Labour Day 2014

Considering taking in this year's parade downtown. As some of you know, I've attended, photographed and shared the results of that photography from previous editions. Mainly, it's to show respect for what's been done in generations past, but the photography is more of a skills-practice and self-entertainment habit.

If I'm going to go, I should probably make up my mind quickly, hm?

Labour Day 2014 - After-Parade Report, Short-Form

So I went and saw the parade. Followed the new route caused by the renovations in progress on Gladstone from City Hall to McNabb Park. Got a few pix, some of which will be posted to Flickr later. Rallied my spirit a little, and actually got stuff done to break the mood I was falling into.

More later. 

Fodder for "Street Names", Yes, Indeed...

To get the obvious comic book and SFTV jokes out of the way: no, I did not see either Aquaman, Mera, Garth, Tula, Namor, Namorita, nor even Patrick Duffy here. Sorry.

This is definitely going to get some bandwidth in the Spacing Ottawa Street Names series, though. There's story behind this...