Blight

California Reprieve

You may or may not have heard of the wicked winter storm that hit Toronto and most of southern Ontario. Freezing rain, trees falling over, power outages, delayed and cancelled flights were all part of the unfortunate mess we found ourselves in here in Toronto. In fact the police had to close Front street because of huge pieces of ice falling from the CN Tower.

In addition to the effects of weather, we're also dealing with a severe fuel shortage which has left almost every gas station displaying a "00.0" - unfortunately meaning no gas, not free gas.

Fortunately, I'm heading back to California tonight (if my flight isn't cancelled) and I'll be able to enjoy the warmer weather there for a couple days. It's for work, a re-visit of the last stint I pulled there, and this one will be much more intense.

Essentially I'm responsible for doing a 4 hour programming content style bake-off versus several major competitors. This would be challenging enough but I have to deal with this little extra: my every move will be projected on a screen in front of the decision makers.

To the Pearson International Airport!

Labels: business trip, California, San Francisco

posted by Blight @ 5:41 PM