New year with threat of arrest in USA
I started the new year in my pj’s locked out of the house at about 7:30 this morning. I would have just walked the mile to the coffee shop had…
January 2012
Decluttering 365–Day 1
Actually I lie, I started a couple of days ago. And I can’t promise a post a day about decluttering. I can’t even promise to declutter every day because Web…
Proof That Iggy Deserved Better
The man chided as aloof, elitist, and “unCanadian” wrote a beautiful article that summed up what’s going on in our recession wrecked world, how inequality is continuing to spread even…
Michael Ignatieff Tribute
…is no longer a part of the Liberal Biennial Convention program. A fact that I will note without comment. h/t
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Happy 2012 Here’s hoping that the seeds of change will continue to grow in the hearts and minds of women and men everywhere on this great blue planet, as the…
It’s All About Contempt
When the Harper government was found in contempt of parliament, the prime minister defined the problem as a not having enough votes. It was, he said, “simply a case of…
Michael Ignatieff on the Politics of Fairness
Many of the worst excesses of the age of greed occurred in markets that were anything but free, anything but transparent. Government must be there to clean up markets riven…
Jymn’s half-assed Predictions for 2012
Occupy will stay underground and grow its infrastructure and goals. More and more organizations and individuals will pledge allegiance to the movement. The media will interpret this lack of visibility…
Brian Lilley: "Tough year for state broadcaster"
Brian Lilley reads prepared remarks from Conservative party while Krista Erickson ponders the good ol’ days Judging by Lilley’s employer’s ratings, I’d say his statement is more than a little…
Music for a Sunday: I will be with you again…
Back before the Berlin Wall fell, there used to be this really cool band from Ireland. Whatever happened to them?
Democracy Requires Dialog
So says my tag line forthis blog and it is my belief that such dialog is fundamental to notonly democracy and governance but for the good of society in general.…
nous allons à québec
We are driving to Quebec City this morning. What better way to kick off an anniversary vacation than a road trip together. If the winter weather will cooperate – only…
Happy New Year from His Excellency
Happy New Year! While you ponder your resolutions, here is His Excellency the Governor General’s annual New Year’s greeting, where he encourages Canadians to volunteer more. I’m sure your local…
New Year’s Resolution Number 1.
AllTheInspirationThatFits PLPVille When we got home last night we had some real mail. From the real Springfield. In the real middle of the USA. And in it there was a…
The most popular song in the world
30 million views and counting. A great song in any language, but the mixture of English and Tamil shows something about where our worldwide culture is going and how quickly…
2012 at last
And I’m so not looking forward to this. No, its not 2012 itself that’s the problem — it’s all this Mayan calendar stuff that we’ll be hearing about all year…
"Whose year? Our year!"
Zuccotti Park is retaken. #OccupyNewYear!
Study Confirms DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Excludes Low Functioning, Intellectually Disabled Autistics
The abstract following is for the article Testing the Construct Validity of Proposed Criteria for DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder, authors William P.L. Mandy, D.Clin.Psy., Tony Charman, Ph.D., David H. Skuse,…
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was…