In 1925, in the Trial of the Century, the Scopes Monkey Trial ruled on whether humans were really monkeys.
In 2013, in the Trial of the Century, the Ikea Monkey Trial will rule on whether monkeys are really humans.
I knew there was a Monkey Trial connection in there somewhere; that’s it, Malthus. 
I went for a nice walk in Nosehill Park today, a natural grassland.
I saw what appears to be an iris about to bloom,
Oh yeah, and there was the coyote that was trotting up the path towards me, too. He veered off about 200 yards away from me, trotted off a ways into the grass, then stood and stared at me. I had my dog spray with me as always around here, so I wasn’t too scared, but having a top predator staring at you from that close does give you the heebie-jeebies! (I really need a better camera - he stood and posed, but my camera wouldn’t zoom enough!)
Very nice. You really should find a way to relax and reduce your stress though.
It was 11 and raining here today. I had to turn my furnace back on! 
Probably figured that you would be whispering some cats along with you – sort of like pizza delivery only for coyotes.
I hope you were packing heat to defend yourself from people handing out passes to the Stampede.
That was Nosehill Park, right?
I really hate that - the furnace should not be running from June to October. Period.
Hey, there’s an idea!
Yup, that’s the place. Stampede pass pushers and wild coyotes - I need to find a safer place to walk!
I’ve had my air conditioning on the last couple of days; it’s been that hot. They say it might rain on the weekend, but I hope not, as some friends and I have a golf game scheduled for Saturday.
Currently 12 and raining. Feels like 10 apparently. Going up to a high of 15. Depressing.
Wawa (the town where the Trans-Canada was wiped out by a flood last year) has now had amoose caused fireworks displayon the Trans-Canada.
I actually have the heat on in my bedroom. I feel ashamed.
Those darned moose!
Today is the tenth anniversary of the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal which allowed same-sex marriage in Ontario. That, in turn, rendered Ontario the first jurisdiction in North America to legalize same-sex marriage.
Wow. Ten years. I would have thought 5 or 6 maybe. That’s great!
Suddenly, summer happened in Jonquière!
Summer is still loading here - I think we’re at about 70%. We’re having nice, sunny days, but can’t seem to get past around 18ºC. Although thinking about it, that’s the perfect temperature for working in the yard, so I guess I’m not complaining. 
Summer has been loading here for quite a while. Sometimes there’s enough buffer, but then it pauses and stalls. We’re stalled again now.
I don’t call today stalled, I call it a step back… grey, rainy and cold, even saw a woman with a winter jacket on, ok she’s probably not from around here though!
It’s been good weather for riding the roller coasters at Canada’s Wonderland, though – cloudy with not much rain and mild temperatures.
I just finished reading Mary Janigan’s book, “Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation,” and I found one sentence in it at the end particularly jarring: “Those deposits of oil and gas within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and along the three coasts have shifted the power and wealth of the nation from the centre to the periphery.” (Page 341)
I have never in my life felt that I live in the “periphery” of Canada. Am I reading too much into this? Where would someone who has just written a book on a big chunk of the history of Western Canada come up with a sentence like that?