Spent a little time down by the Fraser River the other day and got to watch these guys - one on the log boom, one in the tug - separate out and haul off a boom of logs. I'd really rather be the guy in the boat, thanks. Fall off the boom, between a couple of logs, and your chances are pretty darn good for winding up seriously injured. Or dead.

Which reminds me - if you haven't read it, go get "Sometimes a Great Notion", by the late, great Ken Kesey. Darn fine book. If you don't feel like reading, it got made into a pretty good movie, too.

On the "Are Canadians Any Smarter Than Americans?" front, here's the embarrassing answer. Handguns are responsible for far more deaths than preventions thereof every year. They've got no use in civilian hands, but these meatheads have bought the NRA bullshit. It's sooooooo depressing.