I’m currently in Canada, which is causing the desire to post Canada-related photos to the blog (and Flickr, and everywhere else). Unfortunately, the only Canada-related photos that currently sit on my hard drive are those that I took on Canada Day in Trafalgar Square back in July.

So here’s one of my favourites from that day:

I call it The Accidental Beer Ad — I was taking a photo of the “hockey player” (aka, man-on-stilts wearing a Habs jersey) who is the focus of the shot, and didn’t realise that there was a beer advertisement in the background until editing later.

Still, it works wonderfully well. Here’s to happy accidents.

Photo is available in higher resolution on Flickr.
By Mr. Topp.
Published under a Creative Commons license for non-commercial use.

Happy Canada Day to all the Canadians (and wanna-be-Canadians, and people-living-in-Canada-who-get-a-day-off) out there.

Here in the UK, we do not get time off for Canada Day – perhaps not unexpectedly – but your intrepid blogger has taken the day off, anyways. Though never one to be overly celebratory regarding the birth of the nation when living in Canada, since arriving in London I have gone out of my way to make sure I celebrate my Canadian-ness every year on July 1st.

Every year, the location is the same — Trafalgar Square, where we celebrate with a mix of odd Canadian music (this year: Canadian throat singing), musical acts waning in popularity (this year: Blue Rodeo), and things that don’t quite fit the Canadian theme (this year: Yoga).

Throw in some low-quality poutine and Sleeman beer, and we have ourselves a party.

We are on a four year run of good Canada Day weather, so fingers crossed that the unpredictable British weather behaves itself once more today. We will be there, rain or shine.

We now leave you with photos from last year’s festivities:

All photo by Mr. Topp, taken on July 1, 2010, at Trafalgar Square, London. Published under a Creative Commons license.

Ever wonder what would hurt more, getting hit with a full beer bottle or an empty one?

If so, you are apparently not alone. And we can answer the question for you: the full one.

Photo of a 1971 nuclear bomb test by the French government. Found at The Atlantic gallery titled When we tested nuclear bombs.
Webcomic is Invisible Bread, by Justin Boyd.

You know how drinking too much beer can make it … difficult … to perform in bed?

We now have a cure for that.

This is a long weekend for us. The coffee will return on Tuesday.

Image of a Lego Lovecraft Mansion from here.
Webcomic is Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North.