In the week since my last posting we have had some really decent summer weather, much more to my liking. It's been warm and sunny most days with the occasional thundershower in the late evening to cool things down. We managed to get a fair bit of yard work done, Dianne planted some flowers in the back and we cleaned out all the junk beside and behind the garage, mostly old construction material from the renovations. Yesterday we took a leisurely excursion out to the dump to get rid of it all.
It has now been a month since my surgery and I think all is going well. I'm sure I could be back at work anytime as work is not real strenuous, but I will endeavor to enjoy the few weeks off that remain. It's been really great to have had this opportunity to have an extended holiday.
I've been playing a bit of the CSI game, and although it does not hold a candle to the Myst/Riven series, it's still pretty interesting and gives you some puzzles to work out, although they do kind of lead you by the hand. They have used the voice talents of the actual TV cast but the CG rendition of the characters looks nothing like the real thing, so you have to stretch your imagination a bit.
I've been getting a chuckle about all the flak George Dubyas been geting over this apparant lack of WOMD in Iraq. Gee, do ya think maybe we shoulda just left Saddam alone?
Hats off to Vancouver for scoring the 2010 Olympics. That should hopefully keep the gears grinding at the CBC for a while.
I'm about halfway through Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers at the moment and as I read it I'm itching to get my hands on the DVD for the movie, which of course won't be out till the fall (at least the extended version). Although the book is vastly superior, I long to see those incredible battle scenes in the movie and some of the other visual popcorn that brings the book to life. We often speculate on how much fun it will be to spend a couple of cold days in January 2005 and just have a LOTR marathon with all three flicks on disk, along with all the special features. If that doesn't put hair on your feet and point your ears, I don't know what will.

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