Also…
Ribfest!
The smell coming past the Ceeb is to die for. To find Ribfest, start at Parliament Hill and follow your nose.
Or, go to Sparks Street. Ribfest runs from Wednesday, June 18th to Sunday the 22nd. A full rack of ribs (a huuuge portion) is about $20, a half $12 or $15 and a third $9. Some places sell pulled pork sandwiches and chicken, which under normal circumstances are both solid choices, but it is called RIBfest after all.
The line of bureaucrats at every booth at lunch today was astounding.
So I am now on John McCain’s media mailing list.
My God, that man is busy.
I get 5 or 6 emails a day from his campaign, announcing conference calls, denouncing whatever Obama happened to say that day, then announcing a conference call to denounce Obama. McCain also does a lot of general “politicking” all over the place too. I think he was in Missouri today or will be tomorrow… I don’t read the emails in much detail.
Frankly, I don’t understand how presidential candidates stay on their feet.
I stay on the list because it’s vaguely interesting, and my inbox at work doesn’t get all that full anyway, so I have time to read it. It is a little odd for a Canadian reporter who currently works on a show that talks about Canadian politics to be on a John McCain mailing list, but I needed some info on his visit to Ottawa this Friday.
Entertaining things about poking around for that story:
- Introducing myself as someone with the “Canadian Broadcasting Corporation” rather than CBC Radio
- Discovering that the Republican website is plastered with pictures of Obama, with nary a McCain to be found (seems to have changed since I first saw it, now with at least 1 McCain related item, so the humour is somewhat lost now)
- Getting an item that’s under embargo (in another country… not that I would break it, but what would the legal consequences be in that case?)
- Mystifying people with the simple question, “So why is he coming to Canada?”
