May 26 2009
Snowing in May
A friend took this photo of her car today.
Is it officially summer yet?
Archive for the 'canada' Category
Apr 16 2009
CBC.ca Headline News?
Someone at CBC.ca thinks this is headline news: CNN, Kutcher battle for 1M Twitter followers:
The race for one million followers on Twitter is on, with CNN in one corner and Ashton Kutcher in the other.
Just a few weeks ago, no one was close to reaching that benchmark. Now, as users have flocked to the increasingly [...]
Mar 30 2009
Curling! In Moncton, New Brunswick!
The 2009 World Men’s Curling Championship is being held in my town, Moncton, New Brunswick. It starts April 3rd. This is a VERY big deal for a city few have heard about.
Curling involves sliding a 40 pound rock down an icy surface, aiming for a bulls-eye. Whoever gets closest wins. I [...]
Mar 30 2009
Reason #13 For Loving Politicians
Politician in Newfoundland getting +$100k/year while on “administrative leave”:
A former Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister has earned more than $300,000 in salary for his job with a federal agency, even though he has not reported to work for well over two years.
This is the kind of thing that makes greedy youngsters want to get into [...]
Mar 22 2009
Vulcan, Alberta
There’s a town in Alberta, Canada called Vulcan – the name of Spock’s species from Star Trek.
Vulcan, the town, has been taking advantage of its name, evident in their tourism website.
A new Star Trek movie is being released in May, 2009. Vulcan, the town, is getting an exclusive preview:
Paramount is inviting 300 [...]
Mar 16 2009
Peanut Butter
Peanut Butter is a Canadian invention (not including the Aztecs use of it).
Go figure.
Feb 24 2009
IT Salary Calculator For Canada
Computerworld Canada’s 2008 Salary Calculator:
Access up-to-date information from our 2008 IT Salary Survey, including salaries, cash bonuses, and percentage increases over 2007
Find how much you’re underpaid.
Feb 09 2009
What the hell is happening in Canada? (part 3)
This time I leave it to Rick Mercer:
It’s one of the best explanations of Canadian politics I’ve seen.
Jan 08 2009
CBC Idea’s “Ocean Mind” Podcast
Yesterday I listened to an audio magazine from the CBC Radio 1 program, Ideas. The MP3s are online only for 4 weeks, so get ‘em while they’re hot. The latest is called, Ocean Mind. It’s about consciousness in the oceans. Some things I’ve learned from part 1:
Mammals become territorial when their survival is dependent largely [...]
Dec 21 2008
Cohen’s Hallelujah by Buckley and Many Others
It’s Hallelujah 3 times over for Leonard Cohen song:
Canadian artist Leonard Cohen is about to have a chart topper in Britain with a song he first released in 1984.
Hallelujah is set to make music history with three places on the U.K. singles charts, including No. 1 and No. 2.
The top two versions are from folks [...]
Dec 16 2008
Canada Will Never Be As Great As The U.S.
Found this on The Onion’s Our Dumb World interactive map:
Dec 09 2008
What the hell is happening in Canada? (part 2)
Don Newman of the CBC writes:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is apparently like someone with a drinking problem who can keep it under control much of the time, but just when it seems not to be a problem, falls off the wagon with damaging consequences.
Harper’s problem isn’t booze. He doesn’t partake. His problem is excessive partisanship. [...]
Dec 05 2008
What the hell is happening in Canada?
Perhaps some of our non-Canadian (and Canadian) readers are asking that question. Probably not, but in case you are, Neil McDonald from the CBC does a fine job of dumbing it down for everyone. I recommend reading the whole article, but here’s a taste:
A few weeks ago, we had an election in Canada, a couple [...]
