On Australian-Canadian Relations

Seeing as I work with an Australian national on an ongoing basis right now, this particular column from cbc.ca seems to be something I need to take a closer look at. Especially as I hope to visit the place someday.

Tony Burman used to head up CBC's News Division, and is generally a solid student of the journalistic arts. And as this essay reminds me, his sense of humour is therapeutic at restoring or preserving a sense of perspective as well...

A Mix in Mid-January

Some stuff of note:

jcoville just finished surviving another year, as did jbacardi. Congratulations to the both of yez, and I hope the b-day was a good one.

Elayne Riggs AKA elaynetoo just reminded me via being reminded by Laura Gjovaag AKA realtegan that today also marks the first anniversary of Leah "pikachette" Adezio's death.

More on other stuff later. For now, I think I want to let this stand by itself a little while.