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The fountain and pond, with a wedding party milling about.

Elaine and I went out today to run a couple errands and while walking down Greorgia in by the Art Gallery some skater-girl comes up to us:

"Excuse me," she says. "Excuse me."

I look over, expecting that I am going to be asked for change. But I bite anyway, "Yes?"

"Can I buy your shirt?"

It's been a while since I've made fun of the Vancouver Surrey Province's headlines, but today's was a new low.

A lesser headline on the front page read: Princess Diana's Love-letters Revealed. The main headline was, Tragic Accident Kills All-Star Cheerleader. Really. Princesses and cheerleaders. What's next? Ponies?

Tomorrow will be exactly nine months since the fire, things are still a long way from normal in the building.

The hall in on our floor. The ceilings are finally done and they have begun to paint. The walls were primed today.