Two Saturdays ago at the restaurant, as soon as I came in and started to set up my equipment, a woman started asking for requests. She said it was her birthday and asked if I knew "As Time Goes By." Then she waited with her partner for 45 minutes while I got all set up, and I started the set with it.

"As Time Goes By" is a gorgeous little song, but admittedly it doesn't fit my overall attitude towards things these days. The song's decidedly affirmative of the status-quo: man and woman, man needs woman, woman needs mate, don't deny the patriarchy, etc..

I don't follow that doctrine anymore. As I sang the song, I couldn't help but question every second line as propaganda; by the time I was finished, I felt like I'd added to the patriarchal ether by performing it even while kids were in the audience. Sigh.

It felt a little icky, but that's how nostalgia works. When I posted this video to my personal Facebook page, a friend wrote,

And I guess that drives it home. It fits the post-war era perfectly. But how we've changed.

A few months ago, I got a Konica S2. I love this thing. Its photos seem astoundingly crisp and it seems to capture light in a unique, earthy way. 

Here are some of the photos I took with it the first time around, using some trusty Kodak Gold 200 from Wal-mart.

Finally ran 10km in less than 50 minutes!

A long-time colleague of mine invited me out to the Hope Library's Highbrow Quiz night...

... and we won!

Yay for friends, libraries, and quiz nights.