April 14, 2006

Somebody elected them, though I assure you it wasn't me

I'm not at work today because snow came dumping down in fat, bumblebee flakes on our commute this morning. Yep, it's April. Also, I recall being rained upon perhaps three times since February. And yep, it's a rainforest around here. Noticeably strange patterns weatherwise, along with this weirdness yesterday (courtesy of the Ninjas). Environment Canada scientist-turned-author Mark Tushingham gets squelched on the promotional tour of his novel, Hotter Than Hell:
It is set in the not-too-distant future when global warming has made many parts of the world too hot to live in and has prompted a war between Canada and the U.S. over water resources.

Tushingham was scheduled to speak in Ottawa about his book and the science underpinning it. But an order from Ambrose's office stopped him.
Apparently there is some worry that the Canadian reading public is not able to distinguish the difference between the meanings of the words "fiction" and "non-fiction."

BTW, Stephen Harper opposes the Kyoto protocol. In this photo, our environment minister looks like she might unravel holographically, revealling Arnold Schwarzenegger underneath deeply concerned.

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