I was in a hospital today (playing chauffeur for someone) and went to get a doughnut (as you do) while they were getting their IV treatment.

So, I head upstairs and wish I had my camera with me as this was the sign above the door:

Support                                    Tim
Services                                   Hortons.

Only in Canada,

For the next two weeks, I will be strangely interested in sports, and somewhat patriotic.  I will watch sports I will never think of again (until the next Olympics.)

I blame the pageantry, and the glitter that inevitably comes with the pageantry.

Weird fact of the day:  Someone I know is one of the performers in the opening ceremonies.

While I should have been writing my recap for "Sneakerhead," I wound up on a 2 hour phone call with seanchaidh .  In that 2 hour phone call, we solved a 90 year old family mystery -- the mystery of my Great Grandmother's first fiance.

Thus, the infamous family mystery of who is Walter, is solved.  The archives, with the magic of seanchaidh , finally spit out this ( Read more... )

Dear Canada,

This letter is particularly addressed to those buying the myth a coalition is illegal / unfair / not representing the people / other bullshit.  Let me clear up a few things.

• If the coalition goes through, it'll represent more of the voting population than the current government (52.9% versus 46.4%).  How is that not democratic?  That's a ( Read more... )