Detroit and Quebec on my mind

On this Saturday afternoon, I find myself among scientists and colleagues in the Motor City. I’m here at a conference participating in science-related stuff (and I’m doing the tourist thing too). We’ve been put up in a fairly swanky hotel (for grad students) and we’re taking full advantage of our per diems too.

I expect that blogging should be light during the extended weekend, depending on what Detroit has to offer. If it lives up to its billing, I’ll be blogging a lot. And, if I’m actually surprised by the charm of the city, posts may be intermittent but might even find themselves part of a sort-of mini tourist blog. However, I’m here to, uh, do lots of work and present the lab’s scientific poster and research, so blogging should be sparse.

I’m a day late on this but I’d also like to wish a belated “happy St. Jean Baptiste day” to my friends in Quebec and in the rest of Canada. Quebecois Blogging Tories also wish everyone a happy St-Jean Baptiste day and do it better than I could hope to accomplish. We accept the Quebec question as a sort of national past-time, however, in Quebec it is their obsession.

Qu’est-ce qu’on veut, au juste?

Moi, si j’étais Charest, je ferais comme Lucien Bouchard: “Adios amigos, et démerdez-vous avec vos contradictions. Elisez un gouvernement de gauche, puis plaignez-vous que l’Etat occupe trop de place. Ou élisez le PQ, et votez contre l’indépendance. Bref, amusez-vous… Moi, je vais jouer au golf.”

Conservative.ca gets RSS

Well, I’ve been harping on the webmasters at Conservative.ca to get RSS for a while and they’ve finally done it! Hopefully, I haven’t alienated too many staffers/strategists with my emails and other discussions… (ahem, good job guys)

Craig (my Blogging Tories co-conspirator) and I are working on a value-added packaging of the Conservative.ca RSS features for the Blogging Tories community so stay tuned.

Blogging Tories + Conservative.ca RSS = One sophisticated political machine

From the dept. of irony

The Rotary Club of Chatham is giving away a Hummer H2 in order to raise $100,000 for the French Fort Cove Eco-Centre.

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Thumbs up for the environment!

The Rotary Club of Chatham believes the Eco Center, will be informative and educational for youth through interactive and fun displays. This will be an excellent tool for teaching about our flora & fauna, inland waterways, environmental concerns, heritage, and historic events. Imagine learning about the Miramichi Fire of 1825 in a room where you can feel the heat, smell the smoke, hear the crackling of the flames and feel as if you are running alongside the survivors to plunge into the river!

Once the goal is reached to support the French Fort Cove Eco-Centre, additional monies will go towards other worthwhile projects on the Miramichi.

(via Fark)