I AM CANADIAN !!

It's Canada's Birthday today!! Canada officially became a country in 1867. I love seeing us have some National enthusiasm and pride. Normally Canadians are a little circumspect with our National Pride, unlike our ebullient neighbors to the South. Sometimes I wish we'd waive our flag more vigorously like the Americans. We're a great Country with some smart and talented people. We've made some incredible contributions to this planet. Here's a list of just a few  of the things that are ALL CANADIAN.

1. The Walkie-Talkie
2. Javascript computer language
3. The telephone
4. The pager
5. The Canadarm for NASA
6. Snowmobiles
7. Snowblowers
8. The electric wheelchair
9. The prosthetic hand
10. SONAR
11. Basketball
12. Hockey
13. Lacrosse
14. IMAX
15. Trivial Pursuit
16. Insulin
17. Bone marrow compatibility test
18. Alkaline batteries
19. The Wonder bra
20. garbage bags
21. Plexiglass
22. Paint rollers
23. Macintosh apples
24. Smarties (those little chocolate morsels of colorful wonderfulness!)
25. Nanaimo Bars (I live in Nanaimo, BC and we invented them here, for those who are so deprived as to not have tried one, layer a crust of chocolate, graham and coconut with firm sweet custardy layer topped with chocolate. Good GOD they're good!)
26. Poutine (a French Canadian invention of crispy fries slathered in white cheese curd and topped with hot gravy to melt the cheese, Oh Yummo!!)
27. Butter tarts
28. Built the first cardiac intensive care unit
29. The electron microscope
30. The pacemaker
31. Roller skates
32. Instant potatoes

Yup, we're a smart and inventive people but we just don't toot our own horn. So, it's nice to see us Canadians waiving our flags and hailing that WE ARE CANADIAN. I'm proud to be from such a wonderfully friendly country. All over the world other countries welcome us with open arms. That's so flattering to hear what other countries think of our citizens.

So, on that note, I say HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA!! It's my country is 145 years old today! Here's my maple leaf to show my abundant pride in being Canadian through and through.

I hope everyone has a Happy Canada Day and also in a few days Happy Independence Day to our American friends!

I'll be back soon with a new Featured Artist for you all to meet and get to know. Talk soon, I gotta go wave a flag, paint my face red and white and go make a drunken fool of myself. (Yup, that's me, drunken Canadian fool... ;o) you guys do know me, right??)

Best,

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