Rotundus.com

• Dressing more formally is apparently cool again
• Whether cell-phone radiation is deemed harmful seems to be an effect of funding source: "Lai reviewed 350 studies and found that about half showed bioeffects from EM radiation emitted by cell phones. But when he took into consideration the funding sources for those 350 studies, the results changed dramatically. Only 25 percent of the studies paid for by the industry showed effects, compared with 75 percent of those studies that were independently funded. "
• Global Warming may mean more snow due to higher amounts of water vapour in the atmosphere
• "Abstract Thoughts? The Body Takes Them Literally" - some interesting studies noted there

I had been working at the roughly-a-post-a-day pace for a few months until this trip, so now I'll have to see if this blog gets back to that sort of pace.

The flights home were a little annoying... the airport at which I was connecting had fog issues which resulted in about over an hour of circling the airport trying to figure out whether or not it would clear so that we could land. Combine that with the following flight "departing" only 20 minutes late... where departing meant pushing back and starting the engine, then announcing "oh... by the way, we can't take off for 20 minutes". *sigh* ... but at least I managed to get a bite to eat finally.

Taking Via is completely unrealistic in Western Canada, but here it doesn't seem too bad. Currently onboard Via somewhere between Quebec City and Montreal. Once in Montreal it's time to head back to the old part of town to try to take a few photos - I was last there at about 9pm so it was too dark - and then it's off to my hotel near the airport to catch a few hours sleep before my flight back.

Apparently Via is having some intermittent problems with their onboard Wifi, but I don't mind given that they've made it free for the moment as a result.