One of my Monday Morning Flowers - beebalm from Hal's mom's garden in Amherst. 

Front view 

We've got cucumbers! 

Bon Jour de la Bastille!

We're in the midst of a fiscal 'perfect storm:' pay period end, month end, quarter end, year end. In addition, have had some new reporting specs laid on us that need to be fleshed out and implemented *yesterday.* All this loose-end tying, plus reporting on 'boolean comparisons of variance causalities' and ungluing unfranked postage from interoffice envelopes has seriously cut into my blog time.

Few little things:

1.) Left my old umbrella in Canada to keep my bank card company. Picked up a new one at the Korean market in Union Square - Pucca and Garu. I like Pucca.

2.) My garden is *glorious.* Absolutely took off while I was away. Hal sent me some lovely images today; will be sure to post them.

3.) Texas Roadhouse needs a kosher menu.

Pablo didn't want me to mention it, as he's worried about how his drink choice would reflect on his manhood, but his strawberry margherita tasted like a melted popsicle.

If TGIF is 'Tchotskes,', would the Roadhouse be 'Flingers?'

3.) Is it a criminal offense to sell $.37 stamps for $.35 each? What would Thomas Pynchon have to say about this?

Office joke turned into publicity, or slightly less sophisticated advertisement than what we're used to 

Our reaction to the 'lamb selling condos' 

Shiny snacks 

Fruits de la mer et de la terre sechees 

A rare shot of Hal smiling for the camera 

Bob, Ali, Bev framed by Moore 

Fruits exotiques 

Henry Moore sculpture in front of the Art Gallery of Ontario 

Delicacies from 20 000 leagues beneath the sea and beyond 

Chinatown, Chinatown. 

"La vache qui rit," Vietnamese style. 

I posted a few photos of our first day in Toronto, with Bob and Ali from Birmingham. Spent the bulk of the afternoon in Chinatown, probably my favorite neighborhood. It is huge, filled with exotic things you'd probably not find here, and unbelievably clean.

The AGO, which we toured later in the week, rests on the edge of the neighborhood. Had fun clowning around in front.

I think that it's getting to the point where we will need to get ourselves out to England to see our friends again, soon. Thanks to their enjoyment of visiting the east coast of this continent, we get to see them roughly every other year. That's hardly enough, I think.

I'm liberal, but not *that* liberal.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

Definately not work safe.

I missed Lileks terribly last week.

Is this an advertisement for the new book on Moore, or what?

O Canada...back from my lovely two weeks packed in one. Lots to recount, lots to show.