Friday Zen – Haitian Fund Raiser and Killer Whales

Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip will perform live on Friday's telethon, along with hip hop act K'naan, and a number of other musical acts.

Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip will perform live on Friday's telethon, along with hip hop act K'naan, and a number of other musical acts.

Canada’s three major networks (admit it – you didn’t know we even had one, did you?) are coming together this evening for a joint fundraiser for Haitian relief. The event will be broadcast one hour before the beginning of the major, worldwide Haitian relief telethon, “Hope for Haiti Now”.

The money raised during the Canadian portion of the telethon will be distributed evenly distributed to 10 Canadian NGOs doing hands on relief work in Haiti, including World Vision Canada, Canadian Red Cross Society, UNICEF Canada, Oxfam Canada and Save the Children Canada. You can also donate online, via this link.

Canada’s homegrown telethon features a pantheon of Canadian stars, including James Cameron, Jason Reitman, William Shatner, Joshua Jackson, Pamela Anderson, Eugene Levy, Sandra Oh, Tom Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, Michael J. Fox, Rachelle Lefevre, Will Arnett, Hugh Dillon and Brent Butt.

Musical acts appearing include Nelly Furtado, Measha Brueggergosman, Justin Bieber, Céline Dion, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, David Foster, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida and Simple Plan. Headlining is the seminal Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.

To me, nothing says ‘zen’ like listening to Gord Downey perform his iconoclastic version of “New Orleans is Sinking”.

Downey likes to use “New Orleans is Sinking” as a sort of blank slate for new material, weaving seemingly random rants, on a variety of topics, into the middle of the song. This version is known by fans as “NOIS – Killerwhaletank”, for reasons which will become obvious once you listen to it.

After Hurrican Katrina, the Hip removed New Orleans is Sinking from their live show play lists. They’ve said that they’re not sure if they’ll ever play it again.

Friday Zen – A Christmas Angel & His Dog

James Delorey's dog, Chance, sits in the front passenger seat of the hearse carrying the boy's casket to church on Monday.

James Delorey's dog, Chance, sits in the front passenger seat of the hearse carrying the boy's casket to church on Monday.

From the Chronicle Herald

SYDNEY — The tiny casket holding the body of James Delorey moved through the church, covered in spruce branches placed there by some of the men and women who searched for the boy for two days before they found him in the woods clinging to life.

His dog, Chance, standing sentinel over the boy even in death, silently followed his master’s coffin past nearly 400 mourners.

James Delorey is the young Autistic boy who wandered away from his home in rural Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. James, who was not verbal, had followed Chance away from the family home. Chance stayed with James to the very end, returning home just a few hours before James was finally found.

Seven-year-old James Delorey’s casket is followed by his dog Chance as it is taken from Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Whitney Pier, near Sydney on Monday. (ANDREW VAUGHAN / The Canadian Press)

From CBCNews.Ca

The boy’s dog, Chance, was led into the church behind the casket. Chance sat in the front passenger seat of the hearse and could be seen poking his head out the window as the funeral procession made its way through the neighbourhood.

James, who had autism and did not speak, went missing on Dec. 5 after following Chance into the woods.

Frantic search

Hundreds of volunteers and search and rescue crew members descended on South Bar, near Sydney, to look for the boy during the snowstorm that began shortly after his disappearance.

Chance returned to the family home two days later, sparking renewed hope in the search for James. As one team of searchers followed Chance’s tracks back into the woods, another team working from the opposite direction found James.

Rescue workers touch James Delorey’s casket after the funeral. (CBC)He was huddled in the fetal position in an area of thick brush and snow about a kilometre from his home. Unconscious and suffering from severe hypothermia, he died early the next day after he was rushed to the IWK Health Centre in Halifax in critical condition.

There was an imprint in the snow next to where James was found, where Chance had apparently huddled with the boy to keep him warm.

Friday Moment of Zen – the Jack Black Jig

The spec-freakin’-tastically awesome Mr. Jack Black dances a jig, on the kids show “Yo Gabba Gabba“.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that Yo Gabba Gabba is to today’s generation of 4:20iers what “Hammy Hamster” was for my generation.

update: someone narc’d on the poster of the original video, and it was taken down. Damn you, Nickelodeon! I however, will NOT be denied my jig dancing Jack Black, so here you go. Sorry about all the commercials.

Friday Moment of Zen – Baby Bunny Bathtime

Can we ever get tired of seeing videos of Sharky the Pit Bull and his beloved baby bunny?

I know I can’t.

Enjoy the rest of Sharky’s videos here.

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