Wars are expensive, and nobody knew that better than Napoleon Bonaparte, who was forced to unload some prime real estate for a lousy 42¢ an acre to pay for his latest contretemps with the British Empire, making today NATIONAL LOUISIANA PURCHASE DAY! The year was 1803, and Napoleon had learned the hard way in Russia …
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His red and black plaid lumberjack shirt is a MacGregor Tartan, his giant bovine companion Babe is a gigantic Blue Ox, and he carries an axe the size of a Stop Sign. Must be NATIONAL PAUL BUNYAN DAY! Like most things from Canada, the legend of Paul Bunyan is almost fascinating. Okay, you’ve got this …
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No, not the actual majestic Snow Bear, a thousand pounds of furious hunger and sleek white fur, but the human kind, those who celebrate the New Year with a plunge in the ocean on an icy day to mark NATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY! The Polar Bear Club doesn’t have any actual Polar Bears as members, …
Well it’s Thanksgiving again, the time to get together with our families and reflect on all our blessings. This is a uniquely American holiday, one shared by no other nation but Canada, who celebrates it on a different day. Leave it to Canada to to be almost exactly like the United States, but not quite. …
Well, there’s good news and bad news from Canada. First, the good news is that Canada is generating news of any sort. Okay, Canada, we know you’re a shy country not given to flashy self-promotion like some North American nations (ahem!), but the rest of the world was thinking about checking your pulse. Everyone knows …
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Well, the New Year isn’t new anymore, Life’s Rich Pageant is marching earnestly along, and news of great and small portent flows like lava from an angry volcano, showering all of us and demanding our attention. Well, so what? That, my friends, is the essence of Not Caring: so friggin’ what? There’s all sorts of …
MORE STUFF TO NOT CARE ABOUT ONE BIT. ANNOUNCING THE 2010 RAT’S ASS AWARDS! Read More »
The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO), in our only capacity, that of drawing attention to what should need no explanation, cannot help but notice that the nation of Canada has emerged briefly from its self-imposed exile to host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. For two weeks, Canada will occupy a most unaccustomed position, …
Well, it’s official. The sports writers and sports announcers are all of a sudden yammering about people no one ever heard of, and that can only mean one thing. That’s right, sports fans, it’s almost Winter Olympic time! Skiers, Bobsledders and the like. Then these sports people, who you read and listen to all year …
