Kudos to teachers

Today and tomorrow, I'm running a workshop to teach concepts of simulation modeling to a group of strategy and business analysts working for one of the hospital networks in Toronto. They plan to apply these skills in developing solutions to improve wait times for diagnostic imaging (MRI, CT scans, etc.).

I've spent more than a week preparing for this. And getting nervous. End of day one - I am drained.

A big kudos to those who do this every day!

In other news... this weekend, we attended the wedding of our friends Angela & Jeff, a great couple who have been together for over eight years. It was a gorgeous wedding, but my favourite was The Legend of Zelda theme as their recessional (played by yours truly).

The gorgeous cake depicting Bluewater Bridge (a feature of Sarnia, the groom's hometown), the Toronto skyline, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Chinese word for "love". They're engineers. Engineers like bridges.

The lovely couple's first dance

Nostalgia: Do the Word Thing

Popped up tonight on my Facebook newsfeed: the opening sequence of the show Ghostwriter.



In case you never watched it, Ghostwriter was a show that aired from 1992-1995 about a bunch of kids in New York who had a ghost friend that communicated by writing. They used his skills of whizzing through air and through words to solve mysteries like, "Who's behind the smear campaign in the school president election?"

Back in the day, I wish I had a ghost friend to keep me company. I wanted a lanyard pen. I had a desperate crush on Rob Baxter. [Sigh]

I immediately searched Youtube; lo and behold, entire episodes came up.

I've just spent the entire evening indulging in my childhood.