Mirabel 101

If you were reading Canadian newspapers in the 70s, you know this already.

A current thread at Metafilter is covering this white-elephant of public works projects, while agreeing that the 1970s probably marks a golden decade of graphic communications. The airport cost a ridiculous amount of money, and was an utter failure, as the thread shows.

However, no one on the thread pointed out that if you take the map of the expropriated area and rotate it to the left by about 50°, its an unmistakable image of a robber. Not only was Quebec unparalleled in corruption those days, they even made it look good.

Introducing: Yodie

A land where there's no iTunes and the Beatles are still together

http://thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com/

Read the full story at http://thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=53

How do we know it's true? From the FAQ, you can use this gem as an example of circular reasoning.

1. Hi, I'm Nathaniel and I just read your article. How can you prove that this tape isn't just a really nice cover band of The Beatles? - Nathaniel

A: You bring up a good point Nathaniel, though during my discussion with Jonas about music and the music industry, I learned that in his world there were no such thing as cover bands, something about an ultra strict copyright and musicians were only allowed to play music they wrote themself.

RP: "These are the terrines of our lives"

See http://montcarte.umbrela.com/2009/10/21/these-are-the-terrines-of-our-lives/ for all the inspiration you'll need for your next Sunday brunch.

I needed something to keep the blog alive. BTW I found that link at
http://montcarte.umbrela.com/2009/10/21/these-are-the-terrines-of-our-lives/

Yep, it's nice to be able to use full links and more than 140 chars. Now back to your
usual social networking thing...