Damn. That was a productive day!

[Lobsang]

Yesterday (one hour ago) I...

...Bought a new PDA/Phone.

... Did a fix on a system macro that I had been putting off for YEARS.

... Got around to making a long list of changes to our new website pre-launch.

... Restarted my PHP learning thanks to a friend who pointed me towards 'wamp' which can set up any computer as a PHP webserver ridiculously easily.

Granted the list is only four items strong, but each and every item is a BIG thing.

It feels good to have done a lot of useful stuff in one day!

[Attack from the 3rd dimension]

Went with Ms. Attack and the Attackkids to:
-The bakery
-The coffeeshop (chess and americanos)
-The dog food/dog goggle store (to ask about pet stores)
-The University (dry run for Ms. Attack's classes)
-The Cheesy Tourist Store (kids' idea)
-The library
-The library store
-The vegan restaurant (lunch. Actually, pretty good)
-The jade store (B-day present for friend in France)
-The spy store (for Attacklad - he wants to be a spy - he's eight)
-Another coffeeshop (it's Vancouver, I think it's required)
-A gun shop (exploring our ethnic heritage)
-The skatepark (where Attacklad and I injured ourselves within minutes of one another)
-The pool across the street

Then I went for pizza and wine, stopping off at the comic shop and the games shop.

Now I'm tired and injured. Goodnight.

[Gut]

-didn't have to meet any clients
-didn't shave
-figured out a bunch of crap in some new software I'm implementing
-did some quotes and projects in the above mentioned new software
-had some beer, wings, and entertaining conversation this evening. link

[GuanoLad]

Originally Posted by Attack from the 3rd dimension

dog goggle store

????

[Lobsang]

Originally Posted by Attack from the 3rd dimension

Went with Ms. Attack and the Attackkids to:
-The bakery
-The coffeeshop (chess and americanos)
-The dog food/dog goggle store (to ask about pet stores)
-The University (dry run for Ms. Attack's classes)
-The Cheesy Tourist Store (kids' idea)
-The library
-The library store
-The vegan restaurant (lunch. Actually, pretty good)
-The jade store (B-day present for friend in France)
-The spy store (for Attacklad - he wants to be a spy - he's eight)
-Another coffeeshop (it's Vancouver, I think it's required)
-A gun shop (exploring our ethnic heritage)
-The skatepark (where Attacklad and I injured ourselves within minutes of one another)
-The pool across the street

Then I went for pizza and wine, stopping off at the comic shop and the games shop.

Now I'm tired and injured. Goodnight.

I think I speak for everyone when I say

[Attack from the 3rd dimension]

Originally Posted by Lobsang

I think I speak for everyone when I say

Why dubious? It was a busy day.

There is a store that sells pet supplies. It's a really big store, with lots of stuff, but no pets. My kids want a dog, or a cat, or any other animal at all, really, but this isn't an option now, so they want to window shop. Ms. Attack and Attacklass negotiated a deal where we would go to the pet supply store by (of course) the coffeeshop, and ask which, if any, pet stores were reputable and clean, and follow their advice if we thought it was reasonable. They came down firmly in favour of the SPCA, so that's in the cards for next time.

The curious thing is, this store sells goggles for dogs. The idea is that the dog would wear the goggles if the dog were on a motorcycle, or maybe playing Snoopy v. the Red Baron, or maybe just to make the owner look cooler (perhaps by making the dog look like an idjit). Anyway, they have a whole collage of photos of dogs-in-goggles in the shop window, making them the dog goggle store.

I realize now that I left out the two chocolate shops into which we wandered, but bought nothing, due to food allergy issues. Most of the other stops were 15 minutes or less, excepting the skatepark, lunch and and pizza shop.

[Lobsang]

My raised eyebrow was specifically for the dog goggles. It just seems so unlikely... but in hindsight it actually makes sense!

Hmm.. Chocolate Parachute.