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I'm getting close to flicking the switch to "serious" with Thesaurus Canada treasure hunt book.
 
 

There is a dedicated website being constructed here.


 
 

There are three encouraging factors:
 
1. There is currently a nationalist, perhaps inward-looking mood in the nation.
2. Canada has "gold" coins that are just the right value and size.
3. The maritimes is dicey for getting designers. But if we


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Food and Drink


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Canadian drinks and sweets


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What would it be like if Trips and Treats went to Ethiopia?


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Language and Culture


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 

A little bit about U.S.A. vs. Canada difference. I've never heard that before.


 
 
 
 

elbows up


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How should I spell aluminum?
 
 

The North American standard is to spell it as aluminum. So that's how I spell it.
 
 

British people say aluminium, as do Australians. Europeans say that or something similar, the extra i.

Canadians bend toward the British way of spelling. I bend even farther than that - a story for another day.

But I won't spell it as aluminium. That's too needlessly weird, even for me.
 
 

Why do people spell it as aluminium? Chemical elements include chromium, sodium, titanium, calcium, cadmium and, well, aluminium.

So there is a logic to it. Huh. But I will still spell it as aluminum.
 
 

We're not quite done here. Who are Canadians? Canada includes Francophone Quebec, and they pronounce it as aluminium.

Hmm ..

(I think there was some confusion here).


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

So what's the story with Saint Pierre and Miquelon?
 

tourism / Français

An informative reddit conversation.

W5 program


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Music, Film, and Television


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

St. Pierre

A cops and criminals show, Canadian I guess, set in the French territory.
 
 

King Tide

Movie review from Red Letter Media.

I watched an hour of it. Ehh. It's for someone. I was sitting next to a lady who grew up in Newfoundland, but I don't want to corrupt what she said.

(Planning to get back to her.)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

So what was the best part of Star Wars, musically? It's the sad, unsettling bit with dead jawas by the sandcrawler, then the worry about aunt and uncle - don't forget the landspeeder sound - then the tragedy of the dead aunt and uncle, followed by a change in direction and a grim resolve, followed by a grand bit. Shorter than it sounds.
 
 
 
 


 
 

This ends with a (crescendo? flourish? fanfare?) grand bit, switching to the outside then the inside of The Death Star.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Military


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Intelligence


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

History


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What Alexander Graham Bell Did When He Put Down the Phone?
 

That Scottish fellow should work on his English.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Canada's link to the man who burned the White House
 

People on the Internet like to point out that Canadians burned down the white house. Well,

A) It was quite some time ago B) It was British, not Canadians and C) I'm not sure burning down your neighbour's house is something to be proud of.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Let's add some final material for Your Trump Era Film, then pull the plug. Again.
 
 
 
 

A lot happened. Do you remember Rudy Giuliani in the Borat movie?


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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