Sometimes, The Regina Mom wonders why she bothers to write her long blog posts, when others do it excellently with a short quote and video or are capable of piecing together a few headlines about the HarperCons' visit to China, the trade trip on which the Enbridge CEO has accompanied the prime minister presumably to tout the pipeline projected to forever change the B.C.

With the Superbowl over and done with and football fans looking for something to watch, The Regina Mom thought she'd share some great short vids for your viewing pleasure.

The first is actually a series of clips from the documentary On the Line, an award-winning film that shows what, exactly, is on the line with the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. (These are not embedded here, but rather linked out to their site.)

One part of the brain can work something out while another part is doing something else, or so it seems. The Regina Mom stayed up all night. When that happens, it's usually because she's been engaged in a good read or a good write. This time it was neither. And it wasn't a party, either. No, this time TRM's eyes were glued to the screen catching up on episodes of The Young and The Restless and The Colbert Report, shows she watches only occasionally these days. It's as though her brain needed a time out from the case of overload she'd contracted by consuming a wealth of information about the tar sands.

The HarperCons are certainly giving The Regina Mom a lot of opportunity to diss them. And that would be fun! Perhaps, if we give them enough rope... I know. It's wishful thinking, mirroring theirs, apparently. As a poster at one of the web boards I frequent said, "It's like the entire country is having a Stress Test." It does feel that way these days, for sure.