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Top 2 Tuesday … yes, I know it’s Saturday (2006.33)
I missed posting a Top 2 list on Tuesday, so here are my Top 2 things I’ve attended in the past week or so:
- Spamalot (July 28th)
Kerri & I went with Andy & Renee. It was better than I’d hoped – I was trying to keep my expectations low in case they ruined my beloved Monty Python, but actually it was pretty good. They included the majority of Holy Grail’s story line (trimmed a bit for time, I suspect) but also threw in the odd reference to Life of Brian, snippets from Meaning of Life, and even the TV shows.
p.s. Thanks again to the guy sitting behind us for saying “I get it now” about 10 seconds behind each joke – that enhanced the experience no end. - Toronto beer festival @ Fort York (August 12)
Andy, Paul & I went on “sold out Saturday”
It wasn’t as crowded as previous years, but yet again they’d rearranged the venue layout.
New favourite tipples: Scotch Irish brewery‘s Dogsbody Ale and Tsarina Katarina Imperial Stout.
Old favourites revisited: Cameron’s Dark 266; Granite‘s Peculiar; Steam Whistle; Church-Key‘s Holy Smoke; Innis & Gunn oak-aged beer.
There are even some photos in our gallery.
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Harper avoids the AIDS conference
As expected, the Canadian Prime Minister distanced himself from the AIDS Conference yesterday – while the opening ceremony happened in Toronto, Stephen Harper was in Nunavut.
On CP24 they’re running a telephone poll asking if Harper should apologise for not attending the conference – I don’t think he should. (Huh?) One should only apologise if one is sorry, and given he had about four years’ warning of this event I very much doubt it was an accidental scheduling conflict.
The biggest problem, I think, is that his absence has a knock-on effect – diplomatic protocol (as I understand it) is not to send more senior representatives that the host country, which means national leaders can’t attend if they wanted.
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