First, a public apology... (Thursday Thirteen Purists... just scroll down to the banner if you want to skip this bit...) I had a commenter on Tuesday who, in the past, upset me by mocking the nation of my birth... my home and native land... who came in on a post and as of now, I believe meant to say I was a "stupid liberal"... which I admit to being PART of that... I'm a "Capital C Liberal"... a "Red Tory" as they're known here in Canucklestan... Stupid? Maybe... but I'll accept the label of liberal.

That said, I have to assume, in what I can consider a small forensic "looking back" at things that his stupid liberal became stupid libel... which I believe was a typo... well, I believe that now after looking through my correspondence and backups.

I thought I was being accused of lying, not being socially conscious to a fault... and since the fellow had slagged my country previously, I went a little nova...

That said, looking back, it may have been just a typo.

If it was, then I do apologise and my removal of the comments was a bit harsh.

If it was not... well...

Anyway, to this fellow, if it WAS a typo, then I do apologise.

I do ask that ANYONE who thinks I don't like America or Americans understand something... I'm a PROUD Canadian... and my family are proudly of United Empire Loyalist stock... and we do trace back to settling in New Amsterdam and I have MANY friends AND relations in America... and have visited The States often... and I have explained my feelings nicely in this post a while back.

America is great... and I truly feel it's destined to become even greater... and I am so amazed and happy that this past election, history HAD to be made... either with a woman in a real elected American power position... or an African American president... which is what happened. Either way, it says a lot about the American Dream... and what's great is that we have proof and evidence that, indeed, it's open to all.

So, with that said... I will move on to the REAL post for today...

I won't miss the election rhetoric now that both America and Canada hav finished the processes for now... I won't say I didn't find it fascinating and enlightening... but my nerves are frayed and I, perhaps like you, need a little release.

So... something a littler "lighter" seems to be something that might fit the bill.

So... a little "fluffier"... hmmm...

Thirteen things... things that aren't too serious... something like a quiz about... ME!

#13: There is a suppressed picture of me as a VERY young lad wearing naught but a strategically placed maple leaf tied with a string around my waste... My family thought it would be "cute" and "funny"... I still loath it.

#12: I am one of the few men on this planet that can do eyeliner on the inside of his eyelids.

#11: I once was rushed to the emergency room as a kid because, through the force of suction, I had managed to get a pop-tin stuck on my tongue.

#10: I was once referred to as having "kind yellow eyes".

#9: I was infamous with my family at Thanksgiving for getting "the trots" the next day thanks to overindulging in pumpkin pie... every bloody year.

#8: My one sister, on me being delivered home from the hospital as a new born, apparently burst into tears screaming at my parents to, "Take it back!"

#7: I used Windows '98 as my primary home operating system until 2006.

#6: I never attended art college... but for some odd reason, many people think I did.

#5: For over a decade, I did not own any footwear except one pair of boots.

#4: I've been known to weep at receiving tea as a gift.

#3: I've also wept at receiving a pewter flask as a gift... and I'm a teetotaller.

#2: I have legitimate trouble remembering my own phone number... but can cite verbatim several Monty Python skits.

#1: My illustrious childhood hockey career consisted of several years playing... and exactly one goal. My mother STILL has the date of the goal marked on her calendar.

REMEMBER: The answers are in the comments section!