Starting a new read from the stack on my table. I’m only just through the first chapter and I can already tell this one is going to be very interesting. Go here if you’d like to purchase a copy.
New Book Day
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New Book Day
I’m half way through this book and already I’m a convert to a lot of the things he’s suggesting. Our system could definitely do with some improvement. I finished this book last night and wow, its loaded with details, good and bad, about our system and what we should be looking at to correct what needs to be corrected. If you want to learn some details about how things work in our system of government this is a good information source. Highly recommended reading.
New Book Day
Actually, old book day, I just finished this one. If you believe what the author is suggesting, and it all sounds reasonable, then an inexperienced and inflated character went beyond his authority and Canadians paid the price.
New Book Day!
Finished the last one early this morning. It wasn’t a hard read, I could imagine collecting #TeamYankee units and walking through the battles described in the book. Looking forward to digging into this one. “Strange Battleground : Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea”
New Book Day!
I plowed through the last book, not a pleasant read but definitely informative. This one fits well with the #TeamYankee game we’ll eventually play.
New Book Day!
I finished the Margaret McMillan tome last night so we’re on to our next book. Something timely I think.
The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan
It’s a big thick book and very good. The detail she provides is pretty amazing.
“Into the Silence” by Wade Davis
I’m slowly working my way through the mountain, pardon the pun, of books stacked beside the bed that I’ve been accumulating for the past dozen or more years and the latest finished book is this one, “Into the Silence” by Wade Davis. I’ve read a lot of history books over the years, I’m kinda into that don’t you know, and can say, with confidence, this is one of THE best. His detail of each of the characters, their background, war experiences, and climbing experiences are quite exceptional. I can highly recommend this is you’re looking for something that’s going to really grab your attention for the time it will take you to consume almost 600 pages.
We’re Back
We took a wee jaunt to the Azores last week. Both me and the missus needed a break after a fairly crappy few years and since our last international travel since the pandemic began was a trip to the Azores we thought “Why not?”.
This was our first trip without having someone else to cover the costs for our cellphones so I did a little research online to see what other travellers were using and found a lot were using airalo which sells data services. My phone, a Pixel 7, supports esims so I figured I’d give that a go. Easy peasy, mostly. I read through the details of how to do the installation and there seemed to be a variety of ways to do it so I opted for the low bother method and used the QR code and let the service handle the installation. I bought 5GB of data really having no idea how much I would use. When we touched down in Ponta Delgada I changed the settings to use the esim for data and away we went. In the end I didn’t use much at all. I think the total usage was something like 717mb over the ten days we were on the island.
We tried a couple of new things this trip as well. First visit to an airport lounge, in this case we used the MasterCard Dragon Pass to visit the lounge at Pearson International prior to our departure. Meh. I found it a bit disappointing to tell you the truth. Not very restful, too much activity, too bright, too noisy. The food was nice but I’d have preferred something less busy. I’m told by a more seasoned traveller friend that the lounges vary from place to place and based on the organization they’re associated with.
On the way back we did another first and paid for upgrades at the gate to get better seats. We flew SATA Azores Airlines on a lovely Airbus A321Neo LR and were seated in row 1. Very nice. Not having a place to stow the cameras was a bit of a bother but whatayagonnado? Excellent service either way. One complaint, not the airlines problem, was the old dude who sat behind us hacking and coughing through the whole flight. Dude, mask up buddy!
Takeaways from the trip? Yes to esims. Definitely an easy solution to the data issue. Meh, maybe not, to the lounge perk unless the conditions were different. Yes to the seat upgrade although figuring out a way to do that without having to shell out more cash would have been good too.
A Very Sad Day
Our world ground to a halt this morning. We had to say goodbye to our very handsome boy. His little body just couldn’t deal with the continued weight loss and despite the efforts of our vet team it just wasn’t enough. He will be very much missed.
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