I think my palm tree just died....

The thing about a stereotype is that typically some part of the exaggeration associated with it is typically true.

Here in Canada, The Great White North, we struggle to overcome the stereotype that we are a frozen, uncivilized wasteland 90% of the calendar year.

Then I take a look outside, and see the snowbanks, the -20 degrees Celsius, and wonder if our work on that front just may be insurmountable.

As for the uncivilized aspect, I just have to watch the drama unfolding across the other side of the country with Toronto's troubled wild-man mayor, and I must concede that the stereotype may be closer to reality than exaggeration...

Oh Canada....

Later!