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Last Weekend
Tuesday, 25 October 2005 08:29 pm(I've linked this to the writeups by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
melted_snowball, since he has the ability to write quickly and briefly on each day's events. Unlike my strategy, which is, um, to not.)
Friday night, d. and I went out to dinner at a newish restaurant. It's a converted church. They kept the stained glass and a lot of exposed wood, and put in cool chandeliers and a dark stone floor. The food was good- not stupendous, but good. Great atmosphere, though.
Saturday night, we went to the philharmonic for a concert of the Sea Symphony by Vaughn Williams and Poulenc's Gloria. By far the best part was the soprano soloist, Measha Brueggergosman, who is amazing. She's 27, and has the stage presence of a diva. *worship* *worship*
Sunday night, we hosted a party for d's two graduating PhD students. I was honestly surprised at how smoothly it went, probably because it was planned by my well-organized sweetie ( *worship* ).roverthedog got to meet Paul, and vice-versa, which only took three years to arrange. Paul is one of Rover's biggest fans-from-afar; he even used her as a "virtual sponsor" of a booth at a local computer trade-show. Paul also brought a yummy jar of salsa made by mynatt, who, come to think of it, I met due to Paul. (Huh, never thought of that. Thanks Paul!)
It was nice catching up with a few people, most notably somebody I know from the local Interfaith Group, who has lately become an advocate against the recently defeated Provincial bill to make a subset of Sharia Law one of the legal systems supported by binding arbitration. That bill has been defeated, but she thinks there will likely be another round eventually. I clarified her position, and I'm still not 100% clear on my position. On the one hand, Canada values multiculturalism very strongly, and already there are binding arbitration processes set up for other religions, so adding some form of Islamic arbitration seems fair. On the other hand, there are clear problems if ordinary sharia laws disenpower some classes of Canadians, such as women, young people, gays, and so on. Back on the first hand, it isn't clear to me exactly what parts of Islamic law would be included- at one point the newspaper said just those portions that are compatible with existing Canadian law? Can that be accomplished equitably? I don't know.
melted_snowball, since he has the ability to write quickly and briefly on each day's events. Unlike my strategy, which is, um, to not.)Friday night, d. and I went out to dinner at a newish restaurant. It's a converted church. They kept the stained glass and a lot of exposed wood, and put in cool chandeliers and a dark stone floor. The food was good- not stupendous, but good. Great atmosphere, though.
Saturday night, we went to the philharmonic for a concert of the Sea Symphony by Vaughn Williams and Poulenc's Gloria. By far the best part was the soprano soloist, Measha Brueggergosman, who is amazing. She's 27, and has the stage presence of a diva. *worship* *worship*
Sunday night, we hosted a party for d's two graduating PhD students. I was honestly surprised at how smoothly it went, probably because it was planned by my well-organized sweetie ( *worship* ).
roverthedog got to meet Paul, and vice-versa, which only took three years to arrange. Paul is one of Rover's biggest fans-from-afar; he even used her as a "virtual sponsor" of a booth at a local computer trade-show. Paul also brought a yummy jar of salsa made by mynatt, who, come to think of it, I met due to Paul. (Huh, never thought of that. Thanks Paul!) It was nice catching up with a few people, most notably somebody I know from the local Interfaith Group, who has lately become an advocate against the recently defeated Provincial bill to make a subset of Sharia Law one of the legal systems supported by binding arbitration. That bill has been defeated, but she thinks there will likely be another round eventually. I clarified her position, and I'm still not 100% clear on my position. On the one hand, Canada values multiculturalism very strongly, and already there are binding arbitration processes set up for other religions, so adding some form of Islamic arbitration seems fair. On the other hand, there are clear problems if ordinary sharia laws disenpower some classes of Canadians, such as women, young people, gays, and so on. Back on the first hand, it isn't clear to me exactly what parts of Islamic law would be included- at one point the newspaper said just those portions that are compatible with existing Canadian law? Can that be accomplished equitably? I don't know.
