A daily dose of the Harper Government's desire to seemingly overhaul the democratic process can lead one astray from the mainstream news and in search of greener pastures. Here are some lighter things I came across in the news this week.
For those of us wondering whether Game of Thrones could become anything more than a Sunday evening in front of the TV, the
CBC managed to find a young knight crossing Canada by horseback. Vincent Gabriel Kirouac embarked several months ago on his journey from Quebec atop his trusty steed, Lionheart, in an effort to show that true valour still exists. Now, the CBC only credited him with "dressing" like a knight, but I suspect a true knighthood is on the horizon, albeit a difficult title to attain. Just ask
Sir Nils Olav, Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard.
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| Metta World Peace readies for T-Rex (Image: TheFaster Times) |
Falling into the category of "damn it, why didn't I think of that?"
comes the totally awesome news out of York, Nebraska, where a young man
has
legally changed his name to Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Tyrannosaurus Rex Joseph Gold felt the name was a lot "cooler" than
Tyler and figured it might help him stand out as a budding entrepreneur.
The judge, satisfied that this name change had nothing to do with
evading creditors or law enforcement, agreed with Tyler's - oops, sorry,
T-Rex's - assessment of the name change. I imagine the judge replaced
his gavel with a high-five. I just hope he doesn't bother people in the
same way that I'm irked every time basketball announcers manage to say
Metta World Peace (the man formerly known as Ron Artest) without
cracking a smile.
