While watching the inauguration the other day, I couldn't help but be surprised that Yo-Yo Ma's, Itzhak Perlman's, Gabriella Montero's and Anthony McGill's instruments were all staying so well in tune in the cold weather.

Turns out, they fed a canned recording of the song (from two days previous), specifically because of the weather conditions ( Read more... )

The tape was late, and CBC gave the Liberals flack for that ( Read more... )

Before this broadcast, Don Newman was (rhetorically) asking: which Stephen Harper will we see? The friendly, work-with-people, sweater-wearing Harper? The tough, bully Stephen Harper? Or... what was the third one, again? Statesman? Ideologue ( Read more... )

Somebody joked recently - I cannot remember where, so I may very well be repeating it back to the same crowd - that if when Obama wins the election, we'll no longer be able to tell that we're in the future in movies with a black president ( Read more... )

It would seem that, rather than helping me get it out of my system, my rant from yesterday (technically, really early today) has just got me fired up. I've already had numerous conversations with people on the topic, both online (see starfishchick's take here, and dramaqueen_23's take on it here) and off ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail wrote: "Voter turnout was just 59 per cent, the lowest in federal election history."

sigh...

The dust is settling, and it looks like we're in for... more of the same. Sure, the Conservatives have a few more seats. Sure, the Liberals suffered for their lack of overt leadership ( Read more... )

I was going to write up a "go vote!" post today - only to find that, like, my entire (Canadian) flist beat me to it. Well, not entirely, but easily 80% of the Canucks.

That's kinda cool, if you ask me.

Anyway, here's my poll of the random interval:

Poll Civic Duty

Siri Agrell from the Globe and Mail is liveblogging the U.S. Vice-Presidential debate. Much fun!

I just got another email from the American Family Association, this time back on their favourite topic: The Gay Agenda. And liberal activist judges.

( Read if you want, but please do not feel compelled to do so. )