A Few Hours in the Life of ZF
6:40 - Woke up, well before I usually do, so that I could get to the passport office by 8:00.
7:00 - Reading email on my laptop during breakfast. Nature's Path has recalled a gluten-free granola-type bar because of salmonella. UPC and expiry dates match. Crap! I have already eaten 5 of the 6 bars :-( Can I sue them?
7:53 - Waited in line at the passport office, with form completed. Stupidly, I let my passport expire, and had to submit a new application. Next time, renewal. I have no confidence in the photo, but it will do for the next 5 years.
8:26 - Back outside, unlocked my bike. Bureaucracy has rarely been so efficient. What a great day: could be 16 degrees later.
9:30 - Checked my mail box to discover two cheques: $130 and $790. I wish they were really for me. Do I look like the Accounts Receivable Department?
9:33 - Checked Twitter. I am Twittering as an experiment. In library-land, Twitter is a big deal, so I decided to see what the fuss is all about. So far, I have mixed feelings. 140 characters might not be enough. Close-talker is now following me :-(
9:35 - Read email. So much garbage, and I don't necessarily mean spam.
9:46 - Remembered to start streaming Radio RFI en français.
9:48 - Absolutely delighted to learn that John Tory has gone down in flames, again. Three strikes and you're out. Stay down, John.
9:49 - Checked Facebook. Cleared my out-of-date status. I am friends with a photographer who lives in Gaza. His photo albums are very disturbing, powerful and profoundly depressing. A few photos depict unspeakable horror: a charred baby with no limbs; people lying in pools of blood. Most of us have never witnessed anything like this in person. How did he avoid getting shot in the process of taking these photos?
9:50 - Ordered a book requested by a faculty member.
10:00 - Updated photoblog and added a photo to Flickr. No death or grievous bodily harm in my photos.
10:15 - Made appointment with my doctor.
10:20 - Opened PowerPoint to revise my part of a joint presentation with a colleague on research methods. We did the first presentation last week. It goes again next week. His part is esoteric, bizarre, a tad self-indulgent. Mine is practical. We seem to be at odds.
10:28 - Feeling hungry already.
7 comments:
I think you can only sue them if you get salmonella.
Damn :-(
The original recall mentioned Lara Bars, and I just about plotzed. But it's only one bar, with peanuts. So I'm okay.
I hope. Who knows what'll be next?
I just read the alert on Nature Path's and they argue that no products have tested positive and that they are being cautious. I fell better now.
Nice break down of your day ZF.. Thanks for sharing with us.. I have never heard of these particular bars but then again I dont eat to many of any kind of bars..
I was equally thrilled to hear that Tory lost - and in a 'impossible to lose situation' too!!! Yessss!
How did he avoid getting shot in the process of taking these photos? I wondered the same thing when I checked to see what you had commented on. It really is astounding the things that are going on all over the world. We are so fortunate here.
I don't get twitter, seems just like a poor man's facebook. But I'm "following" a bunch of Star Trek cast-members, just for kicks.
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