Top Ten Tuesday

November 1, 2005 by
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I decided I should start a weekly posting theme, so here is the inaugural Top Ten Tuesday entry. [Waits for the applause to die down]

Top Ten things I enjoy about living in Canada:

  1. Cold, fizzy beer OK, not so much … but having our wedding reception in a brewery was fun!
  2. Everything is close to hand – I guess that’s more of a living-in-Toronto thing than Canada, but it’s great having the amenities of a city and yet it feels like living in a small town
  3. Via Rail (especially Via1) beats what-was-British-Rail-but-now-is-a-jigsaw-of-private-companies
  4. 30,000 channels on TV … OK, it’s more like about 100 … of which I probably only watch a dozen or so
  5. …and getting new TV shows at (or closer to) the same time as they’re released in the US … not 6 months later!
  6. Seeing more bands – there are a couple of good venues close to hand
  7. High speed Internet connection
  8. Winter! Yes, I like winter and struggle through summer; that does not make me a freak!
  9. The new friends I’ve made
  10. Being with Kerri

(Is it obvious that next week will be “things I miss about England”?)

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8 Comments on Top Ten Tuesday

  1. Sapna on Tue, 1st Nov 2005 8:56 pm

    2. …and getting new TV shows at (or closer to) the same time as they’re released in the US … not 6 months later!

    Obviously you’re not talking about the L Word :P

  2. Haddock on Fri, 4th Nov 2005 10:46 am

    3. “things I miss about England” – I guess Fish & Chips has got to be up there in the top 3.
    That was cool having the wedding reception in a brewery. Which I had done that! :)

  3. paul on Fri, 4th Nov 2005 1:25 pm

    4. Hi Sapna; I have no idea about the L Word – I think Kerri might watch it but I’m more worried about cartoons (Simpsons, South Park, Futurama, Family Guy), West Wing, Lost and … no, that’s about it. :)

  4. paul on Fri, 4th Nov 2005 1:31 pm

    5. Hi Mr.Haddock; fish & chips probably will feature, although we used to live a few hundred yards from probably the best chippy in Toronto (run by an ex-pat), so I could always get a fix when I needed one. :)

    The reception-in-a-brewery idea started as a joke – I was surprised when my wife agreed. It was a lot of fun … but then how can it not be when you’re surrounded by beer? :)

  5. Paul, Kerri and The Boys » Blog Archive » Friday Factoids #1 in a series of more than one on Fri, 4th Nov 2005 1:56 pm

    6. [...] As well as the new “Top Ten Tuesday“, I thought I’d start “Friday Factoids” – somewhere I can dump useless snippets of facts (or fact-like substances). [...]

  6. paul on Fri, 4th Nov 2005 5:40 pm

    7. Testing out my new “nested comments” plugin.

  7. paul on Fri, 4th Nov 2005 5:40 pm

    8. Oh yeah, that looks better.

  8. Paul, Kerri and The Boys » Blog Archive » Things I miss about England - Top Ten Tuesday #2 on Tue, 8th Nov 2005 5:16 pm

    9. [...] As predicted last week, this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is “things I miss about England”: [...]

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