07 February 2010
Netti-Pot and Other Stories
07/02/10 18:23
One last story about the cold that has dogged me the last couple of weeks. When I went to see the doctor he launched into a familiar refrain. The Netti-Pot. He's convinced that the answer to everything from colds to allergies to headaches is the Netti-Pot. The Netti-Pot is a small plastic teapot. It looks much like a toy tea pot from a child's play set. You fill it with warm water and aromatic herbs and salts. Sounds good so far doesn't it? This is where the Netti-Pot takes a bizarre turn. You take this warm pleasant mixture and all at once you pour it up your nose. Now, I can't think of anything I'd rather not do. I mean as a kid was there anything more painful than getting water up your nose. My Dr. is really insistent and I'm holding out. So far it's a standoff.
This week the TV was on. I can't say we were watching it. Mostly it was on while we worked with the laptops. Part of the reason was that it was Curling. Curling is not one of the most exciting sports but it's really big up here. For the uninitiated, curling is essentially shuffleboard on ice played with large hunks of granite. There was one point though that hit us as really funny. Coming back from a commercial break they went to a slide that said WARNING: LANGUAGE, The voiceover then said "This Program may not be suitable for all audiences." Not suitable? Curling? Is there anyone that would find something as vanilla milquetoast as curling offensive. I can't imagine anyone that could possibly be offended by curling, but the CBC felt something was there worth warning us about. Strange.
This week we discovered that Momiji is actually a dinosaur. Several articles hit the web outlining Palaeontologists efforts to identify the colours of dinosaurs. What we found most interesting was not that it is possible to tell the colour of dinosaurs, the feathered ones at least. What was most interesting was that many of them appear to have been white, black, and orange, just like Momiji. Apparently Momiji is really a dinosaur living in disguise. All this time and we never knew. I'm keeping a closer eye on her now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8481448.stm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204144422.htm
This revelation did inspire the following:
Happiness is
An nine pound cat pouncing on your crotch
At two in the morning
Or not.
This week the Vancouver Winter Olympics begin. Though Canada has hosted three Olympics, Montreal, Calgary, and now Vancouver, they are the only surviving host country not to win a Gold in an Olympics that they hosted. This is rather amazing. First there is the advantage of hosting the games. Your athletes get to train on the actual Olympic course giving them a noteworthy home ice (or snow) advantage. Secondly there is the home crowd cheering for the local athletes. However the most amazing part of this 'achievement' is when you look at who has hosted the games. I mean the only other country to not win a Gold in an Olympics they hosted was Yugoslavia who doesn't even exist any more. Now I can't say this was why Yugoslavia fell apart. Let's just say everyone up here REALLY want's to get a gold this time around. I want you all to cheer for Canada over the next two weeks. It's REALLY IMPORTANT.
More later.
Our dinosaur, Miss Momiji
Coast pictures
This week the TV was on. I can't say we were watching it. Mostly it was on while we worked with the laptops. Part of the reason was that it was Curling. Curling is not one of the most exciting sports but it's really big up here. For the uninitiated, curling is essentially shuffleboard on ice played with large hunks of granite. There was one point though that hit us as really funny. Coming back from a commercial break they went to a slide that said WARNING: LANGUAGE, The voiceover then said "This Program may not be suitable for all audiences." Not suitable? Curling? Is there anyone that would find something as vanilla milquetoast as curling offensive. I can't imagine anyone that could possibly be offended by curling, but the CBC felt something was there worth warning us about. Strange.
This week we discovered that Momiji is actually a dinosaur. Several articles hit the web outlining Palaeontologists efforts to identify the colours of dinosaurs. What we found most interesting was not that it is possible to tell the colour of dinosaurs, the feathered ones at least. What was most interesting was that many of them appear to have been white, black, and orange, just like Momiji. Apparently Momiji is really a dinosaur living in disguise. All this time and we never knew. I'm keeping a closer eye on her now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8481448.stm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204144422.htm
This revelation did inspire the following:
Happiness is
An nine pound cat pouncing on your crotch
At two in the morning
Or not.
This week the Vancouver Winter Olympics begin. Though Canada has hosted three Olympics, Montreal, Calgary, and now Vancouver, they are the only surviving host country not to win a Gold in an Olympics that they hosted. This is rather amazing. First there is the advantage of hosting the games. Your athletes get to train on the actual Olympic course giving them a noteworthy home ice (or snow) advantage. Secondly there is the home crowd cheering for the local athletes. However the most amazing part of this 'achievement' is when you look at who has hosted the games. I mean the only other country to not win a Gold in an Olympics they hosted was Yugoslavia who doesn't even exist any more. Now I can't say this was why Yugoslavia fell apart. Let's just say everyone up here REALLY want's to get a gold this time around. I want you all to cheer for Canada over the next two weeks. It's REALLY IMPORTANT.
More later.
Our dinosaur, Miss Momiji
Coast pictures