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Toronto, 2017.02.28

Here's an interesting article outlining all the things Canada's got going for it, and all the nothing we're doing with the opportunity.

As one south-Asian immigrant in this country told me, "What holds this country back is cottage country. Everyone lives to escape, doing just enough work to scrape by and get out to ride back and forth in their powerboat."

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I feel fortunate that I enjoyed the blandishments of modernity. I had hip replacement and root canal. I was able to travel on airplanes. I was able to take cheap food for granted. I went to the movies. I enjoyed rock 'n' roll. And now I'm ready to move on.

—James Howard Kunstler