* Some think that events occur by the laws of probablility and randomness. Others think there is meaning to the apparent randomness. I fall into the latter group.
* I've worked so hard to eliminate the voice that says, "I want" that I don't know what (or if) I truly want anymore. It's not such a bad place, this not-wanting.
* I can fan out my toes. This makes spouse shrink in horror.
* I asked a student if she liked chocolate mousse. She replied, "No, that's disgusting." I asked, "Why, don't you like chocolate?" She said, "Well, yes, but I really don't like moose." (Which they do indeed eat up here.)
* You get a tax credit here if you purchase a hybrid vehicle. I wouldn't count on Bush implementing such a policy.
* For those who constantly sing the virtues of Capitalism and disparage Socialism, I would suggest that a happy medium is possible. Quebecers are the most highly taxed citizens in North America. But. Day care is $7 a day. Maternity leave is paid by the government for one year and can be divided between the parents. And of course everyone is medically insured.
* In America, 20 cents of every dollar spent on anything goes to medical care. (I find this statistic heartbreaking.)
* The other day, Rox announced her pleasure at having never been afflicted with mycoxafloppin. Likewise, I'm glad I've never had a bout of mysnatchisitchin nor myboxisdrippin.
22 comments:
I'm not holding my breath here in the states for the hybrid tax credit - at least not until the bushbots get their hands on the profit from the technology. Likewise we will continue to be gouged by the medical industry here. NO one in power is going to kill their goose that lays a golden egg for them.
I love the chuckles from the mousse and the my...in snippets. They have brightened my Friday.
We already have the tax credit for hybrids in the States and have for a couple of years. It's in the slow phasing out stage though so people need to take advantage of it now.
Seriously? Is moose a common Quebec food? I don't think I've ever seen moose offered up here in Southern Ontario, although I'm sure you could get it if you went to specialty butchers that serve game. But as a thing that people would actually know, that totally facinates me...
Anyway, the chocolate moose reminds me of a swedish chef thing that John always quotes "First you take the moosey..." (as he struggles to get a muppet moose into a bowl or something...
I eat a lot of Venison here in Indiana. Deer hunting is big. My brother-in-law processes deer and the family gets all the meat not claimed by the hunters. It is surprising how many hunters bring deer in to be processed and never return to pick it up. It is delicous and less fat than beef. I'm sure Moose would be good too. I've had Elk and it is even better than Deer.
OMG I miss the Swedish Chef.
Moose can dry out very easily. This can be prevented by co-roasting it with pork.
I can fan out my toes too....I can also pick things up with them. It does gross people out, so I try to only do it in private!
The chocolate mousse snipped made me laugh
I can't fan my toes, but I can pick up a lot of things with them. And the US medical costs are the main reason that I'll never live there.
And I'm pleased to have never been afflicted with mycoxafloppin, mysnatchisitchin, or myboxisdrippin. Although involuntary celibacy has reared it's ugly head occasionally...
Sadly, as I age, I seem to be developing a horrible case of myassissaggin.
I'll have to pass on moose. I heard it's tough and 'gamey'
Someone, I think yogis see wide set toes as a sign of spiritual advancement.
I never worry about those other conditions, but myboxisdroppin is a drag.
I adore the Swedish Chef.
The medical situation in the states is immoral. I wish all those %^&*^&&* who are all knotted up in denying their own homosexual impulses would wake up and see that instead.
That is all.
I would estimate that at least half the freezers in this city contain moose meat. Elk is better than either deer or moose for gaminess.
I can fan out my toes and pick things up with them. I can also raise my foot above my head ... just saying.
We have a new $2000. tax deduction for hybrid vehicles here.
That US healthcare statistic floors me ... and yet so many uninsured!
The United States should feel great shame in the ways that we treat our fellow citizens, especially in imagining that health care is not a basic human right.
I imagine that one could do some create things with mole and moose meat -- This would be a type of chocolate moose...
I love a good 'Fact Burst' it is the most interesting way to absorb information without getting caught in the messy, in-between dribble.
Intersting post, infact I quite enjoyed it...hugs xoxox
PMSL @ ailments!
i love your snippets!
Actually there is a tax credit for buyiong a hybrid. However, it decreases every year from it's inception 3 years ago so it will hardly be worth it in a couple years
As I age, I'm getting chesticlesadroopin' (aka moobs). Hopefully, a bit o' diet & exercise will address.
I have prehensile toes and my bf considers me a evolutionary throw back.
When I lived in La Belle Province, we got a tax credit for paying rent. That was pretty sweet.
As for our non-Canadian brothers and sister, I can personally attest that we (in Western Canada) not only eat moose, but also bear, beaver, buffalo, deer, wild duck, and things off a bovine that Oscar Mayer would shudder at putting into a weiner.
a year's maternity leave and $7 daycare. uhmmm can i get an application for that apartment of yours?
as a video request, i'd like to see the fanning toes and the horrified spouse. you know. just because.
You have every right to be proud of your toe fanning ability. Those who can't are just jealous.
Tell me, can candidates for public office in Canada accept funds from foreign citizens and political org.s to run for office?
I bet not.
Corruption in the last days of the American Empire now equals the worst excesses of the old Roman empire.
i heart canada
I'm definitely up for having a drink and seeing that toe thing....we'll see where it goes from there.
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