Events

Yesterday I called out Manitoba's recent decision not to change back to standard time 44 days from now, following British Columbia and Alberta making the same poor decision earlier this summer. IANA's Tim Parenti called the Manitoba government, who "could not see any record of the proclamation bringing the Act into force having yet been made." This means not only was it a dumb decision, but it's being implemented in a way guaranteed to cause chaos in November.

After the Emmy Awards Monday night went to a whole bunch of shows I had never heard of, I started watching Widow's Bay, which I have absolutely loved. I've got two episodes left; no spoilers, please! But as the former showrunner for Key & Peele, Jay Martel, points out: even though Widow's Bay won the Emmy for best comedy series, it's not a comedy:

I've been a bit slow to get these out, but life, uh, finds a way.

The government of Manitoba has just decided to remain on daylight saving time permanently, notwithstanding the clock change scheduled for November 1st:

After sorting out my train drama last Monday, I made it to Aachen, Germany, and thence to the Dreiländereck: the point where Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands meet. I am, as everyone knows, a big geography nerd, and I also like to have an excuse to take a long walk. This satisfied all the objectives.

First run

Just a couple of things I paid attention to today:

I spent a little time this morning getting through one more day's worth of photos. I visited Liège last Monday, my first full day on the Continent.

Today I have one of the most fun parts about returning home from vacation: doing all the adminstrative stuff that piled up for the past 8 days. I have 888 photos to deal with in Lightroom, which will take a while. I've also got to reconcile heaven knows how many credit-card transactions, because everything in Europe these days is cash-free. Plus I need groceries, Cassie needs a walk, and tonight is the first choral rehearsal of the season, so I need to get all this stuff done by 5.