the blog quebecois

God, I hate painting.

I'm unfortunately good at it, which is why I got tagged to do Mom's condo while she sojourns in sunny Italy.

Last night my only friend in the world dropped by for the hockey game and a few beers. On observing the general disarray of my little painting project and my general state of intoxication (I prefer to think of it as conviviality) he turned to me and said: "gnotalex. gnotalex. Put down the bottle and pick up the brush."

That was pretty funny when he said it and it was hysterically funny this morning when I remembered it.

I haven't entirely put down the bottle yet (or picked up the brush), but I have managed to get the place spackled, sanded, and taped off.

God, I hate painting.

No logo, Ms. Klein? Au contraire, you'd look quite splendid plastered on a bottle of Heineken.

On-line generator here. You can also download free software to generate other designs.

Not every innovation is a step forward. Behold the ASCII Map:

Sure, it doesn't look too impressive -- but zoom in a bit and be rewarded with a truly incomprehensible screen of dashes and dots and random letters. Not recommended for planning your vacation.

Via Google Blogoscoped

CTV:

Meanwhile Alberta's PC premier Alison Redford said the blog was proof that the party's social views would be dangerous for Alberta.

On Sunday, Redford told reporters she was stunned that a candidate for office could hold those kinds of views and warned that they represent a broader base within the Wildrose party.

"If we have people like this, making these sorts of comments in Alberta, I think it's absolutely wrong," Redford said when asked about the post.

"The fact that these people think that's a legitimate perspective just absolutely blows my mind."

I think that if you were to query the wily oriental gentlemen behind you, you'd find "those kinds of views" are not at all uncommon. In fact, they're near universal among liberals' favorite pet groups. They're grooving to it like it was a blacklight Jimi poster. Outta sight!