Numbers Don't Lie.

COCONUT - Harry Nilsson

They sort of look like gorillas in this one.

Six Things About Me (I was tagged recently*)

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I was tagged by LuLu, who lives here. I won't deny that my response was sluggish, but I am currently experiencing a higher than average volume of calls. And now, six things:


#1. I digress.


#2. I am a genius. Behold:


Looks tough?...


And two short weeks later?

Exactly.

An entirely different configuration.


#3. I have authorized friends and family to shoot me in the event that I ever attempt to offer wisdom in a pinch by carefully considering what's at hand and finally announcing earnestly, "Well, it is what it is".


#4. Though I am unafraid of Mathematics, counting is not my forte.


#5. I readily admit to being a bit of a pack rat, but who can blame me for having amassed two and a half junk drawers full of these?



#6. I have these:


And I got the last two.


#7. My wife and I are of two minds.


#8. I enjoyed a week long stay at Orr-Walton Sports Camp late in the summer of 1972, where at the age of ten I met God. Number 4. He was driving a Corvette at the time and had the coolest SuperTacks ever, which I touched. Unbelievable. Devastatingly, he was unable to play in the Summit Series as a result of his bad knee.


I do believe that makes six.


* March 5, 2008

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Questions That May Never be Answered: Part II

|___________________Which came first?_________________|

This one absolutely consumes me.
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Questions That May Never be Answered: Part I

As summer approaches, I am reminded of a question I ask myself every year. What would happen if you were to mix a child's urine with poolwater? Alas, we will probably never know.

The Maytals - Sweet and Dandy

What a great song.
This is from "The Harder They Come".
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um... DO YOU MIND??

Can a couple of dogs get even a bit of privacy around here?
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Conservative Values: A Comprehensive Summary

Theirs is a truly binary moral code. There are no grey areas; nuance is eschewed.

For instance,

Feminism: Bad
Tasers: Good
Christians: Good
Iran: Bad
Guns: Good
Wal-Mart: Good
Gays: Bad
Stephen Harper: God
Questioning the misssion in Afghanistan: Bad
Burkas: Bad
The Lone Ranger: Good

And so on. Hope this helps.

Shorter Kathy Shaidle

God, what an awful woman. Canadian Cynic highlights her carefully considered position. I can't risk the close contact of linking directly to her blog; I'm fresh out of Bigot-Gard™.

And, also posting at Canadian Cynic, Lulu offers some guidance to those trying to interpret the ranting of this attention-starved shrew.

Late-Night Mathematics

1. Go to this place.
2. Find x.

Experts: Do they Really Help?

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Bill Frisell - Egg Radio

I think Bill Frisell is my favourite guitar player.

NOT AN ADVERB

That is all.

Hotel California

Through no fault of my own, Hotel California is stuck in my head.

Someone shoot me.

Peter Green - Green Manalishi

Update... the video that I had posted here is no longer available. Here is the original version of the song, just so you can hear it. It's too bad that the rather recent recording and video are gone - it was good to see Peter Green back at it and looking very happy.

Handsome DevilBEELZEBUBBA

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. NEVER vote for this person.
2. Tell 2 friends.

________ Hunters and Collectors ________ Throw Your Arms Around Me

I never get tired of this song.

A Quick Hello

Greetings, from somewhere in Canada.

Due to national security concerns, I can not say anything more. I’ve said too much already.

Steve Harley - Make Me Smile

Playing Politics on the Backs of Our Cars

Far be it from me to politicize a war, but this is the way I've been feeling about these magnets for a good while now.

Who says that in order to “support the troops" in Afghanistan, Canadians must also support the mission? People who support the mission, that’s who. The trouble with this position (of course a lot of these people maybe didn’t think this through) is that it makes it a little awkward for regular folk to look critically at what we’re doing over there; questioning Stephen Harper’s decisions around the whole thing is unpatriotic, because dissent here at home over the mission “emboldens the enemy” and puts our soldiers at greater risk.

Barf me out.

