Random strange bits seen & heard in recent days:
- Two student-type girls on the bus cooling themselves with ornate paper fans. It struck me as very Victorian and even a bit contrived, like they were were studiously trying to be quirky. Then again, maybe they just genuinely like paper fans, or it's a hip new trend I missed the memo on.
- The Tyra Banks show and its ridiculous, they-can't-be-serious opening, where Tyra struts in on a catwalk and strikes a pose while a fan is trained on her face for the classic wind-blown look that's so intergral to hosting a talk show.
- Martha and the Giant Gourd: It's the talk of my home province -- this weekend, Martha Stewart will row across a lake in a hollowed-out pumpkin (I kid you not) as part of Windsor, Nova Scotia's annual Pumpkin Regatta. My favourite quote from
an article on the event: "We're going to make sure the pumpkin is completely sound so that she doesn't sink."
