Just a few photos. We really didn’t have much time to sight-see – but a few interesting things just outside the hotel.
April 25, 2008
Platespin – Toronto Bomb Factory?
I was working in Toronto at our PlateSpin office and it turns out the building used to be a bomb factory. Instead of tearing it down, they built around it and incorporated the old artifacts, walls, and floors, with modern high-tech style. It is a very cool building – but just a little odd.
The door pictured here is an original from the factory. It is a huge and heavy self-closing door. I’m not quite sure what it was for, but it is quite unique.
April 24, 2008
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-24
- Anxiously awaiting news about T’s baseball game. I hope things went well. #
- Mapping business processes for a small comany that we acquired. So far – very manual and "emergent". Very PC. #
- @eddieawad It is take your daughter-to-work day at Novell as well. Is this some national thing? #
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April 23, 2008
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-23
- twiddling my thumbs in the holiday inn express – wondering why I’m actually here. #
- They are advertising a "Heart and Stroke Lottery" here in Toronto – Is that a good thing? I don’t think I want to win. #
- Still waiting for edgar. He evidently missed his flight. #
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April 22, 2008
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-22
- At the airport getting "excited" to fly to Buffalo then drive to Toronto. #
- Trying to get someone to do a "health check" on our system. Purchasing is demanding us to go RFP for this. grr. A bit ridiculous. #
- On the ground in Cincinati. Have to check my connection – may be able to call once we are off the plane. #
- On the ground in Cincy – enough time for a bathroom break and then back on the plane. #
- Landed in Buffalo – waiting to get to the gate. This plane is teeeny. Won’t take long to get everyone off. #
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Layover in Cincy.
A little bizarre statue in Cincinnati.
Trip towards Toronto
Here are a few pictures on my journey towards Toronto – through Cincinnati, to Buffalo, through Niagra Falls, finally into the heart of Toronto. No pictures of Toronto yet. No time – too late…
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- Ripley’s Museum – Niagra Falls Canada
April 21, 2008
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-21
- Another Sunday in the books – didn’t go to Mom’s house, but we had fun here hanging out. Found out I stink at "Chutes and Ladders". #
- Wow – Adolfo is raking Yogesh over the coals on the partner deal reg. System. #
- Vacation wasn’t calming and kind to Adolfo. #
- Now I’m getting in trouble for Yogesh not doing things. The items were assigned to me originally, but yogesh said he’d do it. He didn’t . #
- Adolfo is still on denial. #
- You will like this, Adolfo smashed up his rented Merceded in Florida. Ran into a barrier in a parking lot. #
- I got a cushy, comfy seat. No folding chair for me. Hopefully I don’t snooze off. #
- Just heard back from Kelly Robertson – hopefully we will be able to get together. Mike is going to call later tonight. #
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Cassidy’s program
Somewhat fuzzy proof that Cassidy at least was on the program. She was the third to last number on the program and sang “Joyful, Joyful”. It was a very soulful version of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. The version came from Sister Act II.
Cassidy did a great job – she has this huge voice inside her and she is able to belt quite well. She has a good possibility of being a strong contra-alto. It is an awesome voice.
She couldn’t match Sister Act for the “soul” of the song, but she put a real nice spin on it and people complimented her on it.
She was the youngest one performing at the concert but held her own. I keep forgetting that she is so young. She looks so grown up and you expect her to be grown up; and for the most part she does. I’m excited for her to really find that voice and sing it out.
My cool red chair
Ok – maybe some more information is needed here. At Cassidy’s spring recital we performed at the First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake. It is a beautiful building with lots of stained glass and old world feel.
Most of the performers ended up sitting on folding chairs, but I got one of the big red comfy chairs on the stand and everyone gave me a hard time about it. It was nice to have a comfy-ish chair (one of the springs was sprung which made for an occasional interesting sitting position). The concert was done in two parts – so 5 hours in the chair was certainly better than 5 hours in a folding chair.
The concert itself was fun – the first session was horrible – the microphones weren’t working well, the choir couldn’t really hear ourselves sing, and it just was blah. The solos (including Cassidys) were really nice, but everything else about the first session was very forgettable. For instance – we were to start the concert at 5pm but the drummer didn’t actually arrive at the church until 5:10pm. It was a definite harbinger of doom.
For as bad as the first session went, the second session went pretty well. We had better energy and the mic problems were resolved. Things just seemed to flow much better and the choir stepped it up to back up the solos and perform fairly well on the group numbers.
The concert was titled “From Bach to Sacred Rock”. It tracked the history of western sacred music from gregorian chants, to the Baroque period, through the Classical and Romantic periods, to the 20th Century. I particularly enjoyed singing portions of Mozart’s Requiem. I know Cassidy doesn’t really get into singing in other languages but I think it is pretty cool.
All in all – a long evening, but a good one. Cassidy did great and I came along for the ride – in my big red chair.