As planned, I met up with John and Austin for breakfast at our hotel ( Read more... )

( Crying points during the opening ceremonies (this somehow turned into a very incomplete liveblog after the parade of nations, so): )

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Here's a video yanked from orangebeaver:

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It is very, very, very typical of Canadian PSAs and thus gives me a warm, fuzzy, nostalgic feeling in my belly ( Read more... )

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The day after this clip aired, four Canadian soldiers died in Kandahar. Four more ( Read more... )

Today is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Drafted by a Canadian, John Humphrey.

So apparently, this prank call from "Nicholas Sarkozy" to Sarah Palin is for real. I have only one thing to say...

VIVE LE QUEBEC!

Transcript.

Every year on Canada Day I do not much about it being Canada Day. This year I am not even wearing red and white. But every year I want at least to note it because, yay! Canada!

Actually, this year I might make it to the party in Trafalgar Square. Maybe. We'll see.

Hm, the last time I posted about my holiday was the 22nd. OK, so that afternoon we did indeed to the kiddie train in Stanley Park. The people there were (now see if you can keep this straight!)

( Bright Lights )

Climate change is real. It is happening. We are causing it.

There. What with that and my unnecessary encouragement to daisho to look at hybrid electric cars, I have banged the drum sufficiently for today ( Read more... )