Every day, I wonder more whether I should pack up and drive north ...

Canada: What America could be. Ain't it funny that they run their country according to principles the right wing shrilly proclaims would lead to fiery ruin, and yet they seem to be reasonably OK.

From XE.com's Universal Currency Converter:1.00 CAD=0.816123 USD. Seems not so long ago they were in danger of dipping under $.70 per Canadian dollar. I'm just waiting for all the jokes about Canadian money to get turned around and fired our way.