| Monday, 12-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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Summertime.
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It's been slow on the blog front, and I apologize. Murphy http://murphy.fotopages.com has been kicking my ass in that area and frankly, just insufferable about it, so screw you Murphy. Here goes...
1 - The Liberty Bell
An annual US conference I go to every year was held in Philly this year. So of course, we all had to go see the Liberty Bell. Unfortunately, I went while debilitatingly hungover from the night before, so I don't really remember much about the Liberty Bell display, except that it's security gate rival's the airport, and that they don't sell Gatoraide there. I don't know whether it was the location or the weather or the stars, but on a scale of 1 to 10 for bad, obnoxious business trip behaviour - this trip rated about a 37.
2 - Phillies vs. Oakland
Later that same day, we took a bunch of clients to see a Phillies game. I'm not much for baseball, but I'll tell ya, Philadelphia has a great field. Tickets - comped. Snacks and beer for 6 - $57. Hats - $24. Sunscreen - $4. Getting to expense big foam #1 fingers - priceless.
Further to my mention of being debilitatingly hungover in #1, at this point I'd had an extra-large OJ, 1 large bottle of water, a Gatoraide, 2 bladder-buster diet cokes, and still didn't pee until around 5:00.
3 - Huge Shoe
I found this huge shoe while Devo, Chris and I were going for a walk one day. It was at least 4 ft. long and suprisingly well made. We have no idea where it came from. It was on top of a big pile of garbage that didn't appear to be connected to any of the surrounding buildings. The pile of trash also smelled really bad - like a big, fetid sneaker. It was cool. I took Derwod to see it the next day, but someone had taken it. Secretly Devo and I think it was Chris.
4 - Jesui
The Jesus collection may be winding down at home, but the dieties are alive and well and living at the office. The Buddy Christ from Dogma is my personal favourite, although the St. Clair - Patron Saint of TV is right up there. I'm pretty sure this is why I've not been promoted beyond manager.
5 - Air France
I don't know if you can see it, but that Air France plane that slid off the runway in early August was right by my house. If you look closely, you can see a vague stream of smoke in the distance. Traffic was backed up all over the city, and the west end of Toronto was a mess. Also, the entire are smelled like burnt wire and plastic. For days you could see the carcass of the plane lying wheels up from the 401.
Incidentally, this was the same week Derwood and I booked a trip to France in the fall. I mean, it seemed the safest place to go because, really, what are the odds?
6 - Butter Elvis
This is an Elvis bust made out of butter at the CNE. Usually you only see butter sculputers at the Royal Winter Fair in November, and then they have really big ones like whole cows and sheep and stuff, but this was still pretty cool. They've been doing this here for about 40 or so years. They had a great shot of the Butter Beatles from 1965, but I didn't get a shot of it. Sorry, it was quite something...
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