there are some prosperous squirrels

dear friends,

just came back from an interesting lunch at the princeton institute for canadian studies. they say there is no such thing as a free lunch, but at no cost to me i got the following:

* sandwiches and cookies from my favourite bakery "olives" (and the admin assistant bagged them up for us while we were eating in the main room)
* a chance to network with other princeton canadians, who by the way are almost all hockey players or rowers (there were maybe 12 people there, 6 of whom were on the hockey team and 1 member of Canada's Olympic rowing team)
* and, really this is best of all i got to hear canada's ambassador to the eu call mcgill decrepit. it seems he was there last week and was taken aback by the astonishingly large class sizes and failing infrastructure. when he said "that place is falling apart" i had to stop myself from saying "amen. brother, kinsman testify"
* when noting what princeton gave to him (network of contacts, internationally solid reputation) he noted that the squirrels are even better here. it's not everyday that someone says "there are some very prosperous squirrels"

alas, must get back to work. i am getting peer-pressured to take missing data analysis. i totally need to get some new peers.

cam