Learning to Speak Tagalog, Lesson #1
20 million people in the Philippines speak the Tagalog language. 1.6 million people living in America speak it. Even 400,000 Canadians converse in Tagalog. So you can see how essential it is for the modern […]
Tag: Canadians
Do Canadians Really Exist?
Do Canadians really exist? Is there really such a whimsical folk who believe in such things as mounted police, plaid shirts, and wood burning stoves? Or are they simply a product of someone’s over-inventive fantasy? […]
Forget About Putin. The Real Threat to America is Poutine.
Every day I read another news story citing Russia’s ongoing attempts to de-stabilize America. And then there’s the increasing specter from China, with its treacherous plans to steal all our technology and hack all our […]
For Whom the Bell Tolls……
It happened to me yesterday. I wasn’t ready. I had no idea how ‘not ready,’ I was. It doesn’t matter how innocent it is. Or that someone had all the right intentions when it happened. It […]
DO CANADIANS REALLY EXIST?
Do Canadians really exist? Yes, that is my question. Is there really such a whimsical folk who believe in such things as mounted police wearing red uniforms and modified cowboy hats, water wells with hand […]
So you think you know Canada, eh? Seven myths about our neighbors to the north
The United States shares a border with its neighbor to the north, Canada, that’s 5,525 miles long – or if you happen to be Canadian, that’s 8,891 kilometers – not that anybody really uses kilometers, […]
Unicorn Bites 5/15/14
“I own a boat.”—people who own boats, in every conversation that has nothing to do with boating — Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) May 15, 2014 “Fuck you. I have a lightsaber.”—the only thing I would ever […]
Unicorn Bites 2/12/14
Shirley Temple Black died at 85. The former child star didn’t spend her adult life in the tabloids or rehab. Your move, Lindsay Lohan. — Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) February 12, 2014 Canadians are the nicest […]
Unicorn Bites 1/9/14
Dennis Rodman: *goes to North Korea* *wins basketball game* *kills Kim Jong-un* N Koreans: You freed us! D: Nope *becomes new dictator* — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) January 9, 2014 I saw a woman […]
Re-Thinking the Christmas Song Countdown
This weekend, we were on the road, and because it’s the Holiday season, we heard a lot of Holiday songs. Let me amend this: We heard a lot of Holiday AND Christmas songs. I don’t […]