After reading the Wikipedia entry* regarding post-modernism, I am pretty sure that my sister is right: Post-modernism is retarded.

If I understand correctly, post-modernism is essentially an indefinable concept that when defined is anything that is complex, contradictory, ambiguous and is manifested according to unclear, decentralized and disorganized principles.

This jar contains several hundred sour sours. Need I say more?

Since I have returned to Canada after 6 years in the U.S. I have gone through phases of re-integration. The first 3 weeks that we were here we went through 4 tubs of iced tea mix (they mostly drink unsweetened iced tea in the states). Then there was a stint of going to Timmies almost daily. There were a few weeks last fall when I was watching hockey and hockey reality shows as though the NHL might go on strike at any moment.

It's hard to be grumpy about the rain, when this is what it looks like.

I don't know if this counts as a small-town living experience, but I can guarantee you won't see this in New York City, or Montreal and certainly not LA. Yesterday I saw this luxury stretch limo in downtown Squamish ... with a ski rack on the roof.

Well, you can't say I didn't finish off the season with a bang ...

So, Sunday was the National Championships, and the culmination of my first skeleton season. The race was ... uhh ... how do I put this .... um ... fast. A little too fast actually.

As they say, "Go big or go home." I decided to do both.