Since an online discussion brought this back to my mind today: That’s a habanero pepper. (It’s a close cousin of, and more or less interchangeable with, the scotch bonnet pepper.) For most people in North America, it’s the hottest pepper you can easily get your hands on–indeed, there are probably lots of people who think it’s the hottest pepper, hands… Read more →
Month: January 2009
How Did I Miss This?
Well, apparently I missed this year’s Massey Lectures. Quite a change from last year, when I was even part of the broadcast, eh? This may be in part because this year’s lecturer was Margaret Atwood, and I have a deep-seated and utterly irrational dislike of the woman. (I’m not saying that it’s irrational to dislike her, just that my particular… Read more →
Aside
No blogging tonight. I got distracted. In fact, I think probably not even enough sleep.
Dude has no fear of CSIS
You know, my feelings about our current PM, and his ideological associates are no secret around these parts, but my ability to rant certainly takes a back seat to that of Canadian SF author, and scientist, Peter WattsWatts has been mentioned here lots of times.. And more than being a better ranter, he appears to have no fear at all… Read more →
New Humanist Religion Trumps
Another of the magazines I pick up every couple of months is New Humanist. I haven’t actually picked up the latest issue yet, but based on checking out their God Trumps piece online, I really do want to try to grab a copy before it’s too late–just in case they’ve got got cardstock versions of these things in the actual… Read more →
I’ll take good news where I can get it
I was… um… unthrilled to read this story in the Globe earlier this week: MP wants to reopen abortion debate December 28, 2008 at 11:59 PM EST WINNIPEG — The abortion debate is about to enter a “new era” of advocacy for the rights of the unborn, says a Conservative MP who recently took over the chairmanship of a secretive,… Read more →
Defamyt, blamyt, schamyt
Boy, that Internet is just full of old bollocks and the utterly fascinating isn’t it? And sometimes the one will lead you right to the other. Take, for example, that article in the Telegraph earlier this week about the American professor who claims that rap battles are a Scottish invention. Or, to be more specific: Professor Ferenc Szasz argued that… Read more →
He dug it
“Don’t play everything (or everytime); let some things go by. Some music just imagined.“More background info here. Read more →
My Daughter The Furnace Technician
As I type this, my daughter is hanging out with the service technician who is here to make our furnace work. She’s fascinated with his work, and told me she’s learning how to fix the furnace so we don’t have to call the guy next time. Fortunately we have retained power, so the pellet stove is keeping the house warm,… Read more →
