Actually 2 things. 1. My son Alex is 8 going on 15. We had a great discussion about Santa Claus. He asked a fairly straight forward question;"How does Santa get all of those presents to everybody in 1 night?"At first I was caught speechless (yes, even me without a pithy comeback). What do you say? Employing the Socratic method I hit him with;"Well, how do *you* think he does it?"And from there ...
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Tomorrow is Canada Day, and we will be 142 years old. Yay Canada!!!Why are we special? Well, lessee:1. we tell great jokes at our own expense(but you have to be Canadian to get away with it)2. we don't care who governs the country3. we like our accents4. we have Red Green (see second video below)5. we have Newfoundland6. our beer is 5% alcohol7. we say "eh" a lot8. our Mounties really don't dre...
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I thought today would never come. *Today is National Talk Like A Pirate Day.*Coincidently it is also my wife's Birthday (Happy B-day kid)So in the spirit of the day comment with your jokes and favorite pirate-isms and celebrate a hard life on the sea. Pirates are very near and dear to my heart. Having actually sailed on a government vessel that flew the Jolly Roger for 5 days I feel uniquely qu...
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Arrrr! Yarr! and Ahoy! me mateys.As it be the International Talk Like a Pirate Day, I invite ye all to pillage yerself a bottle o' rum and raise it and sing along with this old pirate shanty.I used to be a farmer, and I made a living fine, I had a little stretch of land along the CP line But times were hard and though I tried, the money wasn't there And bankers came and took my land and told me...
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