"Murder" or a "Lamentable Side Effect"

In a world with George W. thank god for Jon Stewart. Just saw a video of him skewering the hypocrisy of vetoing stem cell research because "every being counts" but estimating that the loss of life among Iraqis is "about 30,000 or thereabouts."

You can see it yourself here.

Canadian paper-clip blogger travels to Kipling, Sask., to seal house trade

A Canadian blogger who ambitiously aimed to swap a paper clip for a house arrived in Kipling, Sask., on Wednesday to complete the trade. Read more from CBC.

I actually sent this guy an email ( because I was bored, and because I believe in rewarding such a simple, yet brilliant initiative) and my god he actually responded! Okay, nothing huge, but I'm still impressed. Gosh, it says a lot about us Canucks, eh? Here's the message:

----- Original Message -----
From: kyle macdonald
To: Lise Conde
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: congrats!

thanks!

have fun,

kyle

Kyle MacDonald oneredpaperclip@gmail.com

On 7/8/06, Lise Conde <liseconde@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Just read an article about you on cbc online. Awesome story! Brilliant idea! Have fun in Kipling next week!

Lise

From paper clip to house, in 14 trades

"There's people all over the world that are saying that they have paper clips clipped to the top of their computer or on their desk or on their shirt and it proves that anything is possible and I think to a certain degree it's true."

...click here for more from CBC

And he's going to paint the house red! Check out the whole history at Kyle MacDonald's website, one red paperclip.

Bonne Fete du Canada!

Happy Canada Day - from the Newmarket Farmers' Market. I went there, then the Markham Farmers' Market (twice) ate my favourite Mediterreanean Lasagne from Boston Pizza in the backyard for lunch, had a long nap, cuddled with the dog, updated my iPod.... Not bad for such a great holiday. My favourite holiday really...no pressure involved.

Ciao and welcome to July.