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- Articles for the sister station, A Good Beer Blog.
- Pick any day's tunes as heard on CBC Ottawa's All in a Day hosted by my personal emailing buddy, Brent Bambury. You won't find a better music selection on radio anywhere - certainly not on the deeply dowdy CBC.
- Another plume catches my eye.
- Stuff less serious than Stuff.
- From Jan to March 2006, I tried a group humour blog with others on the subject of Canadian politics. It did not last but the posts were worth keeping. #16 was banned. There were no comments. It was at www.shadowcabinet.ca.
- Some writings and other junk of little real interest unless you like law or are a Crow.
A display of hideous graphics focused on the goal of figuring out where the smokestack I can see to the south is sitting.
Comments
Matt F. - April 21, 2005 11:43 PM
Borden?! You can't be serious.
I'll grant you the moustache, jacket and pose, but that's about all he had going for him. Beyond rigging the 1917 election in his favour he nearly destroyed the country for the sake of the empire.
Alan - April 22, 2005 7:58 AM
So...your point is...
Alan - April 22, 2005 8:48 AM
OK...ok...<p>How about MacKenzie King? He pulled the rabbit out of the hat a time or two...not to mention holding the odd seance...Maybe Paul Martin needs a little help from the other side (and I am not talking NDP!<p>His statute just behind the east block is pretty snazzy.<p><center><img src="images/2005b/king.JPG" vspace="20"></center>
The Other Ben - April 22, 2005 9:45 AM
I loved how Layton could barely keep the grin of his face last night. No, wait. I thought he looked ridiculous. Less credible than Harper even. You know the country's a mess when Duceppe sounds the best of the 4 leaders.
'nee - April 22, 2005 9:45 AM
It's not the coat, it's the "in your face" attitude we need. Like Trudeau - they said he wasn't in touch with the youth generation, so he married a co-ed. That's the kind of unapologetic leadership we need these days. Stop saying you're sorry and JUST ACT COOL. Ok, an awesome coat does indeed help.
Alan - April 22, 2005 10:18 AM
I am so glad that I am awesome.
Matt F. - April 22, 2005 11:44 AM
King was good, but if we're choosing from amongst the PM's immortalized on Parliament Hill, my choice would be Laurier: Intelligent; principled; knew how to defend his beliefs and compromise at the same time; and wasn't afraid to tell people the things they didn't want to hear.
As for his statue on the south-east(?) side of the Hill, he just looks as if he's going to be there longer than anyone else, out of shear determination.
Alan - April 22, 2005 1:06 PM
Sadly, Laurier lacks any personal querks which make him of any use to my sarcastic tendencies what so ever.
Matt F. - April 22, 2005 3:01 PM
Lacks any personal quirks? Have you seen his forehead? Biggest receding hairline in Canadian history.