trivialities
Dec. 22nd, 2012 12:52 pmJustices of the Canadian Supreme Court have to retire by the age of 75. Justices of the American Supreme Court have a job for life. What if they develop Alzheimer's or some other affliction that affects their reasoning powers? Genuine curiosity here, not implying anything about any of the current justices.
Shout out to the Vancouver Public Library, very efficient, and not charging me $2 for replacement of my card. The building of the Central Branch remains kind of weird-looking from the outside, but on the inside it has tons of natural light, which libraries don't often have.
Speaking of libraries, has anybody figured out which building at the University of British Columbia is used for all the exterior shots of the Queen family home in "Arrow"? It's obviously a UBC building, but I can't figure out *which* pseudo-Gothic monstrosity it is. I thought at first it was Main Library, then the Vancouver School of Theology, but I'm really not sure. It's a little embarrassing, given that I used to live on campus once upon a time. I should be able to tell one pseudo-Gothic monstrosity from another.
Watched Liverpool v. Fulham this morning, on an HD channel, which was a weird experience. Telus threw in some HD channels for free when I switched my TV and internet to them, but nobody warned me that watching something in HD for the first time, the picture seems almost *too* sharp. Or maybe it's just me.
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madripoor_rose says it's Hatley Castle, in Victoria, not a UBC building at all.
Shout out to the Vancouver Public Library, very efficient, and not charging me $2 for replacement of my card. The building of the Central Branch remains kind of weird-looking from the outside, but on the inside it has tons of natural light, which libraries don't often have.
Speaking of libraries, has anybody figured out which building at the University of British Columbia is used for all the exterior shots of the Queen family home in "Arrow"? It's obviously a UBC building, but I can't figure out *which* pseudo-Gothic monstrosity it is. I thought at first it was Main Library, then the Vancouver School of Theology, but I'm really not sure. It's a little embarrassing, given that I used to live on campus once upon a time. I should be able to tell one pseudo-Gothic monstrosity from another.
Watched Liverpool v. Fulham this morning, on an HD channel, which was a weird experience. Telus threw in some HD channels for free when I switched my TV and internet to them, but nobody warned me that watching something in HD for the first time, the picture seems almost *too* sharp. Or maybe it's just me.
Edited to add:
madripoor_rose says it's Hatley Castle, in Victoria, not a UBC building at all.
