Yes, I live in Canada. Why do you ask?

[porphyre]

Jeepers, I thought last night was unexpectedly exciting, what with successfully hooking Nicole up with Nick for the holidays, finally meeting Dominique's new little baby, SURVIVING NICK'S NEW VAN CATCHING FIRE, (no one was hurt. I pulled Nicole out and we put the fire out with snow), and admitting rather bashfully to someone that I wrote about our

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Hockey sticks.

[wileypeter]

Wow.

I . . . uh . . . erm . . .

WOW.

terribly

[porphyre]

I'm terribly impressed.

[coffeeman]

Rad! I demand pictures of the Menorah! The whole thing sounds awesome, but pictures can never tell the whole story.

[porphyre]

You can bet there's going to be pictures. Hell, I'm going to see if I can't get a whole bunch of my friends to show up.

[coffeeman]

It would so be worth the trip, if only I didn't have a relative showing up FROM vancouver as well as a holiday party that night.

[silveredmane]

A hockey-stick Channukiah. I thought hyphenated identities were about nationality, but maybe it's possible to be Jewish-Canadian, which is different from [Jewish and Canadian.]

Channukiahs (which are menorahs, but with nine arms instead of the standard seven) are made in many shapes. My sister has a Menorahsaurus, which is a stegosaurus with candle-holder cups on each of its spinal plates. If this sort of thing entertains you, have a look at this.

[porphyre]

That link provided a solid half hour of shock and hilarity. Thank you!

[virtual256]

This? I would so totally go to were travel possible in a reasonable timescale.

[porphyre]

It's going to be So Silly!!