I bet you thought that title looked odd. Well it does to me, too. How many Canadians do you ever hear talking about the 1st of July? Aside from people referring to the specific calendar date, of course. We all talk about our nation's birthday as Canada Day.
Yet for some reason, I rarely hear Americans talk about the Independence Day holiday. They talk about the 4th of July. Stores have 4th of July Long Weekend Sales. Out-of-office email notifications say they're away celebrating the 4th of July. Cities advertise their 4th of July festivities. Even the Wikipedia page starts with, "Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July..."
But why that is, I can't say. It just strikes me as odd, since in general I've observed Americans to be very patriotic people. I would have expected them to be proudly stating that this is the day they gained their independence. So why wouldn't they always refer to their nation's birthday as Independence Day?
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
1:00PM - 2:00PM
I recently started watching the show 24. The series just recently ended after airing for eight years, but I had never watched it until just a few weeks ago. I've been renting the discs as part of my Canflix subscription and watching an episode every couple nights or so. But I am not writing about the show, but its episode titles.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
All Good Things Must Come to an End
It was sometime in 2003 when I learned that Starbucks was having their own branded Visa card, complete with great rewards. Unfortunately, it was only available in the US at the time which was quite disappointing. So in early 2005 when I discovered that it was finally available in Canada, I signed up immediately. And at the very beginning of March 2005, I received my brand new Starbucks Duetto Visa card. So new, this program was, that my card number had five consecutive zeros.
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