The winners of Pat’s annual Canada Day contest with Gothamist gathered Tuesday night for beer and poutine at Windfall, the midtown bar known for its Saturday “Hockey Night” gatherings.

This is what our society has come to. We are distrustful of friends who aren’t online with us. Very funny fake movie trailer inspired by the 1993 Mel Gibson movie.

It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a mechanical sea gull. A German firm debut it’s latest invention—a robotic seagull—at the TEDGlobal conference in Scotland this year. The company said it’s goal was to “mimic nature” and by that metric, they succeeded. During a test run the robot bird appeared so lifelike a group of flesh-and-blood sea gulls swooped in and joined it in flight. VIDEO

Today’s Alter Ego comes from Katie. She writes:  “In all honesty, I realize ‘Kitty’ is not as bad as a lot of the submissions you get. I was just very excited because I thought I had a name that was impossible for people to mess up.”
Rookie mistake, Katie.

Yesterday, I chewed out the New York Post on-air for burying its Murdoch coverage. Judging by the response I got, a lot viewers felt the same way. Editors at the Daily Beast certainly did. They asked me to weigh in on the fact that we have come to expect that News Corp. media outlets will bury a story about the boss.

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego comes from Ellen. She writes: “I can’t lie—usually I do well in the Starbucks name game. But today, for whatever reason, a barista decided that I was a man. On the bright side, I had a good laugh with the guy at the hand-off counter as I nervously waited for a real Eli to come up and claim his Frappuccino.”

Today’s Starbucks Alter Egos are a two-for-one deal, from Brian and Hinedy, excuse me—I mean Heidi. It’s a rare moment—or is it—when the barista hands you not one but two misspellings. I’m sure Brian figured it out though—seems like his brain is so big it makes an impression.

Your colleagues don’t want to see your feet. None of them. Gleaned from answers given during a recent phone survey, the human resources company Adecco determined that when it comes to inappropriate office attire, wearing flip-flops were the biggest sin one could commit. Miniskirts were number two.

On July 1st, I celebrated Canada Day listening to the annual “Great Canadian Songbook” show at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan. And I led the mostly Canadian crowd in a rendition of O Canada.