- Three words: animal rights activists. Let me explain. Walking around downtown Edmonton in the spring and summer is impossible to do without running into several teams of World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) activists. Their's nothing inherently wrong with these people -- they're friendly enough, polite, and not overly aggressive in their sales pitch. Hell, a few of the girls are even kinda cute in a "harmless semi-hippie with a cause" kind of way. However, I ask you this: how far down your list of "problems humanity needs to solve" would you have to go before you got to "animal welfare"? High-50s? Over 100? AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, you say? Yes, but have you seen how dolphins are treated in captivity!? Lost a loved one to cancer? Sorry to hear that, but do you know how KFC treats its chickens? Yes, yes I do -- with lard and vegetable oil and it tastes delicious. I've got a suggestion for the WSPA folks. I say, until we've solved world hunger, lets outlaw any dog or cat food more exotic than kibbles and bits. And while we're at it, we should encourage people to eat their dogs to combat emissions that contribute to global warming. From this point on, my only reply to the question "do you love animals"? is "Yes, I love animals, they're delicious."
- Edmonton's weather this summer. We're over half way through August at this point and Edmonton has not had a full two day weekend of sunshine once this summer. How is this even possible? Doesn't that defy some sort of law of physics. Even if you counted days where it was sunny during the day and only stormed at night, you couldn't string together a sunny weekend out here. And now, I awaken to this forecast this morning: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-50_metric_e.html I challenge anyone, anywhere to top that forecast. In fact, I want to record it for posterity.
Thurs. - Smoke
Fri. - Smoke
Sat. - Rain
Sun. - Rain
Mon. - Suicide
