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Apr. 29th, 2009 | 11:49 am





Canadians have it good. Of all the stereotypes in the world, being branded as polite and extraordinarily nice is maybe the best deal anyone got.

All jokes aside, there is definite point to make about the Northwest Mounted Police. For all the parody they endure, there was a marked difference between the wild west of America and the wild west of Canada, and that was the Mounties, an organized and intelligent law enforcement- organized being the operative word. Look further into their history, you won't be disappointed.


ABOUT THE BOOK AGAIN



Edit:

Holly from Topatoco says: "The book is not actually sold out! We still have a couple hundred copies left but they will probably be gone by the end of the week. BUY NOW."

phew!

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Chernobyl Red

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from: [info]chernobylred
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:11 pm (UTC)
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Well, damn. I should have ordered first thing this morning, when it still showed available.

Off to order now. Thank you for the update.

Edited at 2009-04-29 04:46 pm (UTC)

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from: [info]mussare
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:12 pm (UTC)
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I uh, guess a lot of us bought 6 to give as gifts. *cough*

Sorry!

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randomsign

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from: [info]randomsign
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:13 pm (UTC)
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I remember that commercial.. and also the bad, bad acting in virtually every other canadian moment commercials.

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jordyn f b(atman)ochon

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from: [info]yfrontninja
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:45 pm (UTC)
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No way! The Canadian Part of Our Heritage Moments are wonderful! Do you remember the burnt toast moment? I remember the burnt toast moment and I think about it every day.

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dr. girlfriend

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from: [info]ruth_the_sleuth
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:13 pm (UTC)
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"Due South" is the only point of reference I have for the RCMP, but it provides proof that it is both extraordinarily nice AND awesome.



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glenatron

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from: [info]glenatron
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:21 pm (UTC)
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Me too. Due South was a big favourite of mine.

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HORRIFYINGLY EXOTIC

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from: [info]shuraiya
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:13 pm (UTC)
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HAHAHAHA!! XD

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BRNDN

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from: [info]brand0nius
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:14 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations on selling your first THOUSAND books! That's actually pretty impressive.

I will have to help sell out the second run.

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Demamas

A+ gr8 ebayr, will buy again

from: [info]demamas
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:15 pm (UTC)
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dear kate,

you make me find and learn new things by exciting my curiosity

and that is the greatest treasure of all (?)

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Elanya

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from: [info]elanya
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:18 pm (UTC)
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Damn, I guess I don't have to count my pennies on payday afterall ;_;

You were going to be the first webcomics book I actually bought!

Well, you probably still will be, just not right away :x

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orca_girl

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from: [info]orca_girl
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:20 pm (UTC)
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Sold out ALREADY??? Aargh! Yes, please let us know when another run is available! (I mean, congrat's and all, but...)

ALso -- okay, do you have recommendations for good histories of the Mountains, and of Canada's "wild west", "wild northwest", "wild trapping" period? (Or heck, a related question: are there good series of historical fiction that deal with that period/setting?)

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Elanya

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from: [info]elanya
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:32 pm (UTC)
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There are a few good stories from the period in Pirates and Outlaws of Canada: 1610 to 1932 by Harold Horwood and Ed Butts :)

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No rest for the Wicked Awesome

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from: [info]mklutz
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:20 pm (UTC)
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You should save a few extra copies to sell at Free Comic Book Day!

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from: anonymous
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 09:38 pm (UTC)
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Wait, what?

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Nana Banana

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from: [info]speaky_bean
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:21 pm (UTC)
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This is what I keep telling my Canadian stepfather when he rages about how everyone thinks Canadians are so nice. Being nice is a GOOD thing. It's much better than being branded as fat and ignorant and greedy like Americans are!

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zenmonkeykstop

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from: [info]zenmonkeykstop
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:21 pm (UTC)
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Will you have them for TCAF? I like the buying in person what with the embarrassing hi-I'm-your-fan conversations and such.

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Me

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from: [info]ilanatree
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:25 pm (UTC)
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Re: RCMP: yes, except they basically just killed a Polish immigrant for picking up a stapler.
That said, I agree.

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The Slender Splendor

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from: [info]blogtard
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 07:49 pm (UTC)
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Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, sure.

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Poddle

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from: [info]poddleduck
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:27 pm (UTC)
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I think you can tell a lot about the differences between Americans and Canadians by the fact that Canadians actually took the time to establish rule of law in their western turf before letting settlers move out there, whereas Americans waited, oh, half a century in some places.

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Honey loves monsters

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from: [info]primavera
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:35 pm (UTC)
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Patience is for yellabellies.

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b.glad

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from: [info]b_glad
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:28 pm (UTC)
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I got one of the books and that Victorian tshirt I've been wanting to get for a while, as well. :3

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Lucy Huntzinger

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from: [info]athenais
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:29 pm (UTC)
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Sold out already? That'll teach me to wait a day until I get paid.

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Elanya

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from: [info]elanya
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:30 pm (UTC)
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Neil Gaiman posted a link to pictures of Chestertown - there is one of you there, lookin' sharp, possibly doodling ducks. :)

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cptnspldng

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from: [info]cptnspldng
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 05:43 pm (UTC)
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I initially read that as diddling ducks.

No more sneaking quick reads while feigning work.

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Jeff Goldblum

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from: [info]hannahclover
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:31 pm (UTC)
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We Michiganders hold our Canadian neighbors in pretty high regard. In fact, we have our own little mini-Canada... the upper peninsula!

It doesn't mean we don't make fun of them ourselves on time-to-time.

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step by step is the only way to get anywhere

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from: [info]philliebird
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 08:01 pm (UTC)
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Yay Michiganders and yay your fabulous icon!

Sometimes I wish I could be Canadian, especially while watching Due South. I feel like that gives you permission to gently tease them once in a while.

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A Surprisingly Knowledgeable Merchant of Cabbage

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from: [info]kittyjimjams
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:33 pm (UTC)
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BOLLOCKS I will have to order it from the next run then. Darn!

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She's lost control

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from: [info]catchthecat
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:33 pm (UTC)
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You have made me truly excited to read about the Wild West of Canada. I'm imagining bandits firing their pistols and then being captured by mounties and having to go to bed without supper.

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Holly

Whoa hold on

from: [info]hey_friend
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:35 pm (UTC)
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The book is not actually sold out! We still have a couple hundred copies left but they will probably be gone by the end of the week. BUY NOW.

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Hark! A Vagrant

Re: Whoa hold on

from: [info]beatonna
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:37 pm (UTC)
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whoops!

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Sex and a dog-eared paperback dictionary

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from: [info]redcoast
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:38 pm (UTC)
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I love the facial and hand expressions in this one.

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Sir Frederick Chook

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from: [info]fredchook
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:41 pm (UTC)
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Awww. This post is officially Lovely.

(Planning an Americas holiday for the end of this year. Should I include Canada? Can people recommend regions thereof as Very Nice to Visit for someone who likes lovely things and museums?)

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dr. girlfriend

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from: [info]ruth_the_sleuth
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:48 pm (UTC)
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This falls kind of outside the realm of Americas, but visit Montreal if you can. It's unbelievably lovely.

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baby goat

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from: [info]baby_goat
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:47 pm (UTC)
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I was pretty happy with Tom Green's response to Greg Gutfeld when Fox mocked the Canadian military/mounties.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 06:30 pm (UTC)
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I never saw that Fox news thing, I am in a little bit of shock at how ignorant it is

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Nathan

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from: [info]skarlath2
date: Apr. 29th, 2009 04:51 pm (UTC)
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i'm sure you knew about this but i love it so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lab6gyWsMXo

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