What do they call 30cms of snow in Toronto?

Snowmageddon.

What do they call 30cms of snow in Fredericton?

Wimps.

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So today there’s a big storm. How are city services affected? A quick check of the City of Fredericton’s website shows: NOTHING. That’s right, the so called “smart city” isn’t smart enough to do a simple web site update when there’s a storm. At a minimum people need to know:

• Is transit running?
• Are any roads closed?
• Are city run sports facilities open?

The only option that’s available online is the radio station’s web site which is out of date and updated sporadically. Of course you can always just listen to the radio, but then you have to sit there listening to 3 craptastic remakes of classic Christmas tunes before you get a live DJ who will tell you that you have to wait until the next news broadcast for the latest list of cancellations.

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You’ve seen all those cute lists on Facebook about how precious babies are.  Unfortunately, they don’t stay small and precious forever.  So here’s a sequel to those lists:

Things you’ll learn once that cute baby turns into a toddler

• You’ll be creative in improvising when you can’t find a coaster
• You’ll fondly remember the days before remote controls were invented as you’ll never see yours again
• You’ll be amazed that your cell phone will work once it has been dried out after a dunking in the toilet
• You’ll figure out quick and easy ways to reattach wallpaper
• You won’t mind a slobbery kiss, but you’ll draw the line on using tongue
• You’ll learn all these neat and nifty keyboard shortcuts as your cordless mouse in is the potato bin
• You will begin to sniff every puddle of liquid in the house
• You’ll be amazed at how much poop a pair of regular cotton underwear can hold
• Your car will smell like barf and sour milk and you’ll never find the source.  Eventually you’ll just roll down the windows and stop caring.
• You’ll tremble with fear when your hear “uh-oh”
• Your PVR will be full of kids shows
• You’ll have to find another “quiet place” as you’ll no longer be able to use the bathroom as your sanctuary.
• You’ll eventually hit “critical mess” where no matter how many more toys get strewn about, it won’t look any messier
• You’ll learn which kinds of cake sprinkles don’t get digested

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I’ve found Stewart Smalley, he does billboard design for the City of Fredericton!

Billboard reads: Where do you live? (Fredericton) In North America's City of the Future (Financial Times Group of London) Lucky you!

Because we’re good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, people like us!

It must be that billboards telling us how awesome we are are much cheaper than investing in infrastructure or economic development.  Heaven forbid they actually do something like putting current and up-to-date information on their website

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