Buble isn’t going despite his nomination - because he’s all like "im a jerk and besides, the nucks play that night".

I’d pick hockey over an awards night too Michael.

But in even funnier news Michael Keren says that all us bloggers… are really just lonely loser.

Many bloggers, Keren says, are isolated, lonely and withdrawn, choosing to form virtual relationships instead of the real thing.

"Bloggers
think of themselves as rebels against mainstream society, but that
rebellion is mostly confined to cyberspace, which makes blogging as
melancholic and illusionary as Don Quixote tilting at windmills," Keren
says in a statement.

In Blogosphere: The New Political Arena, he
asks whether the blogosphere is a new political arena or simply a
gathering place for powerless citizens.

Yeah… Michelle Malkins replied with the very intelligent reply "Pshaw!" Way to go Malkins, way to go - but wait… why is she speaking for all bloggers? No one WANTS to talk to her. But really… There are a few things that bother me about that. I use blogging as a way to stay in contact with a lot of people… The only way my family ever knows what I’m doing is because of updates on my blog.

We may be writing blogs that only 20 people read, or 300, or 3000… but the point is - people are reading them. By posting, linking, and reading other people’s blog we’re expanding our minds and our social circle. Keren should come to Yearly Kos and then try and tell us that bloggers have absolutely no power.

Southern Ontario (home sweet home!) experienced a power blip recently.

It initially knocked out almost all of Toronto’s traffic lights as
morning rush hour got under way. After the blip, the city’s monitoring
system showed that 95 per cent of the more than 2,000 traffic signals
had switched to "flash" mode, blinking red in all directions to alert
drivers to treat the intersections like a four-way stop, said Bruce
Zvaniga, Toronto’s director of urban traffic control.

Within 45 minutes, most of the city’s newer traffic lights had reset
themselves. However, problems remained at about 160 intersections with
older traffic signals that required electricians to investigate and
reset them manually. "I would expect it caused a lot of drivers some
frustration," Mr. Zvaniga said.

Now… I wonder if this has anything at all to do with the amount of energy that was being used at the time. … and not just a raccoon. You’d think that after the power outage of 2003 Ontario would have gotten a clue that they consume energy like a kid consumes ice cream on a hot day.
… Seriously though, one day… Southern Ontario is just going to shut down and not start back up…and I’ll be sitting over here in nice little Victoria laughing. (Until the sea levels start to rising, then I’ll be laughing underwater as my little island drowns.)

I just got really tired all of the sudden so here we go quick time:

Quebecers are being assholes. Here are their town rules for income immigrants:

- It is forbidden to stone women, burn them alive, throw acid on them or circumcise girls.

-
Consumption of alcohol is common in Herouxville, as is dancing. "At the
end of every year, we decorate a tree with balls and tinsel and some
lights. This is normally called ‘Christmas decorations’ or also
‘Christmas tree.’ "

- Boys and girls swim together in public pools.

- Veils are not welcome. "The only time you may mask or cover your face is during Halloween."

My favorite passtime is throwing acid on girls aged 3 - 7… the shriek they let out is amazing! …And about this face covering thing - what if you want to pretend to be a ninja on pirate day just to piss off the people who think pirates are better than ninjas?… Seriously, that needs to be considered too.

The tories are getting neeervous, and we’ll be seeing some aaattack ads during the super bowl - but the funniest thing about that article is when The Bears are called "da bears" …Is that a common thing? to actually call them "da bears" in actual articles? …Or is that just hilarious tidbit that slipped on that article? Because really I know nothing about football, but I know "da bears" skit … and that made me laugh.

Aaand finally and interesting Pickton update.