Changes
There are grand changes going on at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Ordinary Times, including a new name. As part of these changes, the nature of The 49th, and all the other sub-blogs is changing. No longer will it be… Continue Reading
Bric-a-Brac
Canadian Content – BTK
For some reason, I occasionally get BTK stuck in my head, so I’m going to share it with all of you. Here’s Superchile: And here’s Peppyrock:
Canadian Content
Though I’m not the biggest fan of grand dispalys of patriotism or nationalism, I am, generally, a fan of the Olympics. Sure, there’s lots wrong with them, but I see a lot of value in shared cultural experiences, and the… Continue Reading
Travelling to the 49th
The other day, our Blinded Trials doc, Russell Saunders, wondered what search terms might start bringing people to this little blog. There’s not much of note (though Hey! Rosetta seems to be popular) except maybe for this: i do not say this… Continue Reading
“Kill me now, Jesus, I can’t go on”
I am, unashamedly, stealing Warren Kinsella’s recent post in its entirety (including the title): Just at West 49. Buying gear for the kids. Guy at cash sees my Replacements tee. “Hey, man, that was a great movie,” says he. “What?”… Continue Reading
Meta (dis)agreement
Over at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, Nick Rowe writes: If Paul Krugman had written something I totally disagreed with I would have been much more likely to have written a post saying why I thought he was wrong. I have done… Continue Reading
Michelle Obama is white?
This morning on CTV, I heard some jibber-jabber* that Michelle Obama might have a white ancestor. The dialogue went on for many a minute as the talking heads discussed the significance of this and how it might help heal social… Continue Reading
Friday Jukebox
This seems like an appropriate video for a Friday:
“Fortunately, none of us were members of the Communist Party or the Ku Klux Klan.”
Charles Lewis, writing in National Post, on his run-in with the Secret Service: I happily told the agent all about Seth, and what an idiot he was, and how he once got his younger brother to jump out of a… Continue Reading
New Lungs!
Friday brought great news. Hélène Campbell (whom I wrote about in January) received a double lung transplant. She had been waiting for such a transplant for months and, recently, it had been reported that before the surgery, her lungs were functioning… Continue Reading