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  • Edmonton Day 1

    So with car in hand (so to speak) yesterday I made my way northward to the High Level Rail, an old-time streetcar trip that lasts about 20 minutes and runs from the Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market (wondering if there’s any relation to the Strathcona in Victoria), around a few bends, through a tunnel and 150…

  • Edmonton Day 0

    So I made it! I’m in Edmonton. Just me this time; Joy wishes she could have made it but is keeping the house safe and working a summer job at the world famous IMG tennis academy in Bradenton. Vanessa drove me to the airport at noon yesterday (so she could have some practice driving there;…

  • The Wages of Fear; Dog Day Afternoon

    click to embiggen The Wages of Fear is a black and white movie set in middle-of-nowhere 50s South America. From Col Needham on imdb: “In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry…