Incidentally, I am sorta here

    Keeping the two or three who follow me up to date. I am still very much alive and well. COVID-19 might be hard at work cleaning up air pollution and sequestering people but I am still here and making my typical inane comments.

    Manitoba's school divisions have gone into shut-down. The kids are going on a long Spring Break and all the staff are working. Essential services, folks. My school division has decided that we can work from home next week and the week after Spring Break. What can a library tech do? I have a list of stuff I can do from home.

    While I get that working from home is a good idea when there's a nasty virus swimming through many bloodstreams, it's hard to stay focused on work when yer at home. Better safe than sorry, of course.

     Now for a blast from the past. From a couple of diary entries from 2009, some most excellent history.
 
"I bought Sims 3 today and installed it. That game is going to eat up a fair bit of my time, good journal.[...] “Sims 3” is an awesome game. Nothing is in stasis in the neighbourhood. People age just like the family you’re playing, so you only have a while to know them, just as your family has only a short time to do their best. So many options and things to do. Definitely a wonderful game! One that shall rule my days for a long while to come."

     Lovely bit of history, eh? I finally got around to typing this part of an old diary out and yes, this game still rules my days. That is all for now.

BYE.

So... s'nu?

    Festival du Voyageur was this week at my school. I got to watch students try their luck with leg wrestling... then arm... then thumb. Meanwhile, the army of 6s went to Voyageur Park and spent a crazy cold day out and about.
   The weather warmed up a lot today and should be nice this weekend. A freaking three-day week for the kids thanks to Louis Riel Day and then the inservice today. On the other hand, I got some work done without constant visits and the like. And then I had a later than usual lunch.
    Just checking to confirm that I have not passed away into some boring seamless dream-world. On the other hand, I had a dream that I was hanging out with Applemask and we were talking about Threads. Yeah.. my obsession with that notorious movie continues. I think it's because I watched 'Countdown to Looking Glass' from beginning to end twice.
    Speaking of Threads, should I ever go to Sheffield, I would try my luck with the tourism board and ask them if they have a Threads-themed walking tour. Yeah, it's been a long time since that movie scarred the world and most of the buildings have been pulled down (RIP those cooling towers!) but it's a dubious dream of mine. Even more; a perfect (also dubious) dream would be to have K. Meagher as tour guide. I am twisted, thank you for asking.
     A lovely weekend beckons. The deep chill lifts for a few days so I will probably go for a bit of a walk. I will soon need a walker, for my 4th decade of life approaches with admirable tenacity. Nowhere near what this dude here's facing, thankfully.

BYE.