Skin suits

Sometimes when the beer is flowing a conversation begins and it soon becomes readily apparent that its gone horribly wrong, or occassionally wonderfully right.
And sometimes it’s just damned hard to tell:

“How many people does it take to make a skin suit?”

Most fuel-efficient in Canada

From the Government: Canada’s Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicles for 2005 Announced Today

“When you choose a fuel-efficient vehicle, you reduce fuel costs and the harmful emissions that contribute to climate change,” said Minister Efford. “By making this choice, you’re part of an important nationwide effort to conserve Canada’s energy resources in the One-Tonne Challenge that asks all […]

Adam Smith, Photographer

Yes it’s true, this post contains no cynicism or sarcasm. Quite the opposite: my good friend Adam Smith has finally opened his photography site to the world and it’s definitely worth dropping by to:

Adam Smith - Live Event Photography

He specializes in up-close-and-personal flash-free event photography, thus far largely focused (ha! clever pun) on musicians […]

Two completely disconnected items…

That caught my eye this evening. First, a little snippet from the Prime Minister’s travel itinerary:

Prime Minister Paul Martin will travel to Haiti. The tentative travel itinerary is as follows:
November 14……….Depart Ottawa
November 14……….Arrive Haiti
November 14……….Depart Haiti
November 14……….Arrive Ottawa
The cost for return airfare (departing Ottawa), additional services (telephones and ground transportation) has been estimated at $800.00 […]

Loving to hate

I was just pointed to this site: Traditional Values Coalition, which is essentially the codefication of the moral majority, who truth be told, don’t seem all that moral but evidently, as recent events would suggest, actually are a slight majority.
On this site is the following, a veritable gordian knot of moral rationalization:

“We believe that every […]

Everybody and their dog got search

Two years ago it was moblogs. Last year it was social networks. Six months ago it was photo-sharing. Now it’s global ubiquitous searching.
Dear Internet,
    Whatever.
Love,
Chris

/. lub Canada

Slashdot commenters endorse mass migration to Canada in comments:

O Canada

As always, before attempting to read Slashdot comments set your comment filter to 5. You’ve been warned.

Gov’t of Canada: Breaking news

This just in from the Government of Canada:

Peak Season at the Passport Office is Fast Approaching
Peak Season is fast approaching, and the Passport Office wants to remind Canadians to apply for their passports as far in advance of their travel date as possible.
“The demand for passport services is steadily increasing, and it is especially high […]