digital jigsaw puzzles, this quiet blog, and the current state of my brain
The writing part of my brain appears to be on vacation. It didn’t request time off; it doesn’t have to. It’s the boss. I have a pile of topics I’d…
2012
Shooting the Messenger.
We have all by now seen the Harperregimes modus-opandi whereby they attack the organizations thatdisagree with their view of Canada not by presenting a reasoned anddocumented argument against such opinions…
4483…There Is Joy In Mudville
For the mighty Rangers have struck out. Fuggetabout the F-35 stuff; The Ottawa Sun is planning the parade. The Stanley Cup parade. WFDS
Socking It To The Cities
When Jane Jacobs moved from the United States to Canada, she looked around at Toronto and concluded that Canada’s largest city provided a model for wise urban development. “Here is…
Canadian Greenhouse Emissions Thrown Off By Bugs
Simon Donner has a couple of posts on Canadian Green House Gas emissions and the government’s spin on them. In the first, he notes that: GHG emissions grew by only…
On Israel and Apartheid
Message on a wall at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Last month, university students and activists around the world marked Israeli Apartheid Week, an annual series of lectures and…
The Lonely Old Man and his Music
When I was in university I used to volunteer once a week at a nursing home in Montreal’s East End. Sébastien used to play the piano and sing French songs,…
What Danielle Smith thinks and why Alison Redford’s Tories aren’t fear mongering about it
Typical Albertans react to fear mongering by … well, by anyone, really. We frighten extremely easily out here on the Great Plains. Typical Albertans may not be exactly as illustrated…
In today’s Sun: Danielle Smith is lying
People who don’t live in Alberta should be paying attention to the Alberta election. And not simply because it may be historic, signaling the end of a 40-year political dynasty.…
OMG this is the best band I’ve seen so far this year
SFH and Bjorn are going to lose their shit over this. Godlike genius. Sent by Mraz, via some anonymous person who told him to give it to me. Now, I…
With Adrian Dix, What You See is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
{I can think of four specific instances when Adrian Dix was less honest than I would have been, and less honest than most public servants I have known would have…
starting late on a Saturday night….(okay. completed this time.)
There are a couple of stray thoughts that keep coming to mind in recent months. It begins with something I’ve realized for some time, now. There are certain words that…
Canada cuts leave more room for U.S. by Brendan Kelly
FRIENDS fears that the cuts to CBC will lead to the network buying more American programming.
Winchester, 121km, 4hrs 25 minutes
That ramped it up a bit. Distance wise anyway. I must figure out what to do with my upper body to avoid stiffness and other discomfort in my neck, back…
4482…Slate Develops The Obvious Into News V2
Stories like this are why Journalism Schools,like the one my alma and mater Carleton is so proud of, are a waste of space and time. Slate today asks the question…
4481…Slate Develops The Obvious Into News
Tattoos used to make you a scary outsider. Now that 45 million Yankees have tats, plus one Senator, that Indian dude that also tatted up Justin Trudeau crushed last week,…
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking
There were 6 ice warnings received by Titanic on the day of the collision. They were all ignored by the wireless operator who was preoccupied with transmitting passenger messages. On…
The Cry becomes a “movement” to “go global”
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. The Cry, Faytene Grasseschi’s prayer event, is now a global movement. The last Cry, which was held about a month ago…
4480…It Is Titanic Day Today
100 years ago today at 11 40 pm the big ass ship hit a bigger ass iceberg and fell to the deepest depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Just in case…