In April, I had a lot of work-related activities. First I met with the GM of IBM Canada, Dan Fortin and then I had a celebration/reward event at the Princess of Wales theatre and the CN Tower. I also got a new laptop with one of those newfangled biometric sensors.

The major news headline were the protests during the Olympic flame relay, although after the incidents in London, Paris and SF; I haven’t read any more reports. The TTC also went on a surprise! strike on a Friday night, which is unfortunately, not because I was downtown, but because gas prices have skyrocketed this month. At the beginning of April it was consistently at $1.10/L, but now it’s hardly ever below $1.20/L. Well at least now I don’t have to worry about using the neat ¢ sign on my blog anymore.

This month my SpaceTV re-run watching has been disrupted, even though they’ve started playing ST:TNG again. I’ve started watching CBC instead, not to support Canadian content, but to watch the hockey playoffs. In fact I picked against both Calgary and Ottawa (and was correct). So far I’m 6-2 in my predictions, with my second round picks wrapping up soon.

This year has also been the first time that I really noticed all the cherry blossoms that have been blooming. I swear they weren’t around last year.

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