Broca's Area

Saturday but later. So it’s late, what did you pay for the podcast? We went to Hearst! We saw a friend. We spoke French. Damn it’s hot.

It’s a really nice day. Then I got to the store and realized I’d forgotten our bags. Isabelle returned with them. Then Isabelle tried to imagine Tom Merritt’s house. Bag. They moved the vermouth. Hopefully get on my bike today. Oh I put new brakes on my bike, and there is a picture any everything.

Nice day today. We went to Sudbury for a little trip. Rogers had a big outage yesterday. This lead to Interac being down, which was bad. I used cash today! Isabelle has a thing today. It’s been pretty cool this summer so far, Im not complaining but it its a bit odd.

Back to Saturday. Everyone and their brother was shopping today, I guess because yesterday was a holiday and, inexplicably, everyone shops like crazy adjacent to a holiday. Isabelle is enjoying her course, and painting in the car (not while driving). St. Jean was fun last week. Single use plastic bags are out, so it was like pre pandemic in there. Isabelle couldn’t find me any earrings, but she found some for herself. Why is it always windy?

A day early. Some really bad shit went down in the USA today. Today is St. Jean Baptiste Day. Tomorrow there’s a thing downtown, and we’ll be going. Last week had my birthday and Fathers’ Day. This week doesn’t. I don’t know if I’ll be going to the USA any time soon. I got a new charger for the lawn mower! We had a fire last night, it was fun.

Today is Fathers’ Day. It’s sort of odd that we have such a day. Kids day is all of the rest of the days. Isabelle has been really putting in a lot of work in the past week. Isabelle bought tickets to a drag show, she’s very excited! It’s been stupidly windy, so much so that I haven’t ridden my bike since Wednesday. The Canadian Grand Prix is today! Isabelle took part in an art sale, and enjoyed herself. I had a drink via Zoom with an old friend.

It’s convocation day, so this is a bit of a short one, and it is being posted well after it was recorded. Also, I didn’t use my phone for it, I used the old Zoom H2. Convocation is nice, but it is long. Congratulations to our graduates. Isabelle has been supply teaching. I’ve been podcasting I guess. I’ve been biking a lot. I actually can’t remember what we talked about, it was hours ago….. Oh yeah, it goes without saying that we stand for democracy, We stand with Ukraine.

Back to Saturday today. It’s nice out, 13 degrees, probably going to hit 20, very little wind. Isabelle has been teaching art. Isabelle has been teaching elementary school. I could not do that job. I’ve been riding my bike. There are job interviews I have to attend next week. Mask compliance wasn’t bad. I saw a friend in the grocery store.

Isabelle is back from her trip, I had a good week with Jon. Why can’t people have some class? The sign was different, yet non offensive. Jon had a big week too. It’s very nice out. I might drink Old Fashioneds today. Isabelle is teaching again this week.

Short one today. Isabelle is off on a trip this coming week. Fewer people are wearing masks. The sign game is pretty much dead, good really. The power went out yesterday, as did the cable. Why do we still have a land line? What kind of truck was that? It was warm then it was cold.

Pretty sure I’m mixing this up with Silkwood. I’m going to have to start mowing soon. It’s very nice today, about 21 as I type this. It’s been very hot for the time of year. Isabelle is off onnn another trip soon. Sticking to gin. Mask wearing is way down. The sign remains the same.

Back to Saturday. We’re looking after a dog named Rothko. Truth be told Isabelle is. We got a new fire pit. It’s nice out and I have shorts on. Mask usage is dropping. The election is in full swing, Doug Ford is in town. I was on some podcasts.

Yes it is Friday. Yes we don’t normally do these on Friday. We actually recorded it on Thursday as Isabelle is visiting her mother. Bit of a quick one this time around, not too many stops, but one for propane! The weather is nice now. I got my bike out on Thursday! I took the bus and we met up at the store after Isabelle picked up a friend at the airport.

Bask to Saturday, then next week, Thursday. My term is pretty much done. Isabelle got some new from the Canada Arts Council. Isabelle is going to be a substitute teacher. The potholes are unreal. (Wee the picture). Our weekends my not be representative al all weekends. I really don’t mind masks. Needed gas today, so there goes 80bucks…. We stand for Democracy, we stand with Ukraine.

WHAT? Well we shopped really early because Saturday will be a nightmare, Friday, Sunday and Monday are holidays so Thursday it is! It was a mad house. The sign hasn’t changed in a long time. I know lots of people with COVID. Isabelle might be a supply teacher. Thursday was the day for our psych honours students to present their data.

Akilter is not a word, but it should be. Yup, a Sunday, we were both very busy yesterday. Jon had a college tour where he will be going in the fall. My conference ended, and it had a presenter from Ukraine. The conference was great, but draining. Good ones are like that. We stand for democracy, we stand with Ukraine. Слава Україні! Easter is coming so we won’t be shopping on Sunday next week. Isabelle swerved to avoid a pothole that went to Australia.

Only one stop today, no M and M’s and we went to the LCBO yesterday. Jon got a new laptop, and the store we got it at is next door to the LCBO so I went yesterday. I am marking essays. Isabelle doesn’t want to talk about work. Isabelle is teaching French and art today. Plus, she got some blinds and rapid tests. Most people wore masks. We stand for Democracy, we stand with Ukraine.

The Ontario government, in all its wisdom, has ended the mask mandate. I still wore a mask today, as did the vast majority of shoppers. Work continues. The war continues. We talked a bit about it today. You can take your whataboutism and shove it. No M&M’s today. They’re removed the social distancing reminders from the store, as you can see in the picture. Somewhat chilly today but pleasant enough.

I think it’s spring! The war continues, but we didn’t talk about it this week. Isabelle is working on an experience visiting her studio/gallery. Maddie and Ross are visiting. Ken is visiting and we should be doing a Tangential Convergence today! Mask mandates are lifting soon. Dunno what I think about that. Wait, I know exactly what I think…. It’s Jon’s birthday soon.

Minus thirteen and 15 cm of snow, that’s what greeted us today. I didn’t want to have to shovel any more, but I had not choice. Mask mandates end soon, which is probably a bad idea. The war rages on, we’re with Ukraine all the way. My Russian friend got out. Isabelle has a chilly art walk today. I gave tests all week, and consequently marked tests al week.