Start Me Up!
Wow, this brings back memories. Being part of the team that shipped Windows 95 is one the coolest opportunities I had at Microsoft, and this commercial was my favorite thing that Microsoft did to launch it.
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December 27, 2006
December 26, 2006
Canadian Idiot!
Okay, I stumbled onto this new Weird Al song (I love Music Now) called "Canadian Idiot", an inspired parody of Green Day's "American Idiot". A few Google-minutes later, I found this fairly entertaining home-made video put to the music.
Here are the lyrics - I couldn't resist transcribing them. The reference to Saskatchewan is truly moving for someone born there, as is the reference to Kraft macaroni (although it should have been Kraft Dinner) for someone who ate several hundred boxes of it in university back in the 80s.
Don't want to be a Canadian idiot -
Don't want to be some beer swillin' hockey nut.
And do I look like some frost bitten hosehead?
I never learned my alphabet from "A" to "Zed".
They all live on donuts and moose meat.
And they leave the house without packin' heat -
Never even bring their guns to the mall.
And you know what else is too funny -
Their stupid Monopoly money.
Hey, can't take 'em seriously at all.
Well maple syrup and snow's what they export.
They treat curling just like it's a real sport.
They think their silly accent is so cute -
Can't understand a thing they're talking a-boot.
Sure they got their national health care,
Cheaper meds, low crime rates and clean air.
Then again, well, they got Celine Dion.
Eat their weight in Kraft macaroni
And dream of driving a Zamboni
All over Saskatchewan.
Don't want to be a Canadian idiot -
Won't figure out the temperature in Celsius.
See the map they're hovering right over us -
Tell you the truth it makes me kinda nervous.
Always hear the same kind of story -
Break your nose and they'll just say "sorry".
Tell me what kind of freaks are that polite?
It's gotta mean they're all up to something,
So quick before they see it coming -
Time for a pre-emptive strike.
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December 17, 2006
Them There Canadians Pretty Bright, Eh?
From the first two paragraphs of an article that hit the National Post on Friday:
In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians.
Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.
The full story is here. Boy, if ever there was a time I hoped a Canadian knew what he was talking about, it is now.
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"Start Me Up" was what you used to start the "show" every time back in those days.
(Of course, you used to play Rod Stewart as well!).
Ah, the memories....
Fleeting as they are.
Later, dude.
DICK!
Posted by: Robert MacKenzie (Dick) | March 10, 2007 4:06 AM