I haven't posted in this thing for a hella long time. Just go here: London blog. I actually post there.

This is the very same survey-dealy I did last year, when I stole it from James blog (tuningout ) to kill time at work on Christmas Eve. I need to kill time today (New Year's Eve), as we're waiting for Amanda...

Italicized text is from last year...

1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before? Went to London! Moved out. Worked at a racetrack. Lived ( Read more... )

The CBC tv show has chosen Tommy Douglas as the Greatest Canadian. I'm not going to argue that; it's subjective, after all. I would have picked Lester Pearson; at least he made the list. The ones I take issue with are Don Cherry--what exactly has he done of any importance?--and Wayne Gretzky, who is a wanker, and if he really was a great Canadian-- ( Read more... )

Stolen from Fark, but funny none the less...

Fallujah Video has congressman calling for reporter ban
CAPITOL HILL The videotaped shooting of a Fallujah combatant by a U-S Marine has evoked strong emotions in the Arab world and on Capitol Hill.

Texas Democrat Sylvestre Reyes says it's time to rethink the presence of embedded reporters in combat ( Read more... )

this is an exact copy/paste from my other blog... b/c I'm that lazy...

My sister and her boyfriend, Brandon, got engaged over the weekend. I found out from an email from Tony, with the subject line: Hell has frozen over.

Nice.

Here's the ring:


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The Globe and Mail online has a reader submitted joke/pun feature in the bottom right of their page called Morning Smile.

Today, there's this:

Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq?

A. George W. Bush knew how to get out of the Vietnam War.

Somebody tell me how to do an absentee ballot! The green party needs my vote!

From this week's Dan Savage column... well worth the read. Especially for Canadians.

...I know your liberal heart means well, Dan, but the response you gave to SAUDI typifies much that is wrong with Western attitudes toward the Middle East.

While SAUDI is partially to blame for having the poor judgment to ask you about sexual ethics, your ( Read more... )

“Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts.”

This comment by former New York senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was raised this week after a U.S. presidential debate rife with half-truths and distortions.

Taken from the Globe and Mail online.I like that alot, and it has nothing to do with me living in London, so it's ( Read more... )

I haven't posted much here, because I've moved to here: nicolelondon.blogspot.com

-Nicole