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Imaginary half

20 Saturday Mar 2010

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california, photowalk, random, san francisco, U.S.A., urban

Along Mission St., San Francisco.

Imaginary half

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En Français à San Francisco

20 Saturday Mar 2010

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You’re still more likely to find English and Spanish in use in San Francisco but there’s far more French in use than one could have guessed. Spotted this so far during my trip here.

En Français (Part 1)

En Français (Part 2)

En Français (Part 3)

En Français (Part 4)

Quelles trouvailles!

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What we should strive for

18 Thursday Mar 2010

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Spotted this fitting juxtaposition at Civic Center in San Francisco.

Ideal

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We are Canadian

28 Sunday Feb 2010

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canada, Canadian, flag, gold, hockey, Maple Leaf, medal, Olympic Games, Olympics, pride, random, sports, Team Canada

Apparently, we live and breathe men’s hockey. These guys are two of thousands of very happy Calgarians who spilled out onto 17 Ave. S.W. Sunday afternoon after Team Canada defeated Team USA in overtime, winning the game 3-2 and scoring this country’s 14th gold medal of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Woo hoo!

And here’s a happy gal stuck in traffic. She doesn’t seem to mind.

We're No. 1

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More food for thought

18 Thursday Feb 2010

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alberta, asbestos, canada, canadian politics, oilsands, politics, quebec

Further to my Sun column this week, someone at work mentioned that by way of transfer payments, it’s likely some infinitesimal part of Alberta oilsands-generated cash has gone into funding Quebec’s asbestos industry. How weird would that be.

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It’s a dry kinda cold … Yeah, right

16 Tuesday Feb 2010

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alberta, calgary, canada, fog, frost, photowalk, random, urban, weather, winter

Shot a couple of weekends ago at Prince’s Island Park:
Shrouded city

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Bow rising

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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alberta, bow, building, calgary, canada, construction, night, photowalk, random, urban

The Bow building, still under construction in downtown Calgary, is slowly rising to become the tallest skyscraper in western Canada.

18, 19, 20 and more

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Life imitates art

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

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Seen at Place Victoria in Montreal this weekend:
Life imitates art

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Apparently, I can’t count

22 Tuesday Sep 2009

Posted by Ricky Leong in journalism

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Oops: My Sun column this morning about math exams … contains a math error.
Your chances of acing a multiple choice exam are not necessarily better than winning Lotto 6-49. That depends on how many questions the exam has. (At 20 questions, your chances are about even.)
However, your chances for each question are better than 6-49.
Thanks to an astute reader for pointing this out.

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Fascinating

02 Wednesday Sep 2009

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alberta, canada, dinosaurs, drumheller, paleontology, royal tyrrell museum

Seen at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller:
Touch
Every time I visit, the kids are absolutely fascinated by this display.

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