Can you believe it's August already? Can you believe the decade is almost over? This is crazy. Who sped up the clock? August is a month that is quite remarkable for standing for not much. Has anything remarkable happened in August? Here is a list of things that happened on this date. Hey, in 860 the Peace of Koblenz was signed by Charles the Bare, Louis the German and Lotharius II. Why didn't I think of Lotharius when I was naming the boy?
- I have written about Manny many times. I will write about him no more, however, as Manny is now a player for the Dodgers. Jason Bay, however, is a player for the Red Sox. I trust back bacon sandwiches and maple syrup laced cocktails are the order of the day where you are today.
- I don't cross pollinate the beer blog posts over here but this is a great example of DadLit.
- Lawless? Would this be the same colonial French who in the 1680s took the leaders of the Iroquois nation invited to meet in Kingston, caged them and sent them to be galley slaves?
- I like it when Harper stays away from policy and just taunts. He is better at mean than bright.
- I hate the new Google little icon. I've looked at the damn lower case purple "g" for, what, a couple of months now and I swear it's the stupidest logo I have ever seen. I'd ask them why they did swtiched from the old "g" but...
- A great primer on the rainbow pitch.
Comments
Alan - August 1, 2008 8:40 am
The flow of real "Manny" stories has begun.
Hans - August 1, 2008 9:25 am
Stuff you could only find in the Friday Bullets of Genx@40: A French bureaucrat being arrogant toward a colonial native echoing a French noblemen's cruelty 400 years earlier. If I didn't read it here, I would believe it. Shocking!
Alan - August 1, 2008 9:50 am
Arrogant isn't the word for it. The French colonial government encouraged slavery, torture and even cannibalism as terror tactics in North America. The British were an uneven lot in response given the separate political and cultural nature of each colony but certainly by the time of William Johnson, the respect and alliance with aboriginal communities was well understood. I sit a few blocks from Johnson street. He is likely the most important Canadian who never lived here.
sean - August 1, 2008 10:22 am
Genius:
"(One of the other things I've taught the kids is that, in Britain, it's unlucky to walk past a pub that's open without stopping for a pint. Though I think they're beginning to suspect this might not be totally true. Never mind. It worked for a couple of years.)"
Matthew Fletcher - August 1, 2008 11:08 am
The respect and alliance created with the British started to disintegrate pretty quickly though when the alliance was no longer necessary from the British point of view post-1814.
Temujin - August 1, 2008 1:45 pm
August 1st 1914 Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I)
I'd say that was a fairly important event that happened in August. Though perhaps not as controversial as August 7, 2007 when Barry Bonds hit number 756. Priorities.
Alan - August 1, 2008 2:00 pm
Matthew, check the commemoration plaque at the main court house which lists the militias that came forward in the 1837 rebellion to protect Kingston when the regular forces had to leave town. Tyendinaga is one of them.
Alan - August 1, 2008 2:10 pm
Henry Kissinger and I agree.
sean - August 1, 2008 2:35 pm
Well, I for one think that the fact that 27 years ago at 12:01 am, video killed the radio star, is quite moving.
Jon - August 4, 2008 12:27 pm
Harper doesn't have a mean bone in his body, all he does is bright. Go ahead and name me three 'mean' things Harper has done as PM. I don't count playing a fractured Fiberal Farty the way Heifetz played a Stradivarious as mean, that's politics. He is playing political chess while Dion is still struggling to pick up the basics of checkers. It is not mean to be more talented and capable than your opponent.
Alan - August 4, 2008 6:34 pm
Hahhahhhahahahhahhaha (gasp)
hahahhhahhahahahhahahahhah! (wipes eyes)
hahhahhahahhhahahahahhahahhahah...
Renee - August 8, 2008 1:59 pm
On a related note, the "g" is clearly blue.