Blurred Line

On Saturday night, my girlfriend and I went to the European Union Film Festival (and saw Four Minutes, which was pretty decent). The event was held at Library & Archives Canada, which happens to be just down the street from Parliament. Anyhow, as we were walking along, I pointed out how I liked living in a country where the gates to the country's seat of power were left open, with pretty much no supervision. Maybe it's a Canadian thing that that makes me feel safer than if the gates were shut and manned by gun-toting guards and vicious attack dogs. Unless it was manned by a guy brandishing a manila folder. That'd make me feel pretty safe because, let's face it, nobody likes a paper cut. Not even would-be terrorists.

So, imagine my surprise this morning when my girlfriend sends me an email saying that some crazy guy went into the office building next to hers and tried to detonate a bomb. After a moment of shock, I realized that she was probably jumping to conclusions and/or on crack. A scan of the local news revealed that someone entered the office building, praying loudly and waving a Koran about. Apparently, in between his praying he was screaming about revenge on the Libyan Embassy (the only embassy in that office building was the embassy of Fiji, but hey, we didn't all pass geography). So, fortunately, it just turned out to be some crazy (though police still haven't released information on what they found in his bag -- my guess: the medication he forgot to take). Clearly, this guy went to the extra low-tech school of terrorism; who needs a bomb when you can just pray really loud?

Radioblog: I've got "Luckydutch" by Radio Moscow up on the player right now. Recommended for fans of Zeppelin, blues rock, wicked guitar solos, people who enjoy air guitar, and those of Dutch descent who plan to hit a casino in the near future.

Keyword of the day: Since a lot of hits come in through searching up random stuff on Google, I thought I'd respond to one of the day's search terms that sent a visitor here in each post. Today's chosen search term is "vikram lall blog". No, Vikram Lall does not have a blog, what with being a fictional character and all, but I would recommend that you check out author M.G. Vassanji's website. His personal notes on each of his books might be of special interest. Also, someone came here looking for "how to read blurred writing in a picture". I have no idea, but I imagine some combination of Photoshop and a magnifying glass might do it. If anyone knows, tell me, because now I'm kinda curious.


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