Today we awoke to a rather gray day after having wonderful, hot, sunny days for the last couple of weeks. The low, dark clouds look threatening and the rain drops keep appearing sporadically. It is quite cool, so I have had to put on a shirt.
Last night I was laying in bed reading the very exciting climax part of Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King when a massive thunderstorm showed up here in Edmonton. For those who have not read the book I will not spoil it for you, but suffice to say that when a certain event occurs on Mount Doom which alters the course of destiny for all of Middle Earth, Tolkien describes the earth as convulsing and the mountains being shaken. At that very moment there were several incredibly loud and sustained thunderclaps here which shook the room and rattled the windows carrying me right to the foot of Mount Doom and it was so cool. It was like reading in surround sound. And speaking of natural phenomonon, the other evening as I was driving Nikki home from a soccer game, I noticed the sun was creating an absolutely gorgeaous spectacle in the sky. It was just above the horizon with two bands of fluffy white clouds, one above and one below. The clouds were lit up all red and orange and there were these huge God rays beaming out in all directions. I dashed home and grabbed my camera but by the time I got to a position where I could see this unobstructed, the sun had gone down and the effect was dissipating. I took some shots anyhow to see if anything would work out but they were quite disappointing. This is about the best I got:

If you're like me and you see somthing that you don't understand, it bugs you until you can find out how it works. Well. here's a sight that should be in your favourites or even a button on your toolbar if you're always wondering how stuff works. It's called How Stuff Works and it's the coolest sight for us curious minds. I just happened to find the site yesterday when I was trying to find some info on internal hub gears for bicycles (cause you need to know these things) and after browsing for a while I knew how digital cameras worked and how 3D glasses work. It's a really cool site.
I've been getting out on the bike finally and am quite enjoying it although it tends to be a bit sore down below with the hard seat and all so I havn't been riding too far. Dianne is on holidays next week so we are going to try and make a day trip and ride down to the river valley and check out the trails down there. Should be fun.

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