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the foggy city

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2011.05.15

This is my eighth Spring in Toronto. I can't remember seeing a season this foggy in the city.

And what's really surprising is that it persists so late in the year. It's one thing when it's early April, but the middle of May?

foggy April in Toronto

Naturally, you expect some weekends to be rainy and foggy, but man, the usual steady improvement in sun and temperature is utterly absent this year. My mum points out that we'll likely jump from this straight to 30C and 65% humidity.

foggy May in Toronto

rand()m quote

One day you will take a fork in the road, and you're going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. If you go one way, you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and get good assignments. Or you can go the other way and you can do something [...] for yourself. If you decide to do something, you may not get promoted and get good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won't have to compromise yourself. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That's when you have to make a decision. To be or to do.

—John Boyd, US Air Force