Anyone who has indulged in the practice of bringing back sand and sea water from that idyllic winter vacation spot and made the mistake of opening that bottle of water has discovered that our oceans are alive. Arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin pales beside the thousands of microscopic creatures that live in even a drop of water from our oceans. What seems even more counter-intuitive is the fact that water under our arctic ice pack is even more productive than that beautiful clear blue water we see at the equator. Although we keep hearing about how many species are becoming extinct in our rain forests before they are even discovered; we are now learning that our oceans are home to creatures in an order of magnitude thousands greater than those known on land.
An undercover police officer had his vehicle stolen in Hamilton this week; along with his hand cuffs, bullet-proof vest, his baton, his ammunition, his revolver. No word on what he was doing while the carjackers were busy but nevertheless he has some splaining to do.
As anyone with access to Google Earth can now discover the US Navy built a barracks in San Diego in the shape of a swastika—proving the old nug, nug, wink, wink joke about military intelligence. Discovering that one “L” shaped wing worked well they decided to add three more but apparently no one bothered to draw a site plan.
On Nov. 10 Neo-Nazis have applied to march in protest of the war in Iraq through the Prague Jewish Quarter. That date just happens to be the anniversary of Kristallnacht. In the newly democratic Czech Republic they have that right but is it possible they have more provocative motives? Do we have the right to pervert democracy in this manner? We’re talking the equivalent of an Orange March through a Catholic neighbourhood.
It would seem it’s been some time since I drove west along the 401 to Kitchener Ontario. That route is now six lanes all the way to highway 8. Mind you, to prove that we build highways at least a decade after they are needed yesterday morning the east-bound traffic was bumper to bumper most of the way.
The iconic Mime Marcel Marceau died in Paris at age 84. I fear I had no idea he had still been alive. Artist Ken Danby has joined the likes of Tom Thomson by dying while canoeing in Algonquin Park. It would seem he succumbed to a heart attack at age 67. For those who revel in ultra realist painting the value of his art works just increased at least ten-fold.
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