Nessie: Found?

I don't care if Nessie has been found or not. This is worth watching for the wonderful accents. Makes me think I need more accented YouTube stuff.

Pigs in North Carolina

As a Buffalo booster, I tire when I hear people talk about moving to the Carolina's. As if the Carolina's are the be all and end all of life. But alas, people say it, and think it. So here now, in 2007 is my prediction about North Carolina, home of the Country's second largest population of pigs, 9.5 million (as of Dec 1st, 2006). They will have to come up with something to do with the poop.

You see, according to the US Census, the human population in North Carolina is currently 8,683,242. For those good at math, you'll note that unless a million people settled in North Carolina in 2006, then there are more pigs in NC than people.

So what?, you wonder. The thing is, pigs create 4 times as much waste (poop) as humans. And they don't use the toilet. Or wastewater treatment plants like we humans do. It's just dumped. Now North Carolina has a lot of room, but eventually, it could run out. And while there are some ideas as to what can be done with the pig waste, like make oil, money, or not, eventually the bill will have to be paid.

And maybe then, the people who fled Buffalo for the greener pastures of the Carolina's will realize that they can be as happy as a pig in shit -- right here.

Happy May Two-Four

Yes, I understand how the calendar works. And I can count. That's why I know it's May 21 today. But in Canada, it's May two-four weekend. Meant to celebrate Queen Victoria's Birthday, which is May 24. Canadians though, more than most people, love the long weekend, so the holiday is always on the last Monday before the 25th. It can occur on the actual 24th, which is often surreal, but not really special. It could actually occur on May 18th, and still be called May two-four weekend. This most likely confuses new residents into thinking Canadians can't count.

But there's a good reason to call it May two-four weekend. In Canada, a case of beer is conveniently called a two-four. That's proof that Canadians can indeed count, even if they are calendar-challenged.

It seems like a beer marketers dream? Queen Victoria is born on the cusp of summer. She has a rather stellar reign worth celebrating. And then, in one of the colony's, a place where they are just dying to get rid of winter and celebrate summer, some Upper Canadians decided to celebrate her by, perhaps, raising a beer from their case. An almost perfect set of circumstances come together to make a weekend that is virtually dedicated to drinking beer. A vodka soda on May two-four? Please. Pass the Blue. Pass an Ex.

And so it was. May two-four weekend, one of the only holidays in the world that is dedicated to drinking beer. So cheers Canada -- your beer drinking image is cemented once again. Have a good two-four.