another day, another story
Sep. 4th, 2004 01:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_siobhanI saw a bus today with a parking ticket. That's a new one.
Thursday's word of the day was brought to you by my attempts to learn how to use a new scheduling software. Stuffing that much new information into my brain gives me a sensation reminiscent of passing a 10-lb hamster through a 5-lb python.
I think I have the hang of it now, but it doesn't really do everything I was hoping for. I may download a few demos and try them out. (Recommendations happily accepted.)
The high point of today has been meeting up with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bcholmes for lunch - and stumbling across a parade in honour of Taoist Tai Chi appreciation day. Including a couple of very small Chinese dragons*, and people doing forms on the back of a couple of flatbed trucks, and on the sidewalk as the parade went by.
Apparently the traditional instrument of the Taoist marching band is bagpipes. Who knew?
* Originally typo'd as "drags". Which would have been more bemusing.
Thursday's word of the day was brought to you by my attempts to learn how to use a new scheduling software. Stuffing that much new information into my brain gives me a sensation reminiscent of passing a 10-lb hamster through a 5-lb python.
I think I have the hang of it now, but it doesn't really do everything I was hoping for. I may download a few demos and try them out. (Recommendations happily accepted.)
The high point of today has been meeting up with
bcholmes for lunch - and stumbling across a parade in honour of Taoist Tai Chi appreciation day. Including a couple of very small Chinese dragons*, and people doing forms on the back of a couple of flatbed trucks, and on the sidewalk as the parade went by.Apparently the traditional instrument of the Taoist marching band is bagpipes. Who knew?
* Originally typo'd as "drags". Which would have been more bemusing.