Male knitters shall destroy the Earth!!!!!

So as I have travelled on this knitting road, I have begun to get more comfortable with knitting in public. But an incident last week basically made me realize that being a male knitter is a source of power so awesome that we could destroy the planet, should we so desire. I was at the Royal Oak bus terminal, awaiting my transfer to go to work the other day, and working hard to get the latest project done: A baby blanket for my soon to arrive niece. I am not one of those "don't look while you knit" types, but I do often look up to see what's going on. I noticed a car going by, and the gentleman behind the wheel was seemingly astonished to see a guy my size knitting. Not as astonished mind you, as he was crashing into the vehicle in front of him that had stopped for a red light. It was really hard to suppress my laughter, especially as he looked over at me, eyes wide in disbelief, as though he were expecting me to leap forward and cry out "My bad!!! Sorry, I was knitting!!!" But instead, I became aware of a smirk creeping across my face. Imagine it, maybe not the thought of an army of knitters using the power for evil (because after all, there is no evil wrought from knitting, as we all know), but for good. We could stop wars, change history, even. We... umm... ok, maybe not. But it was a pretty clear display that people's attitudes towards male knitters is pretty lame. We aren't special. We aren't doing it for attention. We knit out of a need to create, a love of the ability to craft things for those that we love, or need our help.

yeah... I know

So the blanket really is coming along. No, really. It's been tough to get to it, even though the baby is due any day, between trying to keep things running at home, the puppies and managing the other blogs/podcasts. The election nonsense in both Canada and the US lately is also distracting, not always in a bad way. Let's face it, the Canadian election was an utter sham. Stephen Harper broke a law he created in a bald faced attempt to get a majority when poll numbers told him it was possible. How did the poll numbers go up? The 2 month plus campaign before the election was called, where the Tories ran tv ads and sent out numerous mailers (on your dime) to tear down Stephane Dion and the Liberals was the height of scummy politics, the likes of which this country has never seen. Where was the outrage? Where was the rejection? No, people decided that in the midst of a financial tsunami that has this country being dragged into recession by our intertwined economic relationship with the US, that being "tough on youth crime" was more important. Well 37 odd percent of the 59% of the voting public did. That's no mandate. This country is headed for disaster and all of you who bought the slick, American style campaign of the Tories should hang your heads in shame for enabling it. Mark my words, kids... dark days are ahead. In the US, the disgusting and pathetic last gasps of the Conservative movement have led to their most heinous and desperate ploys yet. Lies so far out of touch with reality, and speeches carefully crafted to light the fires of racism and intolerance. Even a wave of calling Obama, the Democrats and any area behind them as Un-American. It's been said that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. To see the generation of elder Americans angrily repeating Republican talking points that Obama is a (socialist/muslim/arab/communist/terrorist) and the horrifying racism rearing it's head in a country that has struggled to heal from it's shameful past show that racism never went away. It just waited to be given the signal it was safe to crawl out from under the rock.

To my American friends, be you knitters or metalheads, a plea: Please vote Democrat, and show the world you reject his hateful, ignorant, backwards, intolerant movement that is Conservatism. If you're a metalhead, you should be terrified at the thought of Sarah Palin being a heartbeat away from the Presidency. If you think for a moment that this extremely hardcore religious activist will not attack our music, you're more ignorant than she is. Stand up. Fight for freedom of speech. Send her back to Alaska, where hopefully they will find her guilty of ethics violations and throw her and her redneck husband in jail where they belong.

Shocking News: Slack-ass Blogger Returns!!!

Yeah it's been a while since I posted on this blog that no one reads...

So what has happened since the last post? Well, my Dad had his cancer treatment and is doing very well thank you. I, too was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but it was a false positive, and though it was a very torturous month for Laurie and I, we are both thankful that not only did I get a clean bill of health, but it made us realize I have to pay attention to this. It's not something guys should ever put off. It's so treatable, to ignore it because you're too embarrassed to have a finger in your ass is truly stupid. So if you go to the We Are All Canuckleheads blog, there's a couple posts from my myspace that talk about the whole ordeal.

So, I have started a new project: A baby blanket! My sister and her hubby are expecting child #2 on Oct 30th (It's so coming on Halloween...) and since we know it's a girl, I have some nice soft colors for her first lil afghan :)

I will post pics once I get something of substance to show you.

Make sure you head over to Laurie's blog, to see what she has been up to lately, and a great pic of Lola...