There was a disconnect yesterday between my online life and my offline life.

My family friends and neighbours come in all sizes, shapes, ages, economic status, beliefs, and political stripes. Not one I’ve talk to watched the budget vote yesterday.

It isn’t that some didn’t care, it isn’t that some didn’t see that procedurally Ottawa went somewhere it hasn’t before.

It isn’t that they don’t have strong beliefs and feelings about the current state of affairs in Canada.

For a couple I talked to it was malaise, a fatigue with ongoing blatent grabs for power. Anger at corruption. Disgust for the rhetoric. But for most, I think it is merely pragmatism. In my little world, people I know are not happy with our federal politicans. They wish to wait it out a bit longer, let Gomery finish what he has started, let the opposition get it’s act together.
They want parliament to get back to work.

Online was a bit different. Canadians I ‘hang out’ with online feel and believe similar things, but are far more chatty about it. Rather than the balance between two groups of people being jarring, I’m grateful I’m at home in both worlds.

Some humour.