Anything you lose comes round in another form.

After all these years, there's still something really satisfying about singing off-key at the top of my lungs to Alanis Morissette's You Oughta Know.

From Reuters: Kenyan election protests kill more than 100

From BBC: Kenyan unrest in pictures

From the Nation: Election officials call for ECK probe

Results are in: Kibaki has been re-elected as President of Kenya ( Read more... )

So the federal election was held in Kenya on the 27th. Three days later, the results are still not available. It seems to be an incredibly close race (a google search reveals polls predicting victory on both sides), and the country is growing impatient. The various delays lead me to believe that either a) someone is trying to rig the vote, or b) ( Read more... )

I'm sure you've all heard already, but... Benazir Bhutto assassinated in suicide bomb attack.

Very bad news for Pakistan, and a terrible end to a fascinating life.

Snowgasm!

Norval Morrisseau (Copper Thundebird) died today. I was extremely lucky to catch his exhibition last year at the National Gallery; he was one of my favourite artists and such an important figure in Canadian and First Nations art. His vibrant, powerful images captured the wonder of the spiritual plane, reviving traditional Anishnaabe iconography. I ( Read more... )

It's ma birfday!

If you want to do something nice for me today, and have some extra cash, consider donating money to Canada-Mathare Education Trust. You can donate hereIt's a grey day, and I'm planning on spending a chunk of it in the bath, another making cornbread to go with the chili I made yesterday, and another curled up with a book or three ( Read more... )

While I was packing for this weekend (for cottage fun, canoeing and hiking and maybe swimming if we're very brave), I came across some terrible teenage poetry from about eight years ago in a book at the very back of the closet. I won't subject you to any of it, but needless to say I'm very glad that things have changed since then. I had also ( Read more... )