The cat seems to have enjoyed it, at least. And nothing says being a true sports fan quite like supporting the losing side!

Thanks for sharing. That short clip put me in a good mood. I am sorry for your loss.

Happy Birthday! That’s a nice way to celebrate.

Shoulder surgery. Poor lad.

I’m glad you were there for that person! I almost got hit by a car a couple of years ago, and I still sometimes think about the people who stopped to check that I was okay.

Have you noticed a rise in dangerous driving around Ottawa? As a pedestrian, I have close calls nearly every day.

This is great!

It’s fascinating to see how media on either side of the Atlantic claim him as their own in their headlines. Does his own identity shift when he travels?

Thanks for the suggestion! That doesn’t seem to be the issue here, but I’ll keep trying.

Thanks. I find a lot of the content I want to listen to is not available for replay, but I will take another look.

Dislocated shoulder. Ouch, on so many levels.

There have been some great glimmers today, and this is so unfortunate.

I mean… it doesn’t look like he’s okay, but I can’t handle more bad news right now.

I think this is great!

I can’t credit Monopoly with inspiring my doctoral work in language and housing policy… but the Star Wars extended universe novels I read as a kid gave me so much insight into how the world works! Each fictional conflict the Jedi peacekeepers were sent to help with was inspired by a real example.

I’m not knocking the merits of our system, but so many basic healthcare needs are not met by it that it’s frankly insulting to any chronic patient to call it “universal.” I don’t feel the need to debate this further.

You’re making my point for me with that definition. Our system simply does not ensure that people face no financial hardship when seeking treatment, so our system is not universal. Ask anyone with a chronic condition (which is incidentally nearly 45% of the population, according to StatsCan).