Steve Hayman 🇨🇦
@shayman.bsky.social
That guy who was @shayman on that other thing; former musical dictator, Argonotes, the Until Recently Toronto Argonauts Band of the #CFL. Recently retired from that big fruit company you might have heard of.
More Election Analysis That, Thankfully, You Won't Find Anywhere Else.
How did all the party leaders do in their own ridings?
How did all the party leaders do in their own ridings?
April 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
More Election Analysis That, Thankfully, You Won't Find Anywhere Else.
How did all the party leaders do in their own ridings?
How did all the party leaders do in their own ridings?
More Election Analysis That, Thankfully, You Won't Find Anywhere Else.
How did all the party leaders do in their own ridings?
How did all the party leaders do in their own ridings?
April 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
More Election Analysis That, Thankfully, You Won't Find Anywhere Else.
How did all the party leaders do in their own ridings?
How did all the party leaders do in their own ridings?
Longest line EVER to vote. (It took five whole minutes.)
April 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Longest line EVER to vote. (It took five whole minutes.)
Update: despite what one might have thought, this is not a tasty garnish of crispy salmon roe or whatever, it's a DO NOT EAT
April 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Update: despite what one might have thought, this is not a tasty garnish of crispy salmon roe or whatever, it's a DO NOT EAT
For today's Interesting Snack, we visited the "A Factory" here in Aomari, Japan, which makes its own apple cider and sells an unbelievable array of apple-themed delicacies, so of course we chose some delicious Crispy Salmon Skin Chips.
April 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
For today's Interesting Snack, we visited the "A Factory" here in Aomari, Japan, which makes its own apple cider and sells an unbelievable array of apple-themed delicacies, so of course we chose some delicious Crispy Salmon Skin Chips.
Leaving Busan, we sailed past this interesting collection of small islands. I had to look it up. These are the "Oryukdo" islands - literally, the "Five-Six Islands", because depending on the tides, there are either five or six islands.
Good name, eh.
Good name, eh.
April 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Leaving Busan, we sailed past this interesting collection of small islands. I had to look it up. These are the "Oryukdo" islands - literally, the "Five-Six Islands", because depending on the tides, there are either five or six islands.
Good name, eh.
Good name, eh.
If you are visiting Busan, South Korea, why not try some local food? Step into the local Dunkin' Donuts - this one, next to the Busan train station - for a beautiful, delicious, shrimp fishcake croquette.
It's very tasty. Perhaps that's what all those zombies on the train were coming to get.
It's very tasty. Perhaps that's what all those zombies on the train were coming to get.
April 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If you are visiting Busan, South Korea, why not try some local food? Step into the local Dunkin' Donuts - this one, next to the Busan train station - for a beautiful, delicious, shrimp fishcake croquette.
It's very tasty. Perhaps that's what all those zombies on the train were coming to get.
It's very tasty. Perhaps that's what all those zombies on the train were coming to get.
Somber sites in Hiroshima.
April 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Somber sites in Hiroshima.
One of the fascinating things about travel is visiting a revered, historic site like the Golden Pavillion in Kyoto, then reading up a little more about it afterwards and learning that the building you saw was built in .... 1955.
(A crazy monk burned down the 1397 original in 1950.)
(A crazy monk burned down the 1397 original in 1950.)
April 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
One of the fascinating things about travel is visiting a revered, historic site like the Golden Pavillion in Kyoto, then reading up a little more about it afterwards and learning that the building you saw was built in .... 1955.
(A crazy monk burned down the 1397 original in 1950.)
(A crazy monk burned down the 1397 original in 1950.)
It continues to amaze me that although the YYZ multi-million-dollar "high-speed" moving walkway, (which never really worked) was boarded up at least five years ago, it still has a powered on monitor showing you how to hold the handrail.
April 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It continues to amaze me that although the YYZ multi-million-dollar "high-speed" moving walkway, (which never really worked) was boarded up at least five years ago, it still has a powered on monitor showing you how to hold the handrail.
Happy 8th Anniversary to whoever it was that got married at the Park Hotel Alexandra in Singapore on March 19, 2017. I don't know you, but I definitely had a nice view of your wedding.
March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Happy 8th Anniversary to whoever it was that got married at the Park Hotel Alexandra in Singapore on March 19, 2017. I don't know you, but I definitely had a nice view of your wedding.
Really enjoyed the CFL Fans Fight Cancer event last night - and I was particularly impressed by the Left Field Brewery and their decent and compassionate restroom policy. More here: blog.hayman.net/2025/03/09/r...
