Being one who lives a subtly charmed life, today I was unexpectedly tendered the loan of a fine Canon DSLR as my Nikon DSLR is pretty much out of service at the moment. So I started trying to get a handle on it (Canon vs. Nikon is like having to learn the differences from scratch of the Mac OS vs. Windows) as I walked Fourth Street. Along the way I (1) encountered a PE class of middle schoolers who demanded that I take their pictures, and (2) noted a mysterious modification to the block between the old and new Courthouses — are they planning to turn the street into a County parking lot?:
