My city is flooding.

FREDERICTON - The swollen Saint John River is now expected to rise past the record 1973 level, which would make this the worst flood in the modern history of the province.

Pictures.I walked downtown tonight for an appointment, and was rewarded with plenty of entertainment ( Read more... )

My first poll-making experience was not bug-free. Please only choose one option. Thanks to frit for pointing it out. :)

Poll my first year at Hogwarts - what is my future?In local news, I feel like a tourist for the first time in my own city. I went for my daily walk, and decided I wanted to see water. I've been trying to change up my walk the last few days, as the hill is starting to bore me a bit, ( Read more... )

I saw some VERY strange trucks when I was in Paris last fall during my backpacking trip. They looked like small transport trucks, but instead of having a huge box attached to the smallish driving part, the attachment was tall, thin, and curved inward. I found this very strange and perplexing, and took what were probably the most naive Wow!Strange! ( Read more... )

I'm getting used to this paper-and-pen thing. I have a bunch of notes for this LJ entry. I may even split it up into a few posts. But first, I've decided that today is SAMOSA APPRECIATION DAY. Samosas, a yummy Indian pastry usually filled with meat or veggies, are really, REALLY popular in Fredericton. You can buy them (the ones I like) once a week ( Read more... )