Mike Browne’s Blog

At Rotten Ronny’s in Canada all day! Get your dose of mad cow right now! Thanks to Bill G for the link.

As many of you know there are many forest fires burning out of control right now in BC’s interior. Many homes have been lost and thousands of hectares of forest are burned to a cinder. A friend of Pauly sent some pictures, most of which were taken from her own front yard in Kamloops. I thought I would share the best of them:

                        

UPDATE: Donnie Mac just told me his brother and family were evacuated from Kelowna last night at 10pm. Donnie also sent me links to more fire photos and more here as well as fire specific info and info on Kelowna. These photos are terrifying.

With this robot suit you may be able to walk again.

Blog is word in the dictionary.

OldVersion.com – because newer isn’t always better.

We thought he was dead. I guess not.

Oompa, loompa doom-pity do. I’ve got a little puzzle for you. What do you get when you throw in a Depp? You get Willy Wonka with a kinds of pep. Are we really sure he’ll know act? You bet your sweet bippy.

Check out this California Recall Poll from Taco Bell.

Thanks for the link Jackson!

Pauly sent me a great article on Canada from an American writer’s perspective. This article was found in the Pittsburg Post Gazette:

You live next door to a clean-cut, quiet guy. He never plays loud music or throws raucous parties. He doesn’t gossip over the fence, just smiles politely and offers you some tomatoes. His lawn is cared-for, his house is neat as a pin and you get the feeling he doesn’t always lock his front door. He wears Dockers. You hardly know he’s there.

And then one day you discover that he has pot in his basement, spends his weekends at peace marches and that guy you’ve seen mowing the yard is his spouse.

Allow me to introduce Canada.
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