Daily Shizu (neither a daily, nor a shizu)

I've been looking at my calendar and noticing that concerns have shifted from is it going to rain, to will I need gloves? We are prepared for the uncertainty of Vancouver's autumn weather: we carry our umbrellas everywhere. But the skill of dealing with the uncertainty of temperature was forgotten and lost, so long ago before, in spring.

Vancouver page at Environment Canada. Very useful in the mornings.

But on to more random thinkings... here's another collection of items that have diverted my attention of late...

Relating an ancient Greek story about the Sibylline Books to the $850-billion Wall Street bailout package. (N.S.Gill)

Stephen Colbert may take the White House in '08... in the Marvel Comic Universe. (Marvel) If you don't have enough time to catch up on your comic-book reading, the Wired How-to Blog offers information on Speed Reading. (Wired)

And haven't seen this idea before: since Iceland is bankrupt, maybe Canada should buy it. Here's Crawford Killian's thoughts. (Tyee) And the original letter from David Hayes. (N.Post)

And as a public service, in these tough economic times, here's an article about how to steal your boss's job, plus several photo galleries on useful tips like how to suck up... (F.Post) And, in case that doesn't work, here's some tips from Survivorman Les Stroud on things to bring camping... or should I say, "camping"... (Wired)

All this makes our upcoming Vancouver election all the more important. There are lots of great local blogs that will cover the election much better than I, one of the best being Frances Bula's. Here's her post describing the slate of candidates after they were announced. (Bula) And I'm not going to say much about the recent Federal election, except the lowest-ever turnout has started up the debate surrounding proportional representation again. (Georgia Straight)

Before I forget to wish video games a happy 50th... (CBC) ...I don't think the "Tennis for Two" creators ever envisioned a world where the surprise ONLINE divorce in a virtual world would result in someone logging on to the former spouse's account and "murdering" (deleting) that person's avatar. (CBC)

And something from Hubble...