Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Posted in Canadiana
Slate.com collects Bushisms, where George W.’s less-than-eloquent moments are captured for posterity. “I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful welcome.”—Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 2005, on the reception of American forces in Iraq Jean Chretien was known for his colorful use of english, but managed to get his point across, with frequent exceptions:...
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It’s pretty clear to me that the Prime Minister of Canada should be a citizen of Canada only. This would be true whether it’s a Liberal dual citizen of Canada and France, or a Conservative dual citizen of Canada and the US. It puzzles me that Stephane Dion disagrees, even more so because it would...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Posted in Canadiana
… I’d be dead. National Chief of Assembly of First Nations: “Any action that elevates the status of one segment of Canadian society over another is completely wrong.”
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Friday, November 24, 2006 Posted in Canadiana
With no new baby news from Shannen in awhile, and with Dan finally deciding to give up betting on football (a wise move) or at least not telling us about it anymore, it’s been a bit of a slow week here on forgetful, so here’s something amazing to entertain the masses (all 5 of you)....
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Friday, November 10, 2006 Posted in Canadiana
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
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My blast from the past is broken. Well, it’s actually that the website the theme songs came from doesn’t allow direct-linking from other sites. I’ve been caught! Oops. If you are still interested in checking them out, you can visit the TVO site on your own, unless they consider this direct-linking from another site as well. Then they’ll...
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Recently, my friend Ben and I came across a website that listed a bunch of old TVO shows from the late 1970′s – early 1980′s (or at least shows that aired on TVO). For all you Westerners or those who spent their childhood outside of Ontario, TVO stood for ’TV Ontario’ and was mostly lame, but had at...
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Hospital in the UK fined for treating patients too quickly.
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May Long Weekend (May two-four to Ontarioans, regardless of what dates it falls on. I know – weird.) has usually coincided with the first camping trip of the year. May is usually a wet month wherever you are in Canada, and Ottawa is no exception. Therefore, those May camping trips are 50% warm, sunny and...
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Like many people my age, I laughed at the idea of the Muchmusic VJ search, watched an episode out of pure boredom one day… and got hooked. It was a pretty ridiculous show, but it was well done as far as reality tv shows go (especially Canadian ones). Among the potential VJ hopefuls was the...
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