Manitoba is now the fifth province or territory in Canada to legalise same-sex marriage. A judge affirmed Thursday morning that marriage was to be a union of 'two persons' after three same-sex couples sued for exactly that; neither the federal nor provincial government opposed the ruling. Manitoba now joins Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and, of all places, the Yukon in allowing same-sex unions. Wasting no time, at least two such couples tied the proverbial knot yesterday.

Manitoba is still the only province in Canada I've actually visited. It's also a really great band run by a mathematician. Watch the video for 'Jacknuggeted'. You'll thank me.

Oh dear...The Winnipeg Sun refers to an inhabitant of Winnipeg as a Pegger. For the record, to the best of my knowledge, heterosexual females in Winnipeg are no more likely to employ cunningly-wrought phalloid devices on their male partners than are such females elsewhere in the developed world.