Today started off a little differently than most Saturdays. We didn't need to do grocery shopping at the big Superstore because we are leaving for winter, in a few short weeks, at the end of the month.
We did stop at the uptown Walmart. When walking through the mall, we noticed that The Shoppers Drug Mart had a drop-in clinic for flu shots. Our province now has an invitation program and appointments are usually slotted and booked online by patients. This started because of COVID-19 but will encompass all suggested vaccinations. Getting today's proved easy and took only a few minutes.
Jay and I have always gotten our annual, fall flu shots. I was a teacher at BCIT and Jay worked with vulnerable street youth. Responsible members of the public should always help the whole population by having a jab. After retirement, we've continued with this practice. The pharmacist was good and after taking off our little, round plasters, there wasn't even a speck of blood in the pads.
On a different note, the sun peeked out for a short while in the morning, although too late to spot the solar eclipse. The next one won't occur for another ten years, the TV mentioned.
Lastly, in the afternoon, I had an MS Teams chat with a friend. We had a conversation that turned to the topic of retrofuturism. Are you familiar with that term? It's the decades-old vision of what today would look like. It is a genre of art from both respected and pulp publications. Illustrations from old Popular Science magazines might be an example. They have common themes and a very specific look. Even the colours were limited by the cheap printing processes of the day.
I happen to really 'dig' these types of images. It probably has to do with my age. I can easily use AI to attempt to reproduce the style. Above is today's AI image called 'Vancouver's Retro-Future'.