March 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Really enjoyed the CFL Fans Fight Cancer event last night - and I was particularly impressed by the Left Field Brewery and their decent and compassionate restroom policy. More here: blog.hayman.net/2025/03/09/r...
Here's the chair at our too-hip-for-YOU NYC hotel. Glad I didn't need to get any work done from the room. (The "desk" is a small tray that folds down from the wall.)
February 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Here's the chair at our too-hip-for-YOU NYC hotel. Glad I didn't need to get any work done from the room. (The "desk" is a small tray that folds down from the wall.)
✅ Magic
✅ Fantasy
✅ Dream
✅ Wonder
✅ Treasure
And finally ...
✅ Wish
We'll have to come back for the Destiny when it's ready next winter (if we can bear to visit the USA again, which increasingly seems not to want foreigners) and head to Singapore for the Adventure eventually.
✅ Fantasy
✅ Dream
✅ Wonder
✅ Treasure
And finally ...
✅ Wish
We'll have to come back for the Destiny when it's ready next winter (if we can bear to visit the USA again, which increasingly seems not to want foreigners) and head to Singapore for the Adventure eventually.
January 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
✅ Magic
✅ Fantasy
✅ Dream
✅ Wonder
✅ Treasure
And finally ...
✅ Wish
We'll have to come back for the Destiny when it's ready next winter (if we can bear to visit the USA again, which increasingly seems not to want foreigners) and head to Singapore for the Adventure eventually.
✅ Fantasy
✅ Dream
✅ Wonder
✅ Treasure
And finally ...
✅ Wish
We'll have to come back for the Destiny when it's ready next winter (if we can bear to visit the USA again, which increasingly seems not to want foreigners) and head to Singapore for the Adventure eventually.
I was indeed. Here's the photo I took at age 9. ( I have a better camera now.)
January 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I was indeed. Here's the photo I took at age 9. ( I have a better camera now.)
SpaceX launch, visible from the ship, is at 3:22 so of course this happens.
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
SpaceX launch, visible from the ship, is at 3:22 so of course this happens.
This is me today in front of the Apollo 14 capsule, holding my phone which is showing a 2015 photo of me in front of the Apollo 12 capsule and in that photo I'm holding my phone which is showing my 1969 photo of the Apollo 11 capsule which is being launched from the location of the main photo.
January 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is me today in front of the Apollo 14 capsule, holding my phone which is showing a 2015 photo of me in front of the Apollo 12 capsule and in that photo I'm holding my phone which is showing my 1969 photo of the Apollo 11 capsule which is being launched from the location of the main photo.
Sure, I'll have the $32 Canadian iceberg water.
January 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Sure, I'll have the $32 Canadian iceberg water.
Enjoying a brief respite from US insanity.
January 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Enjoying a brief respite from US insanity.
Just look at this magnificent array of power connections on each side of the bed in this hotel (and another on the desk.)
It's so beautiful.
It's so beautiful.
January 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Just look at this magnificent array of power connections on each side of the bed in this hotel (and another on the desk.)
It's so beautiful.
It's so beautiful.
I tend to buy wine based on what the label looks like. And I'm a completely unsophisticated "they all taste the same" wine drinker. So this is my kind of wine.
December 20, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I tend to buy wine based on what the label looks like. And I'm a completely unsophisticated "they all taste the same" wine drinker. So this is my kind of wine.
I think this would be a good use of $13.
December 12, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I think this would be a good use of $13.
Signed up for a subscription at Trains.com just so I could consult their archive and see if I can download the January 1984 edition of "Model Railroader" - it's the golden anniversary issue and yes ... here's the cover … and, yup, there it is, page 170 … who is THAT guy
December 11, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Signed up for a subscription at Trains.com just so I could consult their archive and see if I can download the January 1984 edition of "Model Railroader" - it's the golden anniversary issue and yes ... here's the cover … and, yup, there it is, page 170 … who is THAT guy
Ever looked at the Air Canada map over the North Atlantic and wondered "Who the heck is Charlie Gibbs?" I'm disappointed to find out there wasn't a "Charlie Gibbs". Name was a compromise. Originally named for nearby Ocean Weather Station Charlie, and then a survey ship, the Josiah Willard Gibbs.
December 9, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Ever looked at the Air Canada map over the North Atlantic and wondered "Who the heck is Charlie Gibbs?" I'm disappointed to find out there wasn't a "Charlie Gibbs". Name was a compromise. Originally named for nearby Ocean Weather Station Charlie, and then a survey ship, the Josiah Willard Gibbs.