Happy long weekend

Did you enjoy a long, leisurely morning in bed, catching up on some reading? I sure did, and it was wonderful. The week was long and busy, so this was my reward. I think I was also fighting off a nasty bug, so far so good, but it had a way to drain my energy. A few more good night's sleep and I'll feel as fresh as a daffodil.

I heard a cute joke while at Yuk Yuk on Wednesday night. I somehow had entered a draw for six free tickets and won, so I brought together a few friends and we sat in a booth while listening to local comedians test some material. It wasn't all good, actually, a lot of it was terrible, but some had their moments. Here's the joke: if they didn't want people to download free music off the Internet, then why did they give it such a cool name? Piracy! Who wouldn't want to be a pirate? "I'll have me some of these great U2 songs, yarr." Unfortunately, most of the jokes were in poor taste, obviously lots were about sex, drugs (this is Vancouver). And somehow, you can't be a stand-up comedian unless you say "fuck" every second word. It impoverishes the dialog in my opinion.

I attended a fantastic presentation last night, but I'm not going to write about it here. Instead, I'm going to point you to my latest endeavor: Sustainability in Vancouver. I haven't advertised it yet, but I intend on sending an e-mail soon to individuals I know are interested in sustainability.