Tuesday Night with Phantom 8s

cuyahogarvr and I went square dancing with John Marshall's Phantom 8s A2 group last night. I wasn't feeling all that thrilled about going dancing... a night at home was more my agenda. Still, we had a great time with better-than-average dancing, even for Phantom 8s.

John said he plans to put me on the mic the next Tuesday I'm there. I'd better have especially solid material well rehearsed in prepartion... it's a very demanding floor and I wouldn't want to crater in my first on-mic appearance with them.

John and Bill Harrison are jointly calling an afternoon C1/C2 dance December 13; we signed up ourselves and kent4str for that one. Later that same evening, Betsy Gotta is calling for the DC Lambda Squares so it will be a full day of dancing.

Tuesday Night with Phantom 8s

cuyahogarvr and I went square dancing with John Marshall's Phantom 8s A2 group last night. I wasn't feeling all that thrilled about going dancing... a night at home was more my agenda. Still, we had a great time with better-than-average dancing, even for Phantom 8s.

John said he plans to put me on the mic the next Tuesday I'm there. I'd better have especially solid material well rehearsed in prepartion... it's a very demanding floor and I wouldn't want to crater in my first on-mic appearance with them.

John and Bill Harrison are jointly calling an afternoon C1/C2 dance December 13; we signed up ourselves and kent4str for that one. Later that same evening, Betsy Gotta is calling for the DC Lambda Squares so it will be a full day of dancing.

Canadian Elections: Done for Another Year

Canada held a federal election yesterday after 37 days of campaigning. And the results are... pretty boring. CBC Radio got it right a few weeks ago: this election really wasn't Clash of the Titans so much as it was Revenge of the Nerds.

The Conservatives won a second minority gov't, increasing their seats from 127 to 143. They need 155 for a majority. The Liberals lost a handful, 95 to 77. The Bloc Quebecois gained a seat (now 49), the New Democrats gained seven (now 37) and two independents were elected.

This election really wasn't about anything except attempting to break a Parliamentary logjam, and even that didn't work. Harper had no reason to call an election but to gain a majority and he failed; Dion had only his Green Shift plan to campaign on and that wasn't enough with the economy taking hits. Everyone else was running on a we're-not-the-Conservatives platform. None of this had to happen.

( And now, per tradition, the knives come out. )

Canadian Elections: Done for Another Year

Canada held a federal election yesterday after 37 days of campaigning. And the results are... pretty boring. CBC Radio got it right a few weeks ago: this election really wasn't Clash of the Titans so much as it was Revenge of the Nerds.

The Conservatives won a second minority gov't, increasing their seats from 127 to 143. They need 155 for a majority. The Liberals lost a handful, 95 to 77. The Bloc Quebecois gained a seat (now 49), the New Democrats gained seven (now 37) and two independents were elected.

This election really wasn't about anything except attempting to break a Parliamentary logjam, and even that didn't work. Harper had no reason to call an election but to gain a majority and he failed; Dion had only his Green Shift plan to campaign on and that wasn't enough with the economy taking hits. Everyone else was running on a we're-not-the-Conservatives platform. None of this had to happen.

( And now, per tradition, the knives come out. )