Bloody hell…where did the time go? It was just Sunday…wasn’t it?
Anyhow, in the midst of marking, paperwork, reading, and various other sundry committments, here are a few observations from the last few days…
(1) REALLY? THIS IS AN ISSUE?
Since when did a gender-neutral re-write of “Oh Canada” become a priority concern for the government? Since when did this issue become a concern for ANYONE…ANYWHERE?
Did I miss the sudden rise of the popular movement to reduce the national anthem to lowest-common-denominator language? Did we learn nothing from the vandalism done to the Bible, with its innumerable, nasty, repulsive “modern” translations? Is it all part of a grand plot to make King James turn in his grave?
Is this really so pressing an issue that it needs to be included in a THRONE SPEECH? Was there an empty space to fill in the “can’t fulfill our promise to militarize the arctic with dog-sleds and weather balloons” portion of the document?
Oh…wait a minute…I know what the issue is: it’s the “we’re massively in debt and we need to distract the sheep-like voters of Canada” issue! Why didn’t I clue in earlier…SHAME on me!
Perhaps Greece should consider using this strategy to distract its own population from the imminent & apocalyptic implosion of its economy…
(2) JASON KENNEY SEES GAY PEOPLE
Actually, he doesn’t seem them. At all. Ever. Full stop. Period.
No…they weren’t rendered invisible as part of a dastardley cloaking experiment devised by Romulans or Daleks.
According to government sources, any reference to gays and lesbians was carefully removed from the new citizenship guide prior to publication, on the orders of our repulsive, reptilian immigration minister. Apparently, we don’t want to scare anyone (for anyone, read “potential Conservative Party voters”) away from Canada…especially Mr. Kenney’s fellow bigots-in-arms.
Word of warning to Mr. Kenney (to be stated-from-on-high, in a Vincent Price-inspired death rattle): I’m told that Canada might also contain Jews & Gypsies. Get out that powerful red edit pen and deal with them…BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! BWAHAHAHA!!!
(3) THE 11th DOCTOR’S CANADIAN PREMIERE
Meanwhile, back in the Aristotelian real world…
SPACE announced that they will begin broadcasting the new season of Doctor Who — starring Matt Smith — on Saturday April 17th, at 9pm.
Perhaps the new Doctor’s first foe will be the cunning mastermind know as…Jason Kenney!
No? Good…I was worried.
In related good news, the BBC announced that The Sarah Jane Adventures has been re-commissioned for a fourth AND fifth series…24 episodes in total! My geek gene has been thoroughly satisfied for another week.