The same “with us or against us” logic has of course been put forward in the US regarding Iraq, but it appears that Americans have the audacity to think for themselves. You probably recall reading in November 2006 that the Iraqi insurgents upon learning of the Republicans’ thrashing in the mid-term elections were like, “OhMyGod, we totally love the Democrats!! LOL!!. Check out our blog!!”

Anyway, this is just advance notice to Harper lovers that the Rest of Canada will probably at least talk amongst ourselves about what we’re doing in Afghanistan in the event that a federal election is held here while the chaos continues there. I hope that’s okay.

My Position on Same Sex Marriage

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...

A picture is worth a thousand words, right?

UPDATE:
Motion to reopen debate on SSM was voted down 175 to 123.
No word yet on motion to change the subject.
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Oh, Mother.

My mother is not all that happy about all this delicately worded non-denominational business around Christmas.

“Festive Season my ass”, she barks. “It’s Christmas!! Okay??"

She’s sending out a card that she created herself this year, shown above, to let folks know just how she feels.

I’m not sure whether to be embarrassed or proud. Can I be both?

Would They Believe Us?

Heckuva Job Rummy...

It's like a parade. The good news just keeps coming.

An Embarrassment of Riches of Embarrassments

...more U.S. stuff, with the upcoming mid-terms...

It's, like, totally,"Oh, look! A barrel of fish!"
(via Huffington Post)

Epiphany

This makes me feel glad all over. I guess you can only plug your nose for so long. And cover your eyes and ears and curl up in a little ball.

Where Do You Put 7,000 Lawyers?

Why, at polling stations across the 50 states where it is fully expected that certain elements will have difficulty exercising their right to vote, of course.

International Bubble Blowing Competition

In perhaps a vain attempt to compete with the incomparable Mother Mary Carol Anne, I humbly submit my bubble.

Arrogance & Stupidity not Republican Platform

Alberto Fernandez, a senior U.S. diplomat in the State Department's bureau of Near Eastern affairs appears to support sneaking suspicions harboured by, well, a whole bunch of us, regarding the situation in Iraq.

Speaking on Al-Jazeera television on Saturday, Mr. Fernandez said "We tried to do our best but I think there is much room for criticism because, undoubtedly, there was arrogance and there was stupidity from the United States in Iraq."

An administration official said that Fernandez was not repeating the administration position, and wondered whether the translation was accurate. A couple in their forties, proceeding eastbound on a secondary highway in southwestern Ontario, upon hearing this on the radio laughed their asses off but were able to maintain control of their vehicle.

A Made in Canada SolutionA Made in Calgary Approach

Yesterday, Rona Ambrose unveiled the CPC's much anticipated Clean Air Act.

Today it is plain that the bill will be defeated, all three opposition parties having stated that they will vote against it.

Anyway, it turns out that the lengthy period of giddy anticipation that we enjoyed in the run-up to this Act’s unveiling would have been only the first in a spectacular series of waits, were the bill to become law.

Since I like numbers so much…

14: the number of years (years) that would elapse before national objectives would be in place for chemicals that cause smog, such as particulate matter and ozone

44: The number of years (years) that would elapse before greenhouse gas emissions would be cut to half of their 2003 levels

30 to 50: the typical operational lifespan (in years) of a new oilsands project, such as those proposed in Northern Alberta (got arithmetic?)

56: the age that your 12 year old kids will have attained by the time the 44-year target shown above would have been met, were everything to go according to plan

0: the number of MPs in Stephen Harper’s caucus who spoke openly about the environment and remain in caucus

0: the gap in support (expressed as a percent) between the CPC and the federal Liberal party according to the most recent poll conducted by The Strategic Counsel for CTV News and The Globe and Mail

0: the number of times Stephen Harper threatened to make this bill a confidence motion

I am not suggesting that the 2 zeros directly above are linked.

Last week, Stephen Harper, speaking in Vancouver, reassured us with "Make no mistake about it, we know what our destination is.”

So far, I'm with him.

”Our government is going to replace talk with action on the reduction of air pollutants and greenhouse gases and we will move forward inexorably."

You see - he didn’t use the word “quickly”. Just “inexorably”.

I guess they’ll have to first move inexorably back to the drawing board.