Those wacky Brazilians

• I flew home from Winnipeg on one of Air Canada's new Embraer 190 jets. Awesome. USB ports in the seats for some reason, in-seat touch-screen TV/movie/games/music/news, and very sleek and modern styling inside.
• But ashtrays everywhere.
• Also very loud in row 24.
• And my noise-cancelling headphones had been accidentally switched on at some point during my trip, so the battery was dead when I tried to use them on the plane.

Finally, for the bored, a joke:

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing on Iraq. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!" His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands. Finally, President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

Thanks very much, I'm here all week. Try the fish.