On Friday, August 26th, I did another virus scan
on my computer because it’s been running slowly lately. I noticed this time and
during the last virus scan that Windows Defender became more active than usual
and snatched some malware before MalwareBytes got to it. Was it a coincidence?
Does Windows Defender get woken up by a virus scan? Do the two programs
collaborate?
I looked
out my side window and saw Sundar, the building superintendent, puffing away at
a cigarette a year or so after he had part of his throat removed because of
cancer.
It was
another hot day but I took my bike ride anyway. At the corner of Ossington and
Bloor there was a blonde woman with glasses busking with a banjo. She was
wearing blue jean cut-offs and thigh length red stockings.
At Bloor
and Bay I smelled something that reminded me of the odour of an e-cigarette,
only multiplied by a thousand. On the corner, in front of the Manulife Centre,
and situated over a manhole was what looked like a very tall safety cone, out
of which a grayish white smoke or vapour was rolling. There was an electronic
instrument on the sidewalk beside it, about the size of a suitcase, with wires
running under the cone. Were they fumigating something?
On Danforth
I was behind a guy that was showing off by riding with no hands. I used to do
that in the 80s, but I don’t feel confident in my control of this bike and I
probably wouldn’t do it anyway. He used the handlebars to get ahead of me or to
stay ahead of me, but while comfortably in front, he rubbed it in by drumming
on his knees and hand clapping rhythms as he pedaled.
I
rode to Danforth and Monarch Park, north to Memorial Park, then east to
Coxwell. When I was back on Danforth I stopped for my usual break at Starbucks.
There was a whole roll of toilet paper sitting on top of the dispenser and
plenty inside, so I took it, because I had none. That roll should tide me over
until I have money in a week.
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