Unrelated to this site, “END OF THE LINE” is a page by a bus driver for the Pittsburgh port authority “…in memory of both buses and trolleys that are no longer with us.”
South Park school collapse feared
In the news, parents of children attending South Park Elementary in Victoria, BC, have pulled their children out of school following a seimic assessment (“Parents fear school collapse”). The report indicates that a “moderately-sized” quake could cause the school to collapse.
When asked for comment, one student remarked, “Aw, man! That’s hellacool!”
Al-Jazeera more popular than sex
Article on Wired.com: Web Surfers Flock to Al-Jazeera.
In spite of being mostly knocked offline, the website of Arab satellite news network Al-Jazeera was among the most sought-after on the Internet last week.
The Web portal Lycos (Terra Lycos is the parent company of Wired News) reported that “Al-Jazeera” and variant spellings became its top search term last week, with three times more searches than “sex.” *
More popular than sex? They must have some really talented web designers. Either that or they’re offering more than just news.
Hey look, I’m famous!
According to Rick of Rick’s Miscellany, this website was mentioned in a newspaper article recently. Allan Hewitson of the Northern Sentinel (the newspaper of Kitimat, BC) had this to say about [Cubicle Dweller]:
Cubicle Dweller is a Steveston book editor who who writes a running blog in which he recently waxed creative about some name changes he suggests for Canada, after reading that french fries had been renamed freedom fries in Washington.
He thinks California rolls should become Canuck rolls, Texas toast should be maple leaf toast and any beer should be renamed liquid Canada. What would that be on the French side of the label?
I don’t mean to complain, but it would have been nice if Allan Hewitson had checked his facts before publishing. For example, I don’t live in Steveston and I’m not a book editor either. I mean, just look at my grammar and spelling. No Stevestonite would spell this poorly.
All the same, I’m happy that the word will be spread about Canuck Rolls and Maple Leaf Toast. As for the French side freedom side of the beer label, I’ll have to do some research on the subject (extensive experimental beer research). At this early stage, I’d guess that it would say “bière”.
Getting the priorities straight
Article on Canada.com: “Good Samaritan loses job after helping gunshot victim in Manitoba town“.
While on company time, a pizza-delivery driver comes to the aid of a gunshot victim. Her boss fires her because she was away from her job “for no good reason”.
Ironically, the ambulance arrived late because they stopped to deliver a large pepperoni with extra cheese.