Nothing productive happening except trying to get my PC in decent running order again (I feel like a fuckin' technological idjit sometimes) & ushering in a new member of the family. She will be the subject of an upcoming post. But first: a bit of wisdom from George Carlin...
BTW, I recommend spending a couple of hours listening to Bill Maher's audiobook When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden. Maher, bright man that he is, has shed a bit of light on America the Current World Power. It makes me reconsider my hardline thoughtspace of Political America the Evil Empire. Not that it's not evil or horribly fucking arrogant, but it could be a whole lot worse. In comparison to former world powers, America seems, at least from Maher's perspective, to have shown remarkable restraint.
But, yeah, arrogant as fucking hell.
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It's After Midnight, but Happy Canada Day Anyway
Here I am, just before Canada Day ends, & I'm gonna let fly a diatribe about poor representations of the flag. You will see FAIL!s, points for trying & points for creativity. But I'll begin with our true national flag & it's proportions: square white field flanked on each side with red bars each being half as wide as the white field with a stylized-in-a-particular-way red maple leaf in the centre. Last I checked, that *stylized* phrase doesn't appear in the official rules for the flag, but when it's right it's right & when it's wrong it's disrespectful. IMO.
I had one of these pins when I was a kid
Proportional vinyl in two variations - three red pieces for white surfaces, & one two-colour piece with a white border for non-white applications.
Someone was thinking with these proportional cufflinks
Official logo for quite a while
Gotta love a Canadian flag guitar
Gotta love Canadian T+A
And, if this is your speed, Canadian C+A
The white field should be wider, but whatever
Again, the white field should be wider, plus the maple leaf should have been made large enough to be proportional even though it'd mean it would overflow the edge
Too cute to not give points to
How can I argue with a true statement?
Nicely done considering the limitations of the form
You need these every time you fly
Supes is, after all, Canadian, eh
Points for mocking people who over-do their multiculturalism
The white field should be a bit wider, but this is a cool effect
A nicely done 20x41 stitch pattern for... um... something
An iron cross version for bikers
Again, the white field is too slim, but what great, earthy vibe
Points for the limitations of the form
Points only if homemade - if mass produced, this is a big FAIL
Could've been nice, but the proportions are too far off
Points for creativity, but still a massive fail
Correct proportions. I strongly disagree with the application, but respect the idea behind it, with the blue bars representing francophone Canadians. They whiny ones are such fucking whiners
When both colours are changed it can be a nice creative interpretation, but when one colour is changed, you aren't half-right but half-wrong & very disrespectful
Without the red bars, very much a yes. But with the red bars a well-intentioned but slap-across-the-head-worthy dis
Very nice design. But the flag at the bottom was done by a fucking ignoramus
I like shiny things (insert joke here), but this xmas ornament is made of fail
YAY 1992 World Series
A proposed North American flag
