Friday, March 2, 2012

Things I had forgotten about Canada

1) They have the nicest immigration officers, hands down.
2) A hat is not optional in the winter if you plan to spend any time out of doors. Had to buy one after half an hour of walking today so I could keep going.
3) The amount of salt on the sidewalks is immense. My boots are now sporting the telltale white lines around the edges -- I also don't walk anywhere seriously in SLC so I guess it may be that and not Canadian over-salting...
4) People walk much faster.
5) Many, many men wear backpacks to carry their stuff around with them.
6) Far fewer people seem to be on their mobiles while walking, maybe because it is so cold and they are going so fast?
7) And it isn't even super cold.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

odds and ends

"Do you think there is any connection between the amniotic sac and the...." beginning of just one of the scintillating questions @ our Classics job talk.

Heard at our most recent chairs meeting:
"I just had to meet with that very long acronym that kicks back a department's revised RPT guidelines." I like the idea of meeting with an acronym.

And, spotted around the office yesterday: a random woman washing her hair in the kitchen sink with dish soap... When it was suggested that this wasn't really the place... she rinsed and dried off with paper towels and left.