I’m so busy here keeping my head down and trying to get this book finished that I’ve avoided blogging for weeks. There are lots of things I’ve been dying to write about, including healthcare, the border, the end of the semester, and the graduation of some of my favourite students here at UVM. After reading [...]
Obama and Spidey
Barack Obama will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Spider-Man, on sale on January 14th. Today’s Guardian has a preview: The five-page story takes place in Washington DC on inauguration day, when one of Spidey’s oldest enemies, the Chameleon, attempts to stop Obama’s swearing-in ceremony. Fortunately, Peter Parker is covering the event as a [...]
The Daily Show takes on the Canadian parliamentary crisis
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The debate(s)
I had a great time last night watching the Canadian leaders debate and twittering about it in real time. Connected to a few other people twittering about it, and got a few reactions to my posts from some of my Facebook friends. It was interesting, too, to discover that CBC was monitoring Twitter and reported [...]
The debate I’ll be watching tonight
I’ll be watching the Canadian leaders debate tonight, after watching the two-hour French debate last night (imagine if leaders in the US had to debate in Spanish as well as English…). I’m sure, thought, I’ll be tempted at many points to watch the vice-presidential debate, which will probably be more riveting and potentially surprising than [...]
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Did you miss Friday’s Presidential Debate?
This one-minute summary from 236.com is interesting to watch. If one were to create a word cloud out of what was said on Friday, the words foregrounded in these clips would be some of the key words that were repeated over and over.
New (and Improved) Canada
Speaking of how little some Americans know about Canada, the Wall Street Journal got our country’s name wrong TWICE in August. One article referred to it as “New Canada” while the other referred to the “Commonwealth of Canada.” I truly wish that I could say that this surprises me. As Homer Simpson once responded when [...]
Canadian immigration on the Daily Show
The Edmonton Oilers’ own Raffi Torres makes a hilarious cameo on The Daily Show in a feature about the growing numbers of Mexicans immigrating to Canada. Contrary to the opinions of the intolerant bigot they interview as part of this segment, Canada is very happy to welcome Mexicans and any other immigrants who would like [...]
Hockey Night in Canada RADIO!
As part of our aim to make our office’s Trans-Canada lounge a site where students, staff, and visitors can come to access all forms of Canadian culture, we’ve had Sirius satellite radio running in our office for the last 16 months. Sirius broadcasts about six different Canadian stations, including CBC Radio One, CBC Radio3, two [...]