Movement

Every day someone sets off the alarm on the door below this sign. The door is CLEARLY MARKED in big letters saying that if you open the door an alarm will sound. If they aren't going to read the big sign, what are the chances they will read this?

This morning as we took the bus through the Queen's area, we saw lots of mattresses and open doors to empty houses. Must be a moving day!

The commandant sent a college-wide email about Jay:

As most of you have probably already read in the local newspaper, Jay Serdula a research assistant in the Chemical Engineering Department at RMC, has successfully crossed Lake Ontario to raise awareness on Asperger’s Syndrome.

Congratulations, Jay! You stand as an inspiration to your cause, as well as to the cadets and staff of RMC where the spirit of daring and accomplishment is so highly valued.

In the blog post "Ramps" I spoke about a pedestrian unfriendly intersection and that I had written the city. I received an email back from the city saying:

Your concern regarding the crossing at Sir John A and John Counter has
been forwarded to me for a response.

The City has tentative plans to widen and upgrade John Counter Boulevard
from Princess Street to Division Street. An important part of these
improvements will include sidewalks and bicycle lanes on both sides of
the road. This work will eliminate the problems that you unfortunately
experienced with your child recently.

As City Council meets soon to set goals and priorities for the next few
years, we expect to gain a better sense for the level of support for the
John Counter Boulevard project and the ability to obtain adequate funds.

If you would like to speak with me on this matter, please do not
hesitate to contact me directly.

Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns with us.

Which was very nice but unfortunately won't be much help when I have to make the trek again in August.

I got another rather unhelpful email from our tech support today. I emailed them because I thought I was supposed to get a portal to access the information I normally use to make phone calls, get emails, etc. I was told today that I don't qualify because of who I am hired under. I received a one line email that said this:

The access has been granted by the Registrar's office.

Which left me puzzled as to whether I had access or not, then he signed his name and added a p.s.:

PS: Closing ticket

so...baffle me, then close my ticket. whatever!

I had an equally unhelpful time when trying to pin down exactly how many TAs I'm going to get for my course from the office manager.

I also managed to get put on hold by a telemarketer!