All work and less play makes Rory a boring boy...

In the last ten days Scotland has banned smoking in all enclosed public places. The pubs and clubs are now smoke free! Now when you pass any pub in Edinburgh there is a small crowd of people outside having a smoke. Even the train station is clear of smoke. Since the ban is brand new and the amount of smokers in Scotland is much higher then North America, it's quite startling how many people are gathered outside in the rain for a little "break". In Canada the only time you get that many people gathered outside the front of a building in such weather is if there is a fire drill or power cut.

Also during my bloggy black out, Graham Robertson, a friend of mine from High School turned up to terrorize Edinburgh. He's on one of those "see everyone I know in X" tours with X being the UK. In a few weeks Graham is getting himself loaded onto a cruise ship as a member of staff for Six-Eight months, so he's making the best of dry land while he can. Graham, I, and some Scots he met while in New Zealand got up to some serious mischief while visiting a few pubs and going on a "Ghost Tour" whose only scary element was the group of Canadians and Scots that kept getting lost and then finding the tour again while ridding ourselves of all the beer we had drunk before the tour.

At some point I managed to win my weeks laundry tokens in a Pool tournament in which I sank two balls off the break, sank two more in a row, and then my opponent sank the eight ball on his first shot of the game.

I'm sure a lot more then that has happened over the last ten days, but the only thing that comes to mind is that some guy walked into work who looked just like Chuck Norris. If you don't know why that's relevant then go here.

PS: Jess if you read this thing, Happy Birthday. Don't worry, the Hunt for Red Oct-Toby continues.