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 |
coyote and chickens / play online :-|
From Mexico. Another one of those similar hunt games. Don't bet on the coyote. Best played with a person, a kid.
If you are curious about this type of game, try rimau with its interesting capture rules or cows and leopards with its interesting board.
Kvas is a peculiar drink from eastern Europe. Not everyone is going to like it. I love it. This version from Ontario is better than the other bottled ones.
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).
I might use a bit of both.
Here is how to pronounce Saab Gripen, the fighter plane from Sweden. more
Deprecated means this
So what's the story with Saint Pierre and Miquelon?
An informative reddit conversation.
W5 program
Canada will get as many as twelve new submarines.
You don't have to watch it; you know what it is.
For a more professional signals intelligence perspective, you can listen to Malcolm Nance's ceaseless yapping at "
Trump's 'attitude is going to kill people' | Why Mike Waltz's Signal chat leak threatens US security
". Was Colossus cracked at Bletchley Park?
The daughter of Senator Menendez is MSNBC lady Alicia Menendez. Not her fault, the same way you are not your parents, or at least you're not responsible for the faults of your parents.
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 |
C) I'm not sure burning down your neighbour's house is something to be proud of. |
Whoopi Goldberg's name is Whoopi Goldberg.