Ok, it's official: Ikea rule the world. Not only are they the most convenient place to shop for furniture (which I knew already), they also turn out to be practically the only place you can buy bookcases. I spent a full day last Saturday cruising through the other stores and didn't find anything practical in any of them. Then when I flipped through the Ikea catalog, I discovered that a carefully selected set of Billy's (Ikea's main bookcase brand, beloved for new homeowners everywhere) could add up to 141.5 inches width. My dining room measured 142 inches wide. Who am I to argue with fate?

I put in new bookcases in the dining room, including one which has doors (liquor cabinet!), and they've swallowed an amazing amount of stuff that was sitting in piles distributed around my home. I also lined up a kitchen contractor to come in and measure the kitchen for new cabinets, etc. I'm not sure about these guys... It's not clear to me they're going to have patience while I work out exactly what each of the little details should be like.

Other news: played squash with Sean Morley and Tim Dennison last night, and managed to win one game against Tim. (We won't talk about the other four games, two against Tim and two against Sean.) We then enjoyed a beer, they talked me into joining the club again, and I had a great dinner with Tim at the Japanese restaurant down the street (while Sean went home to his insistent wife). :-)

So, happy happy.

Today the smog is simply awful. It looks thick enough to walk on from up here at Scotia Plaza. Disgusting.
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