Lipstick wearing pigs

Sarah Palin scares me.

Well, as a person, she doesn't literally scare me - but her policies sure do. Case in point - she actually tried to link Sadam to Al Qaeda. Seriously? Even Bush doesn't try to pull that one any more.

But she can see Russia from her house... (oh Tina Fey, is there nothing you can't do?)

I don't understand how Republicans can buy in to the talking points without being critical - Socialized Healthcare is bad - but a Socialized fire department is OK. (and so is a socialized security force). Big government is bad, they have no business in my private life - but please Mr. (or Ms.) government, can you let me carry my gun, stop other people from having abortions, and never let those gays get married.

I'm glad that in Canada, even our conservative politicians are more or less centrists, and even sometimes left-leaning. Except for Harper - who seems to be some kind of a sweater-wearing Robot.

Anyway - the election's coming up - please go and vote.... unless you're going to vote conservative - in that case, please stay home.

Sandhu Candhu!

Ok, so, personal revelation time - I am addicted to SYTYCD. For those out-of-the-know (who I will refer to as not-cool people) - this is So You Think You Can Dance... and now the Canadian version.

Was anyone as surprised as me to see Canada's preeminent prima-donna, Emanuel Sandhu on the stage auditioning? And doing a triple-axle to boot! Isn't he already famous enough to not have to lower himself to auditioning for a reality TV show?

Anyway, other thoughts - Leah Miller is no Cat Deely - but she's not as annoying as your typical ex-Much Music VJ. We'll see if she can pronounce "judges" properly - something that deal old Cat has yet to achieve.

Finally - Calgary is home to cowboys, and Edmonton is home to homeless B-Boy gansters. Go Edmonton!

P.S. I am more than a little jealous that Kathryn is heading to Seattle this weekend to catch the live American SYTYCD tour - so lucky!

Vandals and Ne'er-do-wells

Call me immature, but I get a kick out of rearranged road signs. My personal favourite was a signboard advertising for people to join the Edmonton police force. Some clever vandal had rearranged the words to read:

"Don't join the Po Po"

Awesome!

Close to our house, there's a big construction site where they're building what I think is going to be a Superstore. Anyway, attached to the fence, there's a placard that says "Danger! Due To: ", and then a big white space where the crew is supposed to fill in what the danger is on the construction site. The one I saw says:

"Danger! Due To: ZOMBIES"

Love it! That one made me laugh out loud (or lol - I probably would have rofled if I was walking) - which made me feel a bit silly for laughing to myself in the van.

I heart ustard

So, basically, I love custard. We had apple pie the other night, and I hadmine with some English custard that we got from my mother in law. Basically the best thing ever. I can eat it hot or cold (or any temperature in between)... come to think of it, one of my passwords at work in the past was coldCustard...

(Yes, having to think up a new password every month forces me to be creative)

I also love mustard.

Which makes me conclude that any word ending in -ustard must be a delicious food item. A quick Google search turned up bustard, which is some kind of bird (see picture). I'm sure that it is absolutely delicious, especially with mustard, served on a bed of custard!