It is with great pleasure that I welcome Will Wilkinson into the bosom of my ilk. The passage of Bill C-37 has vested Wilkinson with Canadian citizenship due to his Saskatchewan born father. Will now has the God given right to wear a toque, make unfounded claims about his expertise in regards to maple syrup, back bacon, and hockey, and ridicule American beer.
Congratulations, Will! Perhaps we could get together with David Frum for some kind of initiation party that involves a viewing of Strange Brew. Beauty, eh. Don’t be hatin’, ya hosers.
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Borat: “I do a picture, only small, of the Tishnik Masacre. Where many Uzbeks…crushed!”
Kindly Gray Hippie: “How did you feel when you drew this?”
Borat: “Very proud!”.
KGH: “I’m just listening with sadness…a little sadness for your people…?”
Borat: “Yes…no, it is not sad. It is us who do the kill!”
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Thanks, Scott. At this very moment I am wearing a toque, stuffing my face with maple syrup-covered back bacon, while watching the Canucks from the comfort of my chesterfield.
But, seriously, I bought a John A. MacDonald action figure today. Seriously.
Will,
Does the MacDonald action figure have a button you hit that makes him drink copious amounts of liquor then pass out after losing oodles of money in card games?
In fairness to the man, given the extraordinarily tragic nature of his life, I probably too would have drunk myself into stupor were I in his shoes. But he managed to pull not only that off (the falling down drunk part) but Confederation simultaneously.
congrats on becoming Camerican.
Sir John A is a fine Canadian icon. I myself have always been fond of William Lyon MacKeznzie, Canada’s original rabble-rousing journalist.
PS – if you’re still in Ottawa and have no concerns about shaving a year off your life, I recommend a late night trek to the Elgin Street Diner for a helping of the four cheese poutine. It’s a thing to behold.
That’s funny. My wife and I were talking about how much we’d like to move to Vancouver last night. I’m jealous.
Vancouver is a stunning city, when it’s not raining. Even when it is raining, though, by which I mean 3/4′s of the time, it’s a fantastic place to live. I don’t miss it having grown up there and right now I love Calgary because we’ve hit that point in the year where it’s all sun and blue skies, no rain, and Calgary is starting to grown into the possibility of being a large Canadian city and is taking many of its cues from Vancouver.
I’ve just been invited to participate as a community rep in the City’s “Community Footprint Action Workshop” and am going to bring up the growth trajectory of the city and modeling plans on a new urbanist philosophy with an emphasis on the kind of walkability that you’ve noted about Vancouver, Erik.
Okaaaay, so that’s your Saturday ramble from me, I’m going to go catch the rays whilst they last.
Nathan O., if you happen to read this, would you drop some of your thoughts about new urbanism and issues on which to focus for growing cities in the comments that I might be able to crib for this workshop next weekend?
Scott read this piece by Plumb Lines contributor David Schaengold.
I myself have always been fond of William Lyon MacKeznzie, Canada’s original rabble-rousing journalist.
Yep, me too.
Welcome to the nation, Will!
I’ve just been invited to participate as a community rep in the City’s “Community Footprint Action Workshop” and am going to bring up the growth trajectory of the city and modeling plans on a new urbanist philosophy with an emphasis on the kind of walkability that you’ve noted about Vancouver, Erik.
Good for you, Scott. Vancouver’s a great model for how a city should be, and if any city could use some reforms in that direction it’s Calgary.
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