All week I've heard nothing from Bubba Bush than a continued plan to attack Iraq.

On CNN today a Republican representative just babbled on about how his party excelled at warfare. To me, that's not something to be proud of.

For the second month in a row, the Blog Meetup in Montreal was cancelled due to a lack of confirmations. I was only one of two who confirmed.

Mind you, one of the hosts for the event says he's in Moncton, New Brunswick. I suspect with such a distance he won't be there, ever.

The West Side is a weekly free newspaper delivered in my building. Although by title you'd think it only covered the West end of Montreal, and for the most part it does (West Island, Montreal West, etc.). However, it also deals with the downtown core.

I picked it up this week because the feature article dealt with my favorite jazz restaurant-bar in the city, Upstairs - which is a basement place. Makes the name catchier, eh?

Anyway, the article is about a logbook the owner started there a few years ago for staff and customers alike. Jazz and Blogging... a combination that'll prove very popular with me. [smile]

I haven't done this in awhile: the Friday Five:

1. What was/is your favorite subject in school? Why?

I've always been a bookworm, so English was my favorite class overall. Once I was in Secondary 5 (Grade 11 for my US readers), I got hooked on Computer Science.

2. Who was your favorite teacher? Why?

I mention my favorite teacher on my personal site: Hope Hoey. She was my teacher in grades 3 and 5. She encouraged me to work with my imagination, and to develop the intellect they found then.

3. What is your favorite memory of school?

That would have to be the opening night of my grad year musical One Born Every Minute. I played one of the male leads. I still have it on videotape... I have to get it digitized very soon. The tape has withstood 17+ years, but I don't want to continue to tempt fate.

4. What was your favorite recess game?

I wasn't much into activity, so I can't say I had one.

5. What did you hate most about school?

Kids can be cruel, and the ones I grew up with were no exception. Racial slurs, pennies thown at me, and worms (because they creeped me out). Hard to narrow it down to one.

A day later, and I just created an online tile at The Yahoo Online Memorial Quilt.

You can too. If you do, you can link it to mine. I'm a85bebb47e.

I've tried to avoid facing this all day, but that's like ignoring the proverbial elephant in the corner...

Today is September 11th. The first anniversary of the horrific events orchestrated by evil men in the Middle East.

I, like most, saw it live on TV when it happened. I'll never forget. Nobody ever will.

OK, this may seem a bit sad to some... but I do anything I can to bring more visitors to this 'blog. I know: I'm such a geek. :) :

This is my new blogchalk:
Canada, Quebec, Montreal, NDG, English, French, Jeff, Male, 31-35, jazz, science fiction. :)

This coming Monday, my parents will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. I've been there for 35 of those years.

Wow.

I watched two parts of the Third Watch season opener on A&E tonight. The opener was set just before the September 11th tragedy and in the aftermath.

I couldn't watch the third part, because I was already an emotional wreck.

The first anniversary this year will be brutal.