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Exactly how interesting would depend primarily on the supply of alcohol. I also give thanks that I live in a country which allows such a forum as this to exist. Having votes and elections without allowing free discourse and discussion about people's choices is, in my opinion, at least as essential to democracy as the votes themselves. Aloha, Brad

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. The phaser rifle's in the shop, so duck is out. I also discovered this morning that shopping for turkey pieces on Thanksgiving Sunday is similar to shopping for Hallowe'en candy on the evening for October 31st: forget it. I did, however, find some "traditionally raised" (grain-fed, no antibiotics, etc.) centre-cut pork loin chops*, which are reasonably thick, and might be good candidates for some kind of ersatz cordon bleu thing: I'm planning on cutting a horizontal pocket in one of them (I'll freeze the other, probably for next weekend), stuffing it with ham and Jarlsberg cheese, coating with flour/egg/breadcrumbs, and then shallow-frying it, with squash and potatoes done in the toaster oven. Accompanying this will be the contents of a bottle of Wish me luck, everybody. Aloha, Brad * They were also marked down from $5.73 for the two of them to $0.99. I can almost see the smiles on the faces of my frugal ancestors.

The matrix soure of the Rochester show has been uploaded to the LMA: http://www.archive.org/details/ra2008-09-27.16bitflac Aloha, Brad

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/guitar-boat Aloha, Brad

While strategic voting may dilute one's deep-seeded preferences for what is wanted, it may be the most effective way to express one's deep-seeded preferences for what is not wanted. Aloha, Brad

I saw it at the big LCBO at Rideau & King Edward in Ottawa the other day. If you go to http://www.lcbo.com/main/en.shtml and enter "pumpkin ale" in the search box at the top-right of the page, there are two different pumpkin ales, and you can find which stores have them in stock. Edit to add: The beer that Kanada Kev is from Great Lakes Brewing, rather than the other product that's listed, which is from St. Ambroise. Aloha, Brad

...if they could sell bacon-wrapped tickets. Aloha, Brad

How about Birdman Sound in the Glebe? And while End Hits is pretty close to Vertigo Records and Mavericks, I know they handle tickets for a lot of shows. Aloha, Brad

I had on today, and noticed something: disc 2 ends with "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise." I recognized the title, because that song is also on disc 2 of The weird thing to me is that those two recordings were made within months of each other (April, 1961 for "Blackhawk", November, 1961 for "Village Vanguard"), and shortly after Coltrane had left Miles Davis' band, but I can't find any record of Miles Davis having played the tune while Coltrane was in the band. (I know there are some recordings of the Miles Davis band with Coltrane playing in Europe in 1961, but I didn't see "Softly, As In..." on any of them.) It's as if each band decided, independently, that it should play the tune and include it in a live recording, which almost sounds like convergent evolution or something. Aloha, Brad

It looks like I'll be cooking for myself this Thanksgiving. Does anyone have any suggestions for good one-person dishes (with maybe one or two plates of leftovers, at most)? Turkey, even turkey pieces, is probably out, so I'm thinking of going with chicken, maybe a breast, done cordon bleu style, with potatoes and green beans on the side (and a nice white wine). (I'm not big on most forms of dessert, so that's not an issue.) Any other ideas would be appreciated. Aloha, Brad

If you go to http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/ListedByProvince.aspx?L=e&ED=&EV=&EV_TYPE=&PC=&Prov=ON&ProvID=35&MapID=&QID=-1&PageID=25&TPageID= you can select your riding and get the list of who's running. Aloha, Brad

Good question... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2008/10/map_of_the_week_the_mystery_of.html Aloha, Brad

You could try frying them: http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/248321 Aloha, Brad

Aloha, Brad

No, it's more that the cultural context in which you were raised formed (and informs) you to think you believe you have no idea what any of them (or us) are talking about. I think. Aloha, Brad

It looks like at least one moose-hunting real woman also walks around without her wedding ring on. Aloha, Brad

http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/172/14098/Guns-N-Roses.html Aloha, Brad

I'd like to see a band with that name do a national tour of areas and stadia...who'd handle their on-line ticket sales? Aloha, Brad

"Vladimir Foutin" Aloha, Brad

This week's Ottawa XPress has a review of it: http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/food/food.aspx?iIDArticle=15769 Aloha, Brad

I accept your retraction, and I thank you, because in (and after) writing my post, it got me thinking about what it means to change "the world." In one sense, in order to change "the world," you have to have something that makes a change around or across the entire world (or most of it), and in that sense, it could be argued that Douglas (or Bell or Banting} didn't change "the world," as the changes they made (public health care in one province, the invention of the microphone/speaker combination, the discovery of insulin) had scales that were far too small to be considered world-wide. (Birdy, I think it was in this sense that you considered Douglas' introduction of public health care not to have changed the world.) But in another sense, in order to change "the world," all you have to do is something, anything, that makes a change, since "the world" can be thought of as the sum total of all things (big and small) as they are in the world; if you change any of those things (or create or discover a new thing, big or small), then you've changed "the world," since there's something in it that wasn't in it before, and in that sense, it's obvious that Douglas and Bell and Banting changed the world. Aloha, Brad

Someone needs to start voteforbaconandbeer, voteforhookersandblow, and voteforphishtickets. Aloha, Brad

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1071349/Revealed-No-mans-land-sketches-hero-British-WWI-artist-crept-enemy-lines-gather-intelligence.html Aloha, Brad

Alexander Graham Bell didn't change the world. He planted a seed for on-demand personal telecommunications, which (with the help of government-approved monopolies in the the USA and Canada) companies like Bell Canada and AT&T took and made available to the masses. Frederic Banting didn't change the world. He planted a seed for the development and use of insulin, which the Eli Lilly company took and made available to the masses. And look where we are now. Noone sat Douglas down on a government mandate to invent public health care. There was a passion in that remarkable person to do it on his own. HE changed the world, is what I'm trying to get at. HE as in the individual. Aloha, Brad

Maybe on the federal political stage. Aloha, Brad