Photo Update

I recently inherited green_trilobite's iPad (he got a new one) so I've been offline for a couple of days while he synched everything.

While confined to a mobile phone, I took this shot of a tortoise in the park. I was surprised to see it climbing a hill, and was briefly tempted to return it to the pond in case this was some sort of suicide attempt, but figured it had its own reasons and that I shouldn't interfere. Excelsior!

Other stuff I'd forgotten was in my phone camera: Poster for "Kamikaze Blend Coffee" at Cherry Bomb; it puzzles me slightly that although you can't make fun of nazis in public lest you cause people to take them lightly, apparently naming a coffee drink after Japanese suicide pilots is ok.

And finally, this sign is warning us against hats, or perhaps elephant-swallowing boa constrictors.

Overheard in Toronto, Challenge Round

Young Woman: You know Mom's all practical and down-to-earth, but there was an incident when my grandfather was dying that she refuses to talk about in the house where it happened. Or even the same city as the house where it happened. We have to go out of town for her to discuss it.

Her Friend: Yeah, when I was growing up there was a room in our house that was haunted...

(They go on to talk about occult and weird matters, but never *ever* get back to the mysterious grandfather incident.)