In true Canadian hockey style, the women's hockey team sat on the ice with their gold medals and got drunk. So now, the IOC is looking into taking away their medals for inappropriate conduct or some such nonsense. But Bode Miller is fine when he admits he does a lot, if not most of his runs while drunk.
I don't even know.

Wait wait....
So Canadian athletes are making public apologies for not getting on the podium? For not winning?
That is so fucked.

Oh Supernatural. Episode 10 broke my heart. At least Jo and Ellen had closure for their storyline and didn't just vanish, never to be heard from again. I will miss them though.

 Here's what I don't get. In Canada, you break your leg. You go to the Doctor, get it fixed and go on your way, not worrying about it again. In America, you break your leg, and lose your house trying to pay your medical bills. 
Hey capitalism, public healthcare is pretty awesome.

Women’s bodies are valued as ornaments. Men’s bodies are valued as instruments. -- Gloria Steinem
Author and advocate of women’s rights.

A while ago, Stephen Harper said that he was going to cut arts funding, because the art's don't effect "ordinary people." This pissed me off, but I couldn't really figure out how to say why. Then, doing homework and cruising globeandmail.com I came across an essay written by Margaret Atwood (Canadian author and all around awesome lady) and I think ( Read more... )

So I was watching the opening march or whatever of the Olympics, and when the president of China went to speak, I noticed something...
Lining the red carpet type deal were women in fancy white dresses.
Women as decorations.
Oi Vey.