Events

I was worried about the baggage retrieval system they've got at Heathrow when nothing happened for 15 minutes standing at the carousel. Once I checked to see where they had moved our bags, it was a quick trip to the arrivals lounge, a shower, and a cuppa. I really prefer this to the way I traveled the first time I got to the UK, schlepping a huge backpack around and not showering for something like 72 hours.

I'm sat quite peacefully in the American Airlines Flagship Lounge, sipping a Veuve Cliquot brut (n.v.), and tasting some of the new recipes they've got (the pesto balsamic salmon was lovely, but I think I'm going to get a bit more of the hoisin watermelon chicken). I'm also impressed with the current flag display in Terminal 3:

I have a mug that says, "Should I release at 5pm on a Friday?" "No!" "What if I just..." "OMFG no!"

I woke up in a fog this morning:

Once again, Cassie and I got up obscenely early (5:30 am), but that allowed us to take a very long walk around the lake side of Belmont Harbor without needing sunscreen. It was 27°C with a 30°C heat index, however, but it was still pretty:

Google has gotten a lot of flak for updating their Maps product for US-based visitors to show a different name for Lake Ontario. Google made the change following an asinine Executive Order directing the Board on Geographic Names to update its database. That is the only thing the EO actually did, and, I am sad to report, it was an entirely lawful EO.