h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Okay, I had to come back to promote this series of videos about the problems of rural Canadians.

NOT SAFE FOR WORK!

repeat

NOT SAFE FOR WORK!

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7c62b6510f/canadian-as-f-k

(you lot won't understand a word they're saying.)

Nope. Not a word.

PP.

Those guys make some good points, like that Duck Dynasty
reality show really IS getting way too scripted.


~jwf~

And it IS kinda ridiculous that you can't get All Dressed chips in Buffalo

Here in PEI where I am this weekend the term is chips
'with the works' - consisting of a greasy mix of stirfried
hamburger, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, gravy and a bit
of cheese (sort of like Quebecois poutine but with meat, no
cheese curds - just spoons of cheez whiz stirred into the
sloppy-joe mix and maybe - at the fancier chlorestorol
dispensaries - a dollop of mayo).

Newfie style is just gravy and onions with a spoon of mayo
or cream and they often prefer it poured onto mashed potatoes
rather than fries. Peas are optional.

~jwf~

I'm not understanding Canadian written down either.

PP.

...just so long as my appetite persists and there's enough of it...

Sasha Grey vs. the NSA.

(I have no idea who Sasha Grey is, and I definitely don't have a shedload of videos with her in them on my hard drive.)

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/14dc1b13fa/sexy-nsa-commercial-with-sasha-grey?rel=featured

Does anyone remember this song that was released in 1988?

Doctorin' the Tardis - Doctor Who Music Video (Timelords)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adk1ujjmguo

Oh yes. In fact only yesterday, a colleauge was saying that she had been at a gig when they had played Spirit in the Sky.

PP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWf68CBPh9k

I can be seen:
- behind the titles in helmet and glasses at 00:08
- pulling a stupid face while walking to board the heli at 00:20
- chucking my speedwing around just a *little* bit at the top of the screen at 06:37
- nailing the "Iron Man Landing" at 07:15.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mUG29hPS4Y&feature=player_embedded

If you like a good fight scene....

http://youtu.be/4fZzxMZ9hLU

A follow-up to my previous Canadian video post:

Radio you don't see every day -

British-born Iranian-Canadian host of a very popular national (actually, international, as Q is also broadcast throughout the US) daily radio show introduces Pow Wow step group A Tribe Called Red accompanying Oneida hoop dancer Rhonda Doxtator.

Yes. Radio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEZIUVFKHyk&feature=c4-overview&playnext=1&list=TL4wOwFdODDn0

Wow. Culture clash or what.
Got me wondering if that carpet
is Iranian or Pakistani.

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Aha! anhaga me old trout, I've been meaning to email thee
to ask if native sweetgrass is available as far north as you are.
The very best sweetgrass is the tall Canadian prairie variety.
There's lots in Saskatchewan but because of some tribal/family
arrangement I can only buy that online from California. And it's
already braided; I want bulk.


Canadian prairie sweetgrass is sweeter, taller and holds its
aroma much longer than the shorter Maritime type we find
here in the east (mostly in swampy coastal areas - hard
to get to, very patchy and jealously guarded by locals.)

< / >
~jwf~

Workin' on it, ~jwf~

My sister is shopping for sweetgrass seed.

The local native American suppliers are unwilling to part with any.

Maybe it's just me, but I was close to widdling myself.

What playing Cricket looks like to Americans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEH4ahCCrJo

PP.

It's not sweetgrass, ~ jwf ~, but with the land of sweetgrass and Crowfoot's people uner flood waters right now, this little ditty seems a worthwhile reminder. Mi'kmaq songsmith Willie Dunn's NFB short film of "The Ballad of Crowfoot" (sorta reminds me of Chief Gordon's "Black Day in July"): http://www.nfb.ca/film/ballad_of_crowfoot/

Just for nostalgia's sake...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYkQ2qlANhc