Super villainy

I left for Montreal on the 7AM flight yesterday. I was certain that the man across from me was a super villain. He had the wardrobe and the “look.” He was bald, middle-aged, wore all black, and had multiple piercings in his ears. He regarded the world with...

St. Patty’s Day

Well that was a fun weekend home. Landing in Hamilton was a bit hairy because of the wild weather. The pilot had to abort the landing about 10 seconds from touchdown. The engines roared and the plane banked steeply into the sky again. My fellow passengers and I looked...

Day 2 of work

Things are starting to settle down, more or less. I’ve now got more usernames and passwords than I can shake a stick at. I’m starting to keep a file with a long list of intranets and other internal systems that I need to access. I’m all set to work...

New job

It’s been good so far. It was a bit adventurous getting here… Air Canada cancelled my flight from Hamilton, and put me in a cab to the Toronto airport instead. After all my careful avoidance of YYZ, I still ended up there in the end. The flight was good...

So much is happening

This has been one of the busiest weeks I can remember. First of all, the big news is that I got a new job. I’ll be working for a software design company in Montreal as a project manager. It has all come together so quickly. On Monday night, I started discussing...