Quote of the day

Some people are like slinkies. They're not really good for anything, but they can still make you smile when you push them down the stairs.

Labour Day Countdown

Every day before work, I take Scout out for his morning constitutional. I decided to take him through Tunney's Pasture this morning. The presence of an enthusiastic Jack Russell Terrier usually manages to put a smile on at least some of the otherwise grim visages of the public servants on their way to their unfulfilling jobs. Sometimes after Scout has peed on a patch of ground, he'll sweep his back paws over the area as if to cover the spot up. He really gets into this. When this is on a patch of grass, the worst that happens is a few blades of grass get kicked up. This morning, however, he was on a patch of loose soil and clods of dirt were flying behind him. As he was finishing this, a middle aged guy was walking by about twenty feet away and as far as I can tell, he got hit in the arm by a small clod of dirt.

"Motherfucker!", I heard him curse under his breath as he walked by, without actually looking at me or directly speaking to me. I thought about how he was probably going to bitch about this incident to his coworkers all morning long. On further observation of him, something suggested to me he probably didn't have a lot of interaction with his coworkers. Instead, he was probably going to quietly seethe with rage about this all day long. Then he would go home, open up the freezer door to reveal the human head he kept there and scream to it about the injustices that were heaped upon him today. Simmer down there, Norman Bates.

On a different note, I started reading a novel called "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. It's basically about how gods come to exist through the power of their followers' belief, and what happens to these gods when people stop believing in them or forget about them all together. So far, it's a fascinating read.

I hope everyone has a great long weekend. Be careful if you're travelling anywhere. There will be a lot of idiots behind the wheel this weekend who have no place driving on a highway. I'm staying in town, but every time I travel down to the Toronto area for a long weekend, I always seem to pass at least one horrific accident on the 401 that someone won't walk away from. Don't let that be you. Peace out.