Pic o’ the Day: Montreal Dairy Cows

Okay, so this isn’t going to be the most SEO-pimped-out post I’ve ever made. Still, it’s an amazing pic and everyone should see it and hear the backstory from WalkingTurcotYards, backstory which is both poignant and amazing:

Between Two Windows

Quiz: what colour hair should you have?

Yes, oh anonymous internet quiz, I shall obey. Just as soon as I have the $155 I owe the last GOOD hairdresser to touch my head, plus another $155 to fix the sandy blonde-brown mess the last one made. Sigh.


Your Hair Should Be Red


You are a passionate person… both in love and in life.

You have many causes that are important to you. You can be very intense.

You are very fiery. You speak up, and you don’t mince words.

You also have a very flamboyant personality. You love to show off.

You are both eccentric and expressive. You like to share your unique point of view.

You can become quite impassioned. So impassioned that you can seem a little overbearing.

Operation Global Media Domination: the reason for celebration!

2,000,077 hits

ZOMG! I’m a double millionaire!

Olympic Disappointment

With posters like this:

Olympic poster 1912

I think I can hardly be blamed for getting my hopes up. Naturally (inevitably) I was disappointed when, once again, the tentacled shot put failed to make it as even a mere exhibition sport.

I’d show him where to put it, that’s for sure!

Empire, or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire, by Howard Zinn

Passed along from NagOnTheLake by Metro, here is a thoughtful autobiographical essay by Howard Zinn, a former soldier and current thought leader (what we used to call philosopher, before we decided that old words were old-fashioned).