I’d taken the first one over with me and couldn’t find books 2-9 in the series in any of the bookstores we checked.) Excellent books, rather too full of rich detail to […]
Honeymoon pics
I’ve posted a whole lot of honeymoon pictures, mostly taken by Anne. These came off the digital camera — there’s a couple of rolls of film that needs to be processed, too. Only a couple of wedding pictures available so far, but the photographer thinks the proofs will be ready by the end of the […]
Munich
Home! Our last day of non-travel in Europe was a long, rather packed day in Munich. We spent most of the day in the wonderful Deutsches Museum, a terrific science museum that could have swallowed two whole days without any trouble at all. I particularly enjoyed the boats, trains and planes — and they have […]
Venice
3:35pm, Venizia. Sunny and 28°C. We’ve been truly blessed with the weather on this trip — with a couple of slightly hazy days and a cloudy morning exception, it has been sunny throughout. Indeed, in Florence it was slightly too hot — but here in Venice it’s been delightful. As indeed has been the city. […]
Siena
11:50, Siena. We had a lovely day driving through Tuscany in our little Smart car which we have named “Principessa”. After heading out of Florence (a very lengthy procedure involving many wrong turns) we headed south through increasingly interesting terrain towards Montalcino. We stopped for a picnic lunch with a bottle of Rosso in the […]