The Goof

The title of this post could refer to me.  Last week, when Jess and I were heading down to watch the screening of Behind Closed Doors, we walked down a really steep hill on our way to the movie theatre.  I commented that if we were to walk up that hill on a regular basis, it wouldn’t be long before we started to get in good shape.

Well, tonight we went up that hill for the first time since we talked about it.  It was as difficult as we first thought it would be.  This particular hill is quite steep, and it was a good workout.  I admit that I was short of breath at the top, but I do think that if we do this on a regular basis, we’ll be in pretty great shape.

The picture above is the sign of one of my favourite restaurants: The Golden Gate - better known as the Goof.  The Goof was one of the first Chinese restaurants in the area, and the food is really great.  The place got its nickname from its sign.  For many years, the neon sign you see above had several letters burned out, so that all that was lit was:  GOO F.  The name stuck.  I’m almost sad that the sign is in good working order these days.

Great.  Now I’m hungry.

Ammends

So, the other day I happened to post a picture of Jess that was not very flattering. It was a very honest moment, but it wasn’t one in which she looked her best.  And she called me a jerk for posting it.

And punched me in the arm.  Not hard.  But that wasn’t the point.

So I wanted to make it up to her, by posting a picture of her that shows her looking quite good.

There.

Junkie of Olympic proportions

I have, in the past, been something of an olympics junkie.  In past years, I have sat up and watched a lot of events, some of which (I admit) I didn’t really care all that much about.  I’ve sat watching equestrian events and who knows what else, into the wee hours of the morning, just because the olympics were on.  I’ll admit: its worse with the winter games.

This year, however, I don’t have a television.  This makes it difficult for me to stay up trying to watch the olympics live…which is probably healthier for me.  It does leave me at a loss, however.

Fortunately, the Wired How-To wiki has a list of ways to watch online, which will allow me to feed my irrantional need to watch the olympics, without having to find places to go to do so.