Not just early, but it must have been slim pickin’s on the flyer farm this week. This is a very poor crop.
I got a reminder to bring I.D. when I vote next month. Well, duh! I don’t understand how people can wander around without any proof of identity. I used to see it happen all the time when I used to make library cards. Some of them seemed strangley shocked to discover the library really does care that they live where they say they live. I guess they don’t understand how a library contract works. The card is proof that the owner of the card agrees to borrow and return their items promptly, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the library, and provides proof of habitation (including phone if available, and there are still people around who have no number they can be reached) in case the library ever needs to mail them something – like overdue notices. No ID means a limited card for a limited time with limited function (internet, 3 item borrow, early expiry date), only gaining full privileges once the address is verified. At least that way, if the person never comes back and never brings back the stuff they took, the library isn’t out a great deal of money. It’s a pain in the ass for the person who wants it afterward, but hey.
I also got a “Come Gamble with us!” type of announcement from Casino Regina. They’re sure pushing what Regina has to offer besides a money magnet. I know what Regina has to offer; I lived there during university. It offers everything Saskatoon has, including a casino, but Regina has the Saskatchewan Science Centre where the IMAX is. “Sharks” is playing. They’ve had a Shark experience show before. That one was hard to sit though. Who really wants to go deep in dark water breathing out of a can, so you can float in a cage and wave at creatures that swim fast and bite hard?
Sheryl Crow has a Regina show, but she’ll be in Saskatoon, too. Not that I’d be going, but I like her music. Also expected, James Blunt, Nine Inch Nails and Dolly Parton. No Lenny Kravitz for Toon Town but no Dolly for Regina, so I guess it all evens out.
And that’s that.
Company’s coming for the weekend so I won’t be here again until Monday. But I’m sure the world will churn out enough blog fodder over the weekend that I can pick and choose what’s most fun to complain about.
