Obama is the WASP Ticket
Obama was raised by his Agnostic White mother and his Protestant White Grand-Parents (When hid lived in Indonesia, he was also raised by his Asian (probably) Muslim step-father). Obama doesn't…
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Breaking Bad Season 4 is now on Netflix
Perhaps not the best time of year to be watching TV on the Internet, but it if rains… NOW on Netflix! Hi Because you enjoyed Breaking Bad in the past,…
Canada-Guyana for $408!
$411 from Halifax ($408 from Toronto) to Guayana, return, in December (all taxes included) (on the Google site, click on the calender button for the cool graphic). No visa required.…
NY Times China Via Google Translate
When reading the NY Times via Twitter and Google search becomes too much of a hassle, you can now read the Chinese version. And if you don't speak Mandarin, you…
Time to Cancel Via and the CBC
With few exceptions, Via Rail is always more expensive than the bus. Via is also slower. Worse, passenger trains cause congestion on the heavily used rail network. Via is subsidized.…
Bag of Soda to Nurse a Hangover 2
I just saw Hangover 2. I was a bit dismayed that it didn’t win the Oscar for best movie ever, but I’m happy that it made over half a billion…
GeoSweep Betting on the United Church, Abominations of Satan’s Handiwork?
The United Church is against gambling. Bingo is a Catholic sport, you won’t find that in a United Church. My mother wasn’t even allowed to play cards! Althought the United…
GIS of Trailer Trash Playing Lottery
Who buys lottery tickets? Trailer trash. This must be a sophisticated trailer park, because the lottery in question is the online-only GeoSweep, the cool Google Maps based why-didn't-I-think-of-that new lottery…
C-38: This Means War
Bill C–38 to ‘strip’ foreign strippers of work visas | Canada Politics … – A rough guide to Bill C–38 – Beyond The Commons, Capital Read … –On the ground:…
Spirits are an Affordable Luxury. But Where is Finlandia?
Spririts are an affordable luxury, or says Forbes. But why has Findlandia been off the shelves here in New Brunswick since the Fall? Further investigation reveals that it is also…
Old Orchard Vs Shediac
Planning a Summer Vacation? You are in Central Canada and your kids have never seen the ocean? Old Orchard or Shediac? Distance -At about half the distance, if you are…
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Oceans Make People Socialists
At first I thought is was salt water, but then how do you explain Corsica. Mountains? Nope. Borders? Maybe. But the most logical illogical explanation for the French election results…
In French, You Only Capitalize the First Word of a Title
This is a For Your Information post from a blogger who lives in a very fragile glass house. Heaven knows, spelling, typo avoidance and grammar are not my strong suites.…
Blocking the Metro to the F1 Race is Dangerous
This is just wrong on so many levels. "Ligne jaune" (yellow metro line) is the way the vast majority of spectators will get to Montreal's F1 race tomorrow. To get…
The Police Shoot to Kill (at Anti F1 Demonstrators)
I'm a fan of racing. It is the type of mind numbing yet all engrossing sports that I can really get into every couple of weeks. And on Sunday, the…
Mad Men is a Beautiful Thing That You Can Own
I'm not sure what iTune's cut is (at least 30%) but based on the TV ratings, the show Mad Men would barely be viable even if all it's regular 3.5…
Breastfeeding in Uniform
Apparently there is some sort of controversy surrounding these pictures. That is good, because I can therefor post them here under the fair dealing exception of the Canada’s copyright Act.…
Blogger Dynamic View Template
Have you been blogging for a while (despite Twitter)? Do you hate iPad users? Have you gotten into the habit of inserting at least one picture or Youtube video into…
Watch Justin Bieber Get Punched in the Face
Justin Bieber gets punched in the face, over and over again. If you are a 12 year old girl, don’t cry, his face survived.