May 26 2009
Snowing in May
A friend took this photo of her car today.
Is it officially summer yet?
Apr 16 2009
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
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
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
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 is a Canadian invention (not including the Aztecs use of it).
Go figure.
Feb 24 2009
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
This time I leave it to Rick Mercer:
It’s one of the best explanations of Canadian politics I’ve seen.
Jan 08 2009
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
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
Found this on The Onion’s Our Dumb World interactive map:
Dec 09 2008
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
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 [...]