There is a beach.

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Tuesday November 23, 2010 · 4:34 PM PST

2010/11/23 · 16:34

There is a beach. One day a beautiful woman took me to this beach. We took a long bus ride from the city. We walked through a grove of tall pine trees. The tide was out and the wind was in from offshore. Rags of fog raced in - only a few metres over the surf and sand under a bright blue sky. Whenever the fog hugged us and hid us from the crowd, she would take my hand and smile.

Later, we walked along a dusty road a few klicks inland from the ocean. There was a temple, 1600 years old or so, with bodhisatvas carved into the cliff rock. The temple was on a low hill connected by a saddle of ground to a higher hill. The higher hill had missiles on it. There were pillboxes by the pathways. There were signs for land mines. There were signs expressly forbidding photography.

One of the monks greeted us and asked if we wanted him to take our picture. We pointed to the sign. He shrugged.

"Out there they have their rules; in here we have ours."

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Wednesday October 13, 2010 · 9:21 AM PDT

2010/10/13 · 09:21

Here's to Marty "Big Ruff" Frobisher, who, in 1578 established Canada's (and North America's) first Thanksgiving Feast.

Marty established the first two foundation stones of what would become the semi-impressive Inukshuk of Canadian Identity - public expressions of pointless gratitude, and wandering around the north looking like a nook-nook.

Herewith my annual (if somewhat tardy) list of things to be Thankful for if you're stuck in Canuckistan.

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Wine?

7 votes Vote Now!

Wine?

Merlot

2 votes

Cab Sauv

0 votes

Cab Franc

1 vote

Pinot Noir

2 votes

Pumpkin Pie

2 votes

Bizarro America - A worthwhile Canadian Diary three days late.

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Sunday July 04, 2010 · 4:55 PM PDT

2010/07/04 · 16:55

* We drink our Homo mostly from milk bags.

* We own Santa Claus (but he's moving to Russia in the near future.

* We invented basketball, baseball, and football, but of course we prefer hockey (or 'ice hockey as you put it).

*We have Liberals who are actually conservative, Conservatives, who are actually reactionary, and NDP progressives who are actually socialist (and proud of it!). All are to the left of their counterparts in US spectrum (as is most of the world).

* We are a collection of losers from the world entire, dating back to he French Indian War, yet we've won every war we've entered in.

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Canada eh?

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Canada eh?

Hell no, not without pogey!

0 votes

Yer Darn tootin!

22 votes

You may be on to something.

18 votes

Lessee what the other side thinks.

4 votes

I'll appoint a Royal Commission to look into the question.

17 votes

Pie/Beavertail

11 votes

G 20 Summit and Rioting Reminiscences

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Sunday June 27, 2010 · 3:42 PM PDT

2010/06/27 · 15:42

Red Bandana around the neck - check
T shirt with heartfelt sentiments of a locally unpopular nature - check
Surrounded by young people of similar sentiments - check
Feeling ready for anything - check
Toronto bound. Where the G 20 is meeting and where thousands of others were converging this weekend to march and shout and make a stand.

Something different this time.

I was going to a soccer game.

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Friday April 16, 2010 · 11:12 AM PDT

2010/04/16 · 11:12

Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words "I have a cunning plan" marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
Baldrick: They certainly are, sir!
Blackadder: Well, forgive me if I don't do a cartwheel of joy. Your record in this department is hardly 100%. So what is it?
Baldrick: We do nothing.
Blackadder: Yup. It's another world-beater!
Baldrick: No, wait. We do nothing... until our heads have actually been cut off.
Blackadder: And then we... spring into action?
Baldrick: Exactly! You know how when you cut a chicken's head off, it runs round and round the farmyard and then out the gate?
Blackadder: [haltingly] Yyyyyyyeah...?
Baldrick: Well, we wait until our heads have been cut off, then we run round and round, out the gate, and escape! What do you think?
Blackadder: My opinions are rather difficult to express in words, Baldrick. So perhaps I can put it this way... [tweaks Baldrick's nose]

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Wednesday February 17, 2010 · 5:53 PM PST

2010/02/17 · 17:53

I was up all night, socializing
Trying to keep the latent depression from crystalizing
Now the sun is lurking just behind the Scarborough horizon

And you're not even here
On the coldest night of the year.
- Bruce Cockburn

When I was young, before the Earth cooled, our little suburb of a great Canadian city did not have enough of a budget for full snow clearance...

