Also the fact that giving the cows Bovine Growth Hormone is illegal here.

It’s the proper labels - skim, 1%, 2%, homogenized, blend, cereal cream, coffee cream, and whipping cream.

I was about to say it wouldn’t be a problem because it’d never sell here (Quebec takes its dairy seriously - artisinal cheesemakers in ever village, home of poutine, along with the vastly superior Liberty yogurt and Coaticook ice cream brands), but I suppose we would buy a metric shit-tonne of it in processed foods,…

Almost as much as Melania does.

I’m terrified of the situation in Alberta with the oilsands and getting a taste of being a ‘have-not’ province (east-coaster here, obviously. still salty). There’s a lot of fear and resentment looking for a target. But pretending the oil will always be there to keep people hopeful for now just guarantees we’ll all be…

Lie and play the social media game, yes. Canada’s Trump? GTFO

I did not have one, but kind of wish we had rehearsed, with or without a dinner. Nothing catastrophic happened, but our walk was super awkward due to lack of cues, and our music was cut off early because we hadn’t really discussed playing it through to the end. It was Peter Gabriel’s cover of Book of Love, and I…

I get the general sentiment that it’s unfair somehow because they’ve lost the ability to grow and change from the criticism, to defend themselves or tell their sides, or to ever make amends. But I also get that if you want people to say nice things about you, you shouldn’t be an asshole. I think most of us fuck up at…

I have had the great fortune of awesome parents, and I have nothing but praise for this woman. I have loved people who’ve been in her shoes. They grieved the absence of a real parent their whole lives, plus had to cope with the shit from what they got instead. That’s more than enough tragedy long before any funeral.…

Oh, and I’ve been told to expect questions about our sex life in the interviews! Fun times. Supposedly it has something to do with both making sure the relationship is healthy and weeding out pedophiles. I mean, I’m all for not letting pedophiles near kids, but have my doubts about identifying them by asking. Do they…

I’m Canadian, married to a dual Canadian/American citizen. He was applying for jobs in both countries a couple of years ago. When it looked like he might get one in Alaska, I started looking into what paperwork I would need to do to go with him. I thought since we were married it should be a piece of cake, right?…

What benefits are you worried about people using up, specifically? It kind of sounds like you want her to pay for breathing American air, and like you think all places that aren’t America are shitholes in comparison. I mean, obviously her parents thought there were better opportunities for them specifically in the…

How? As a poor, undocumented person, how are you going to manage those arrangments? Aside from how you save enough money to eat during that time not working and pay travel expenses and figure out where you can stay on the other side, how do you cross the border without documents? You know the Mexican boarder guards…

Do you think legal=good and illegal=bad? Do you think that once something becomes law, it is, by definition, just and morally right?

Did you get your citizenship by being born in the U.S.?

I’ve been looking into fostering as well, although not quite there yet. My impression is that if you answer yes, they will follow up with extra questions about how you see fostering in relation to your family plans. Where I live, they are very clear on the goal of reunification and do not do foster-to-adopt, so they…

I’m going to assume the crack is what grew here and not the ice shelf.

My vagina is like a turtle in that it is retreating even further in on itself at the mention of Dawn coming anywhere near it.

As a new (anglophone)NB resident, the number of angry “Anglophone Rights” people I’ve encountered here is disheartening. Bilingualism is the norm here, but “embraced”, sadly, feels like a stretch.

When a close friend suffered the death of her husband, one of the ways people tried to support her was through giving cash and gift cards. She was decidely weirded out by it - I mean, she definitely appreciated help of any kind, and dealing with basic needs like getting food into the house was a big challenge, but it…