Saturday, December 11, 2004
Anyone Still Out There?
Vacations are good, they're important, especially when they aren't really vacations. Gone are the days when I could cavalierly coast through my afternoons at work by writing an entry (or on one memorable day, two) now I'm swamped every day.
What's been going on? Well, I turned another year older, I took a trip to San Diego, and I worked and played in semi-even amounts. San Diego is great, we should all try to live there. It's not that I don't love Canada, I do a whole lot, but to wake up everyday to clear blue skies and warm sunshine doesn't suck in the slightest. Oh, and there's a beautiful ocean to look at, did I mention that part?
The other interesting thing that occupied some of my time was the Greatest Canadian on CBC. Did you watch this at all? Tommy Douglas ended up being the greatest Canadian, which is a damn sight better than if it had been Don Cherry. The top ten was okay, but the top fifty was embarassing. I need someone to explain to me how Avril Lavigne is the greatest anything. Ditto for Pamela Anderson Lee.
These two made it on the list, but not the Canadian responsible for crafting the UN's universal declaration of human rights (John Humphrey). That's kind of important. I don't even know how these women made it onto the same list as Steven Lewis. I guess "greatness" is relative. The top ten, in order, are as follows:
Tommy Douglas
2
Terry Fox
3
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
4
Sir Frederick Banting
5
David Suzuki
6
Lester B. Pearson
7
Don Cherry
8
Sir John A. Macdonald
9
Alexander Graham Bell
10
Wayne Gretzky
That list strikes me as fairly representative. Obviously there are people who didn't make the top ten who are very important people who did amazing things. But this list is what happens when everyone is allowed a vote of their own. Any Canadian could be nominated for a spot on the greatest Canadian list, and anyone with a computer or access to the internet could vote. There were those who had everyone they had ever met vote for them (the guy who started the Kinsman). I have to say, though, Don Cherry really, really shouldn't have made the list. He so isn't the greatest Canadian. Greatest boob maybe, but not Canadian.
All right troops, that's it for now. It feels good to be writing to y'all once more.
Vacations are good, they're important, especially when they aren't really vacations. Gone are the days when I could cavalierly coast through my afternoons at work by writing an entry (or on one memorable day, two) now I'm swamped every day.
What's been going on? Well, I turned another year older, I took a trip to San Diego, and I worked and played in semi-even amounts. San Diego is great, we should all try to live there. It's not that I don't love Canada, I do a whole lot, but to wake up everyday to clear blue skies and warm sunshine doesn't suck in the slightest. Oh, and there's a beautiful ocean to look at, did I mention that part?
The other interesting thing that occupied some of my time was the Greatest Canadian on CBC. Did you watch this at all? Tommy Douglas ended up being the greatest Canadian, which is a damn sight better than if it had been Don Cherry. The top ten was okay, but the top fifty was embarassing. I need someone to explain to me how Avril Lavigne is the greatest anything. Ditto for Pamela Anderson Lee.
These two made it on the list, but not the Canadian responsible for crafting the UN's universal declaration of human rights (John Humphrey). That's kind of important. I don't even know how these women made it onto the same list as Steven Lewis. I guess "greatness" is relative. The top ten, in order, are as follows:
Tommy Douglas
2
Terry Fox
3
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
4
Sir Frederick Banting
5
David Suzuki
6
Lester B. Pearson
7
Don Cherry
8
Sir John A. Macdonald
9
Alexander Graham Bell
10
Wayne Gretzky
That list strikes me as fairly representative. Obviously there are people who didn't make the top ten who are very important people who did amazing things. But this list is what happens when everyone is allowed a vote of their own. Any Canadian could be nominated for a spot on the greatest Canadian list, and anyone with a computer or access to the internet could vote. There were those who had everyone they had ever met vote for them (the guy who started the Kinsman). I have to say, though, Don Cherry really, really shouldn't have made the list. He so isn't the greatest Canadian. Greatest boob maybe, but not Canadian.
All right troops, that's it for now. It feels good to be writing to y'all once more.
