Ginger got the day off from school because of the Telus strike so she joined us for a bowl of pumpkin ice cream and a java. No explanation for the presence of Dan Krysak (hizzoner will refrain from suggesting that he might have been playing hooky). This one was billed as a "Bring Your Science Project Klatsch" mostly because The Mayor was planning to bring his science project which you can see on the table in front of him. It's a potato which decided to grow leafy tendrils and stay alive for months longer than most non-alien earth potatoes. Hizzoner's shrivelled spud seemed to gross out the waitress but she kept our cups full just the same, so no harm done.