Tecktonic redux

So it seems that 'tecktonic', that bizarre dancing perpetuated by teenagers in France that I wrote about a while back, is still going strong. I just found an article about it, with some more great links. Check it out!
I'm disappointed I didn't see any of this while I was in Paris. Though I definitely saw the fashions.

What the ...

Everyone in Canada can have the last laugh, because this is what we woke up to this morning:

Speaking of polar conditions, there was an article in The Guardian this weekend about the battle over Arctic sovereignty. I don't much feel like defending Canada these days, but I was annoyed by one thing in the article - this statement: "In a frivolous but slightly passive-aggresssive gesture, Canada's postal service has assigned a postcode to the North Pole: H0H 0H0." The paper even used it as a pull quote in large bold letters, lending it greater weight when it's otherwise just an ill-researched, perhaps even half-joking throwaway comment. Wasn't that postcode assigned simply as a place to send Santa letters in the 70s or 80s, well before the Arctic sovereignty issue blew up? Those letters don't go to the North Pole. But even though I don't think the statement was that serious, it implies that the assignation of the postcode was a response to the sovereignty issue, and that's what people over here would assume given that no further background or explanation is given. It's not that Canada isn't guilty of petty gestures, but I loathe how some journalists dig up dirt that isn't there to fan the flames of conflict. It's a tiny little thing, I know, and I probably sound like I've got no sense of humour. But I'm sure this issue will get much uglier in the future, and then the little things could matter quite a bit.

And since I'm on a roll with the good news today, would you be surprised to know that England has considered abandoning what it thinks are futile efforts to preserve the Norfolk coastal defenses in light of climate change, and moving those defenses further inland (thereby abandoning several villages to the encroaching seas)? Coastline erosion has been a problem for years, so the prospect of rising sea levels has caused greater alarm. Here's one article about it.

Well, I'm off to spread more good cheer about. Tra la!

Oh, okay, here's something funny that Jeff was watching today, from The Onion (bet some of you have already seen these):
Proposed Classified Bill. Man, you've got to see some of those other videos too. They're brilliant. Like this one: Delicious Snacks Distract Congressmen From Horrors of War.