Last night we watched both debates with a stock in each. More than one Canadian joked to me about how boring the Canadian leaders’ debate would be, but it wasn’t that simple. We watched Biden-Pallin in real time. Each performed more or less as expected. When Palin couldn’t answer a question–which was often–she dodged. But …
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Washington Mutual and “Too Big to Fail”
I first learned of Washington Mutual when our mortgage in Pittsburgh was sold to them in 2001 or so. We had originally signed with Cendant Mortgage (they had the best deal when we bought in 1999) and I remember some vague talk about the possibility of our mortgage being sold to another company. It didn’t …
OMG it’s back
Apologies for the disappearance. More host troubles. I’ve been unable to access the blog for about 10 days (php redirect loop). Sterneworks is still broken (I have much less understanding of textpattern, alas), but at least we’re live here again. I finally gave up on tech support and just put in the time to fix …
Chat Radioactif Part Deux
Part I is here. Yes, for the second time in our five Canadian years, we have a radioactive cat. Ya-Ya was diagnosed with hyperthyroid this summer, but we couldn’t get him in to the vet before we went to Australia. This would have been ideal for us, as we wouldn’t have had to live cat-free …
Translation Studies 101
So it appears, after consultation with a bilingual Francophone and a French-English dictionary, that there is no French equivalent for the adjective “earnest.” That makes so much sense when you think about it.
Still need Canadian help, but now I can accept it.
First, apologies to those who tried to comment on the last post and couldn’t. I accidentally checked a box that is now unchecked in the control panel, so please, Canadians, I still need your help. How can I, a nonvoter, help prevent a conservative majority? I don’t have a lot to say about the beginning …
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Advice from Canadians Needed
Of course, unofficially, I probably can do something. So it’s time for a civics lesson. Canadian blog readers: other than voting, what can I do to help stop another Conservative minority government (or worse, a majority)?