Two legends together.
Interesting fact – my montage of photos from the day Pace was born, set to a Loretta Lynn song, is my most viewed YouTube video of all-time with 36,000+ views as I type this.
Shea and I were also fortunate to get to see Willie Nelson live in concert while we lived in London, Ontario which was a pretty amazing concert.
“Lay Me Down” – Loretta Lynn with Willie Nelson
If I remember correctly. we put Cheerios in some plastic eggs for Pace’s first Easter when he wasn’t quite one year old…
Former Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford, died of cancer today at age 46.
Whether you loved him or hated him, you’ll remember him. Of course, that’s mostly because he was a wild-eyed addict who regularly made racist and offensive comments topped by his surreal admission that he used crack while in office.
It’s not a perfect parallel of course but there are echoes of Rob Ford’s “Wealthy Scion of Powerful Family” has politically incorrect appeal to those who are otherwise not political in the success of Donald Trump in the US Republican primaries.
Lots of people online say there’s no way that Hillary can lose to Donald Trump. I’ve seen Rob Ford become Mayor of Toronto – I’m not so certain…
Barack Obama made history today as the first US President to visit Cuba in 60 years.
I was trying to think of a good song to post to commemorate this moment – perhaps a popular Cuban song or a recent hit by a Cuban-American rap/dance artist?
But then I remembered this song about the fall of long-standing communist regimes (Russia, East Germany) from my high school graduation year, way back in 1991, which also seems appropriate today.
Watching the press conference with Raul Castro and Obama while I was home for lunch left me feeling mixed emotions.
Of course, I’m excited about Cuba opening up and becoming more westernized with things like democratic elections, freedom of speech, etc. not to mention that this will hopefully lead to the end of the ridiculous embargo and Cubans will be able to access all manner of consumer goods. Oh, and decent wifi! 😉
But I also worry about too much westernization changing the unique character of the nation – not just their culture and history but something as simple as being one of the few countries in the world without things like McDonalds, Wal-Mart and billboard advertising everywhere you look.
Having been a couple times, I’ll admit that I’m also selfish about how nice it was to have a vacation destination which had mostly Canadians as well as a range of people from across Europe. (Our last visit saw my parents becoming friends with the Justice Minister for a Swiss province if you can believe it. Of course, he’s part of a nationalistic right wing party but nobody’s perfect!) 😉
“Right Here, Right Now” – Jesus Jones
Here’s a few action shots of Pace at his trampoline class… 
