denkizero - this song played when we were at Saint Sulpice a few weeks back, and I asked you what it was (you know, you're francophone, it's francophone, you should know! :p) and you weren't sure. I heard it again on CBC this morning - the entertainment guy on the local morning show suggested that some think this is the best album out of Quebec in a decade ( Read more... )

So, the Paul Simon tribute last night was really good, I was impressed. The highlights for me were ( Read more... )

I wandered out of the metro this morning, around the corner to the Guy-Metro Building and who did I see on the sidewalk? My boss' boss, Marcel Danis chatting up one of his old bosses of sorts, Brian MulroneyOnly the black suit-, wraparound shades- and earpiece-clad RCMP agent 6 or 7 feet away kept me from giving the guy a good kick in the shins. Oh ( Read more... )

Those posts in which people implore others to vote for one party or another, or one candidate or another are starting to show up on my friends' list ( Read more... )

Most important thing of the day: Bonne fête denkizero! Je t'aime tellement!

I am drinking in Toronto with Erika, Geneviève and Jimmy Rye. My French is better than Erika's. Both grammatically, and accent-wise. This disappoints her. I can also hold my liquor better than she can. This also disappoints her.

denkizero fixed our camera last night! She'll be modest about it and claim it's no biggie, but the point is that our camera's working again, and you'll see more pictures of my pretty face sometime soon. Maybe I'll make a new icon tonight. These ones are all getting just a bit out of date.

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This morning in the Globe, Jeffrey Simpson starts off his ( Read more... )