Happy Independence Day, everyone!
And remember, kids: if your fireworks vendor has all their fingers, it means their wares are BO-RING. Fly-by-night fireworks stands run by sketchy-looking Florida drifters are your best 4th of July entertainment value!
Happy Canada Day, everyone!
In honour of this day, and as a Canadian now living in the United States, here’s the most appropriate tribute I can find: Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynolds’ video, in which he explains Canada to its neighbour to the south. Here’s the video…
…and here’s the story behind the video, courtesy of the Stratford Beacon-Herald.
I’ll close with this classic video by Tom Brokaw about Canada, which was broadcast just before the 2010 Olympic Games’ opening ceremonies in Vancouver, Canada on February 12, 2010: