The University of Alberta student newspaper the Gateway used to carry two fairly inspired comic strips. They were both pretty popular when I was in high school, so I associate them with each other. Bob the Angry Flower is still going, but Spacemoose drifted into obscurity. The original web site was taken down quite a while ago, so I wondered what had happened to Mr. Thrasher. It turns out that Mr. Thrasher, BBS geek and belligerent cartoonist, is now Dr. Thrasher, valuable member of society. His work on functional electrical stimulation is a far cry from his former interests.

I found the news particularly interesting because I wrote my extended essay about some other FES research at the U of A way back then.

Today you wrote the Citizenship test. If you Pass this test you will be notified by mail to attend a Citizenship ceremony. This may take between 2 to 6 months. If you Fail this test, you will be notified by mail in the near future to appear for a hearing with a Citizenship Judge for an oral interview.

Hmm. I hope I passed. The question where we had to name Canada's national anthem was pretty tricky.