Endangering Ontario

Most of my stories here revolve around the moronic things I see in the drivers around me on the streets of Victoria. This is no exception.

While driving along Esquimalt Ave on my way to Thrifty’s tonight I ran across yet another moron endangering peoples lives.

I approached a section of road where the lane is very wide. It is wide enough for two cars, but it is a residential area, so the right side is generally for parking. I see this van coming up behind me and moving over to the right. I figured he would be turning right at the next intesection. Passing through it, I can see that he is not slowing to turn.

I then think to myself, maybe he is going to park soon. As he passes me, I can see he isn’t. He passes one more van in front of me (everyone but this yahoo from Ontario is doing 50 km/h) then guns it and speeds up. He passes one more vehicle, then cuts them off (there was a car parked in the way on the right). He then has to slow down due to other traffic in front of him.

In the end the moron from Ontario ended up in the Thrifty’s parking lot. I managed to park, and get out of my car before dippy had even found a parking spot.

Courthouse Temperature

Cherry Tree in full bloom on a sunny day

Yesterday was such a beautiful day. The photoclub met early in the morning at the Victoria Courthouse. It wasn’t the best architecture in town, but I thought it would have some interesting textures and shapes. Turns out I didn’t realy shoot any of the things I thought would be interesting. Instead I was more preoccupied with the sun and the temperature. I still managed to shoot a few pictures, but mostly I was enjoying being outside.

Still I came away with a bunch of pictures that I am proud of and that I like. Pics are here.

Playground Days

cherry tree blossoms

Yoshi and Digger went for a walk today, and their humans went with them. While the dogs ran through the Elk Lake fields, KaptainK, Little E, Suede and myself tried to keep up. After walking a while we stopped at the playground so Little E could have some play time of her own.

play time

When we were done at the park we went out for lunch, then home. During the drive home Little E and I were pretty silly.

silly face

I love days like these. Trés fun.

Pics are here.

Revved Shivering

Qualicum Beach

Last weekend Suede and I visited my mom in Nanaimo. Yoshi was pretty revved up and looking for some exercise so we took a quick trip up to Qualicum Beach to let him run around. And run he did! He had a great time romping on the beach, splashing in the water, and chasing after sticks.

Qualicum Beach

The rest of us did our best to avoid the wet hound, and stay warm. It was a little windy out, and that made it a little chilly right on the water. Yoshi kept playing until he was shivering he was so cold.

Qualicum Beach

After getting back to the car, we towelled down Yoshi, packed him in the car, and headed back to my moms. Yoshi was pretty knackered after that run.

Pics are here.

Block Efficient

brick by brick I build this site

Tonight I implemented a new block of functionality for muddylaces. Much like coreman.com I now have a block that will provide a link to previous years posts for this day. This will only be shown when there is a post to be displayed. It was a fun little exercise. My implementation isn’t the most efficient, but it works for now. If I had a lot more traffic, I would have to change things a little.