The Olympics are on in Russia. To commemorate, the Calgary Tower or the Husky Tower (if you're an older GenXer like I am), is lit up every night. Yes, folks, there is fire on top of that tower thanks to a huge cauldron-like structure and whatever fuel they use - which I assume must be safe enough; the tower is lit up a few times a year for various things, sometimes when someone important dies. I'm enough of a sentimentalist to like it when it happens. It's one of those unifying things that happens in cities. City hall has decided to fly the rainbow flag rather than the Olympic flag, which the city has the right to fly, as this city has also hosted the Winter Olympics. I get the reason for the choice - Russia is backward where it concerns people who happen, in addition to being humans, to also be gay - but I wish both flags could have flown. Might have been a stronger message. But our mayor is awesome anyway.
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