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Olympic Hockey Pool

7 votes Vote Now!

Olympic Hockey Pool

Canadians win gold

7 votes

Humbly submitted in the spirit of brotherhood and empathy for Richard Cheney

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Wednesday January 06, 2010 · 5:13 PM PST

2010/01/06 · 17:13

Words meant as true consolation for Dick.

Peccantem me quotidie, et non poenitentem,
timor mortis conturbat me.
Quia in inferno nulla est redemptio, miserere mei,
Deus, et salva me.

"Sinning daily, and not repenting, the fear of death disturbs me. Because there is no redemption in hell, have mercy on me, O God, and save me."

---Medieval Hymn

"No matter what you're gonna do you gonna die, just like everybody else!"

---Rose Castorini
-Moonstruck

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Saturday December 05, 2009 · 6:17 AM PST

2009/12/05 · 06:17

I got a call from a friend with bad news.

My first reaction was horror. My second was panicked self interest.

"He wasn't... anglo... was he?"

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Friday August 14, 2009 · 3:23 PM PDT

2009/08/14 · 15:23

Disclaimer: This Foreign Outsourced Version of Cheers and Jeers has no connection, collusion, incorporation or common affection for the genuine literary creature of the same title as produced by the esteemed M. Inportlandmaine on a quasi-daily basis.

If you should happen upon this wretched yet oddly attractive scribe (doubtless lurking around the free Cuba Libre samples at some swank function in hoity toity Pittsburgh), please inform him that the Kiddy Pool did open for business, that he is missed, and that he owes me $10.00 (Canadian)

That said - welcome to this Kanuckistani/West Coast Friendly/Socialised for your Convenience, Cheers and Jeers.

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Wednesday July 15, 2009 · 3:42 PM PDT

2009/07/15 · 15:42

Retitled and crossposted from Street Prophets

In 1866, in what would later be a sweet potato field that my wife would wander through as a child, Philip Kim, his wife Maria Pak, Philip Jung, Thomas Kim and possibly others were put to death with extreme pain for the crime of being Catholic.

This action was, as most religious wars and most religious persecution, more economic and political than sectarian in source and nature. Korea was still "The Hermit Kingdom" and these poor brave and faithful people suffered because the military governor of the area wanted to send a message to the French and the Americans.

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Tuesday June 30, 2009 · 7:06 PM PDT

2009/06/30 · 19:06

Growing up Canadian in the shadow of the USA, is a little bit like growing up a pre-teen with an older sibling in their teens - you hear things, and you think you can relate, but you have no idea,

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What typical Canadian gift should I bring my In Laws?

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What typical Canadian gift should I bring my In Laws?

Hudson's Bay Blanket

35 votes

Maple Syrup

72 votes

Ginseng

4 votes

Ice Wine

41 votes

Armando

5 votes

Pie

15 votes

WYFP - Man in the Mirror Edition

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Saturday June 27, 2009 · 4:02 PM PDT

2009/06/27 · 16:02

WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here. Won't you please share the joy of WYFP by recommending?

Please join me tonight as we get in touch with our inner Travis Bickles.

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You talkin' to me?

87 votes Vote Now!

You talkin' to me?

1 vote

You talkin' to me?

1 vote

Then who the hell else are you talking...

2 votes

You talkin' to me?

5 votes

Well I'm the only one here.

12 votes

Who the f*ck do you think you're talking to?

16 votes

Oh yeah? OK.

11 votes

Armando

21 votes

Pie

18 votes

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