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Canada is sad.

September 2, 2026 / / 1 Comment

Canadians are using ‘elbows up’ to hit back at US tariffs. Here’s what it means

  • Canadians are using the phrase “Elbows up” to encourage each other to stand up to the United States.
  • The phrase originates from hockey legend Gordie Howe, known for his toughness and use of elbows on the ice.

Canadian Prime Minster Carney is using the hockey phrase, ‘Elbows up’, to strengthen national resolve against the United States.  Canada owns hockey, so they can rally around that.

Pathetic.

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Canada, just stop.

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Dawn patrol

September 2, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Rabbit spotted near the central briar patch.  Sparky is getting much better at looking where I am pointing, rather than just looking at my hand.  The rabbit was pinned down in the brush.  Sparky tried a pincher movement to surround the rabbit, but since he is the only dog, the rabbit just ran away.

Sparky is pretty proud of himself because his strategy almost worked.

I ate a free apple off of the honey crisp tree that I planted 12 years ago.  Don’t get excited, bugs also like honey crisp apples, so very few are presentable.

I almost walked into a spider web.  That was exciting and I still have the creeps.

Do better.

August 31, 2026 / / 0 Comments

I don’t even read books, and noticed this immediately.  You have to get the spelling right, especially if the post is about smart people and it’s in the heading.

To be fair:

  • Melania didn’t post this herself, one of her PR flunkies did.
  • Melania does speak a half-dozen languages, so she might not be so good on the details.
  • Spellcheck should have caught this, but those programs aren’t perfect.  Mine doesn’t think that ‘film’ is a word.

BMI is out at the Army

August 30, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Army Soldiers Have 90 Days to Get Measured Under New Height-Weight Rules

Under the new policy, an assessor will measure a soldier’s waist circumference at the navel in inches and divide that figure by the soldier’s height in inches. Anything below 0.55 passes.

It is good to see somebody officially dump the BMI.  Medical research didn’t validate BMI as an indicator of overall health, and common sense didn’t either.  A muscle-bound jock could fail for being too muscle-bound.

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Dolly Parton International Airport

August 29, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Push to rename Nashville airport for Dolly Parton gets a boost from Tennessee’s governor

Renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America is uninspired, but this is a great idea.  

I am qualified to judge because I usually come up with good names.  Sparky is a great name for my little piglet, and my one-handed sledgehammer is ‘pocket Hercules’.  I have names that made it into corporate literature, but let’s stay focused on Nashville International Airport.

Commentators haven’t yet explored why this is such a good idea.

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