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Palin takes prank call from fake French leader
The Masked Avengers, a Canadian comedy duo, pretend to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a phone conversation with Sarah Palin. Tabernack!
Some days my countrymen, yes even the Quebecois, make me entirely proud to be a Canuck 
. Need further proof where Canadians stand on jokes made about the jokiest of all White House contenders? The Globe and Mail, one of the largest and most respected newspapers in Canada, ran the entire transcript of the prank.
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Tim Horton’s in China (Timmie’s secret revealed)
I drink a lot of coffee.
I’m sure I’m not alone in this confession, but I thought I’d make it regardless.
I drink so much in a day that I’ve set a cut-off limit of 5pm, anything later and I increase my chances of having night-terrors. Now, instead of night-time misadventures, I find myself cramming cups in the hour leading up to 5pm, causing me to be a tweaking twitchy mess of a person.
When I first moved to China, up in a small town just outside of Dalian in China’s north-east, it was a hassle to even track…
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The True North Strong in Fee
For all the noise I’ve made about the recent visa situation here in China, or bureaucracy here in general, I tend to forget that this isn’t a China-exclusive thing.
Before I can get my visa renewed next month, I need first to renew my passport. No big deal really, a couple of photos, an application form signed by a person of substance that has known me for 2 years and a fee – voila, presto chango I’ve 5 more years of stamp collecting.
But wait – A/Bing the process with that which befalls my brothers and sisters not fortunate enough…
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