after which I set myself on fire.

It snowed today in Edmonton. Just a little bit, enough to make the river valley all white and sparkly and awesome (boo to all the snow haters, by the way). It's still pretty nice out, just around -2 to 0°C.

Edmonton, by the way, has a gigantic river valley in the middle of it. The North Saskatchewan river is about 30-40 m wide and is fed by glaciers in the Rockies. Not exactly a tiny stream.



Sitting on the train into school this morning, I overheard the following conversation:

Small child: Mommy! Why is the river not frozen?
Mother: It's because that river doesn't freeze, honey. It's filled with chemicals that prevent it from freezing.
Small child: What are chemicals?
Mother: Chemicals are toxic pollution that ruin the water and make it not freeze.
Me: *head explodes*

I really hope that kid grows up to be a scientist.