It's summertime, bitches.

And in the words of Otto Mann, "Two months of Spaghetti-O's and daytime television!"

(N.B. I have always hated Spaghetti-O's and all other forms of canned pasta, and daytime television is ridiculous.)

I've made it a point to tell people these days, when they ask me what I'm doing this summer -- and people do it a lot, because they know I'm a teacher and they looooooove the fact we're not in school -- I've been telling them that I'm going to make it more of a point to see this great city I live in.

To wit, here are a few things I'd like to accomplish.

• lots of breakfasts at out-of-the-way places
• buying some nice light rye at Silverstein's
• riding the entire length of the 501 Queen streetcar and taking a bunch of pictures
• finally seeing the Scarborough RT
• whole lotta baseball down at the Dome
• random trips to places like Pacific Mall
• Toronto Islands, anyone?
• riding my bike more, especially on the off-street trails
• reading books on patios while sipping beers

As you can see, it's a full summer. Barely enough time to take a 9-day solo baseball road trip, this time focused on Baltimore/DC.

Fun times ahead, for sure.