Tuesday as tuesday

I finished reading Pierre Boulle's The Bridge on the River Kwai which I enjoyed. I recall seeing the movie a long time ago (time to rent again). Different ending.

Currently in the middle of Philip Francis Nowlan's Armageddon 2419 A.D. Interesting little SF piece written in 1928 about Anthony Rogers better known as Buck Rogers...wouldn't mind seeing some of the Dick Calkins art work.

One last hurrah for control freaks

The 2006 Canadian census has a gem of a question (#8 on the short form and #53 on the long form)...

The Statistics Act guarantees the confidentiality of your census information. Only if you mark "YES" to this question will your personal information be made public, 92 years after the 2006 Census. If you mark "NO" or leave the answer blank, your personal information will never be made publicly available.

Polish Snacks

A colleague of mine was in a festive mood today so brought in a couple of boxes of E.Wedel’s Ptasie mleczko chocolates. This is the leading confectionary brand in Poland which you will recall was acquired back in 1999 by Cadbury Schweppes from PepsiCo, Inc. Anyways, he brought in two flavours: coconut and vanilla. Little rectangular cubes of flavoured marshmallows surrounded by a thin layer of dark chocolate – pure joy! Well, ok, at least it’s good.