Saturday, February 28, 2004
Leaping into work
Back into work today, but not without a little research into leap years. As the Guardian explains here , a leap year occurs if the year is divisible by four, unless it is divisible by 100 however not by 400. This means that 1984 and 2000 were leap years but not 1900. Apparently women are allowed to ask men to marry them on February 29ths - great, one day out of every 1461 (or so).
I'm also thinking about developing a Vancouver Canucks drinking game on this blog. A few preliminary suggestions:
1 drink
- Todd Bertuzzi visibly mouths the word "f*ck"
- A Sedin falls over
- Brent Sopel gives the puck away (although fair play to him for scoring two goals in last night's game)
- Marcus Naslund receives the puck somewhere other than on the boards
2 drinks
- Jarko Ruutu gets sent to the penalty box within 30 seconds of arriving on the ice
3 drinks
- Dan Clouthier attacks the opposition goalie.
Anyway, in other news, Russell Brown is dead right to say that if Britain hadn't been bugging Kofi Annan, there would be no harm to national security in saying so. Blair can't say that, of course, because it would be a lie. Of which there have been quite a few lately. On a related note, Blair just doesn't understand that his personal conviction that "invading Iraq was the right thing to do" isn't a valid justification for war. I don't actually doubt that he managed to convince himself that the invasion was moral and necessary, contrary to most informed analysis, but that's hardly a rational basis for foreign policy. Similiarly, if Blair managed to convince himself that the Earth was flat, it wouldn't be appropriate to teach this in public schools.
Until next time.
I'm also thinking about developing a Vancouver Canucks drinking game on this blog. A few preliminary suggestions:
1 drink
- Todd Bertuzzi visibly mouths the word "f*ck"
- A Sedin falls over
- Brent Sopel gives the puck away (although fair play to him for scoring two goals in last night's game)
- Marcus Naslund receives the puck somewhere other than on the boards
2 drinks
- Jarko Ruutu gets sent to the penalty box within 30 seconds of arriving on the ice
3 drinks
- Dan Clouthier attacks the opposition goalie.
Anyway, in other news, Russell Brown is dead right to say that if Britain hadn't been bugging Kofi Annan, there would be no harm to national security in saying so. Blair can't say that, of course, because it would be a lie. Of which there have been quite a few lately. On a related note, Blair just doesn't understand that his personal conviction that "invading Iraq was the right thing to do" isn't a valid justification for war. I don't actually doubt that he managed to convince himself that the invasion was moral and necessary, contrary to most informed analysis, but that's hardly a rational basis for foreign policy. Similiarly, if Blair managed to convince himself that the Earth was flat, it wouldn't be appropriate to teach this in public schools.
Until next time.
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