Help Me!

Hello one faithful reader,

When I began to think about starting a blog, I wondered what I would possibly write about. People seem fairly concerned these days that their blogs be about something. There's the travel blog (probably the most common among my friends); the special interest blog; the look-at-me-I-have-a-family-and-house-and-too-much-time-on-my-hands-so-I'll-photo-blog-my-baby's-first-twenty-years blog...you get the picture (funny right? picture? photo-blog?). Well, clearly mine is not about anything, which is also fairly common. We're the Seinfeld's of the blogging world. Hopefully we don't come to such a disastrous end.

Anywho, as I was saying, in thinking about what to write before SaRtO:aB existed, I made a bullet point list of potential topics. And wouldn't you know it, I haven't actually written about any of them.

This is where I reach out to you, faithful reader, and ask for your guidance. (Maybe I'll even learn that there are more of you out there!) From the list below, please vote for your favourite bullet point. After one week, I will blog about the bullet point with the most votes (or more probably, the bullet point with a vote).

• Leaves on trees story
  
• Things I want to know about
• FB-pics of illicit activity
• Sentimentality
• Wallet Story
• Girlfriend vs. partner (note: I just mis-typed "partner", and instead wrote "panther" - this is a much better word than either girlfriend or partner)
• Air guitar acceptability...why?
• Hallway etiquette

Alright, that's the list. Voting ends at 1500h EDT September 23, 2010. Unless I get bored in which case it ends earlier.

Seacreast out.

Canada: not afraid...anymore

While it is now too late to listen to CBC's This is That (the last show of the summer was this morning), I would like to encourage people to visit their website, and listen religiously if it gets renewed (hopefully!)

I wish I had been listening with a pen and piece of paper, because I don't remember many of the things that had me laughing out loud. Luckily, you can stream past episodes online. The show is made up of about 4 fake news stories per week, with one liners and shorts peppered throughout.

Some of the memorable quotes/stories I recall:

(With the sound of a hand saw in the background) Next week: why adult beavers make such good pets
Canada: 9 out of 10
Canada: you're standing on it
China gets rid of Saturday and adds a second Wednesday

A billionaire has decided to buy the eastern shore (so you can see the sun set) of Hudson's Bay to build a family fun zone since global warming will ensure it's tropical up there soon, maybe even by next year. He doesn't think "Hudson's Bay" evokes family fun zone, so he's going to change the name to Pleasant Park.

Calgary's aquarium has run out of money to keep it going, so it will have to close by the end of the summer. But, to thank everyone who has supported the aquarium through the years, they're going to be holding a big seafood bbq - come one, come all!

This is the opening to This is That:

Canada: North America's third largest nation
Canada: home of Toronto
Canada: member of the internet
Canada: skies and lakes and skies
Canada: the world's richest people
Let's peer into the heart of this great nation: who it is; where it is; where it's going; and how it's getting there; and who's involved; and what's at stake...Canada

Another great aspect of the show is the feedback from the public. Some people don't get that it's a joke...their comments could probably be a show in itself.

This is That was on Saturdays at 1030 and Tuesdays at 1930 (so actually, it's NOT too late!)