...Canada without some prior connection is probably pretty tough.

"In combat one should be very suspicious of painless moral choices. When you are confronted with a seemingly painless moral choice, the odds are that you haven't looked deeply enough." ~ Karl Marlantes

manic progressives (well, we can still dream)

this one's not particularly well executed, but it has its moments- eg,
"I have no time"..... and following"

_{The origin of the universe has not as yet been shown to be a conspiracy theory}