Post  #2586.   How about a little Canadian television?     They don't bother with objectivity in their comedy or news (I have to tell you, it is not always clear which one you are watching.) Now, almost everyone in Canada is Liberal, and that is the only sensible and fair position, yet they keep electing Conservatives somehow. Is it just for the comedy? Hard to say. We don't understand that country at all. Just when you think there is something there, they go and disappoint you with that cold, blank look. Very nice people, otherwise, don't get me wrong.

They've been running an announcement about hockey. It seems that upcoming broadcasts will be available in Punjabi. The move is evidently important enough that the entire CBC is promoting it numerous times each day. I would not have guessed any of this. When we think of the Punjab, we in North America think of the Sikhs because so many of them have come here. I used to think it was so they could be found in a phone book, but that doesn't work anymore either.

I saw a commercial (back in US now) for a Chevy Volt. The owner said, "I like my car because it's stylish and it makes a statement." This was a man speaking, an actual man from the year 2012. Later, I saw a commercial for the "all new Buick Verano." I would not kid you; Buick, of the Roasmaster, Super and Riviera is building a thing called Verano. It will look like every other car, of course, and have all the same features and equipment. What will set it apart and become its signature is .. The Verano. Just feel how the classy name massages the mouth. True afficionados will rolllll the "r" ever so slightly when ordering it from the valet. And yes, you can be sure that Verano owners will not hesitate to have their car parked and then retrieve it shamelessly, because it is 2012 now. I thought that it was an invented word and was surprised that something so common had not been taken for a product yet. Not so, Verano is actually a real word, Spanish for "summer." Keen. Rick Macherat Rick M. In the day.
posted by Rick at 11:14 PM

Post  #2585.   The other neighbors.      Mrs. Cleese lives a few houses down with her two children. The son is about twelve, and his name is Corcoran, so-named beause that's where his father was when he was born. Despite the spotty parenting, he seems like a nice boy. The baby girl's name is Velveeta. Mrs. Cleese named her that because she was extremely pissed at being knocked-up again just before Mister Cleese was headed back to prison. That's how she explained it to me anyway. Grandma Cleese warned her not to name the child Velveeta, but Mrs. Clees is very headstrong. I know. She's my neighbor. I predict little Velveeta will also turn out to be pretty assertive. Corcoran asked if he could mow my lawn for some extra money. I'm "thinking it over." If I pay him too little, he may have me killed. Too much and he'll think there's money here and rob and kill me in the night. Then again, he may just mow the lawn like any regular kid, and not even steal anything. I like to be fair. Rick Macherat Rick M. In the day.

posted by Rick at 11:45 PM