I actually had some made by a restaurant chef and that was lovely. But the stuff in the corner store when I was reading the Narnia books was an utter horror.

I think also some people of certain nationalities quite like it.

Probably not, from someone who worked in pediatric urology and endocrinology. They don’t tend to do surgery until you are older because you need to be old enough to determine what your gender identity is very clearly, which is not clear sometimes with intersex conditions. It’s a really bad decision to make too early. Probably what you had was an undescended testicle or hydrocele or something.

Oh this is just a funny honey bunny. But the one I had did last 20 years.

Well I took this photo from elsewhere so I am not wearing a hat.

Oh wow. Didn’t know that. That’s hilarious.

I also find you really have to watch your yeast. It might say it’s not expired, but if your dough starts to not rise very well, dump it and get a new one. Yeast is finicky.

Yes once you get the hang of it after a few loaves it’s so easy. I make bread all the time, and so much cheaper too.

I think immigration needs huge reform in Canada, and that the private diploma mills should all be closed and have only publicly funded colleges and universities. I think the diploma to citizenship pathway needs to be closed. But also if the government is going to make these caps, they need to ensure funding is adjusted for the schools. Barring international medical students is going to hurt med schools, the Saudi government pays giant amounts of money to secure spots for their citizens here, as well as positions on faculty, etc. If they stop that it’ll really cause problems.

I don’t either. I do know med schools are definitely held up by the giant fees the international medical students pay, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens to them due to them being banned, aside from the Saudis whose government pay them to be here apparently and probably will always find a spot here. Apparently already 88 percent of med students are Canadian born so they say the change won’t be much, but honestly I work in a hospital and it feels like almost all of the students at whatever level are international.

Really it would make more sense to me to fix the family doctor problem in Ontario to provide a bridging program for doctors who already live here but aren’t able to practice because they don’t qualify, a lot of skilled people being wasted that way, or having to do dumb shit like a psychiatrist I know who had to practice as a GP in rural Nova Scotia for five years before they’d let him be a psychiatrist here in Ontario. That’s a waste of talent that already exists here that would be a win for everyone, rather than training a Canadian GP who will get burned out on the low pay and dogsbody work, and quit and go be a hospitalist.

She’s a gem. I did see her and Neko live a couple of times. I also loved the Jody Grind albums, I bought one through Google Play Music when you could still do that but it somehow doesn’t exist on YouTube Music even though it was a download and my other purchased downloads are there. Hogan had a great Tumblr for a while and she posted a really well written piece on how her bandmate was killed by a drunk driver that’s really haunting. She once said “I’m broke, I’m fat, I’m on cuckoo pills, but I’m happy”, and I just love that energy…

Also a big fan of Hogan! They don’t perform together anymore though, Hogan sings with Mavis Staples and the Decemberists. It seems like she and Neko had a falling out. I saw Neko last fall with Nora O’Connor Kean singing backup.

I do believe the international students pay double the fees if I recall correctly.

Algonquin is publicly funded.

Looks kind of like the Monster logo, what I can see?

That’s what they do in US prisons, use them for unpaid labour, or they get a very small amount. But imagine forcing someone to put out a blazing forest fire when they’ve never done such a thing, and then taking them back to prison. That’s insane. It’s all insane.

Just another policy wonk who probably won’t win. Hadn’t worked classically.

For the fires in Los Angeles, they sent prisoners to put them out, chain gang style.

I also had one for 20 years. The standing newer model one I got threw a belt in about five years and was garbage.

Apparently Biden has approved a payment to them of 770 dollars? Big whoop. Commute their sentences. The least you can do.