100th Post! A Little Reminder
Pictured above…Stephen Harper with Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Bernard Valcourt. While the glove is not actually Bernard Valcourt, it does possess more use to Canada as a…
August 2013
Bedtime For Bastards
Now with extra JAZZMASTER: Bonus: Filed under: music Tagged: Bedtime for Bastards, The Cure, when I wake up in my make-up
Bedtime For Bastards
Now with extra JAZZMASTER: Bonus: Filed under: music Tagged: Bedtime for Bastards, The Cure, when I wake up in my make-up
Wood Mountain Folk Fest 2013
Beautiful weather, and beautiful music. There’s presently no planned music festival in Wood Mountain for 2014, but I hope that changes.
Where to put the bikes – my quest for a proper bike shed
We don’t have a garage. We have a bunch of bikes. We’ve been locking them up on the porch but that’s hard on the porch. So what to do. Well…
L’il Miss Piggy’s Tar Sands Adventure
Oilsands Quest, Inc. was very, very good to senator Pam Wallin. Her spot as a director of the Calgary-based energy company earned her $648,000 in cash and stock options, according…
"Les homes construisent trop de murs et pas assez de ponts." (Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.)
Commonly attributed to Isaac Newton and usually presented as “we built too many walls and not enough bridges”. As even a cursory knowledge of Isaac Newton’s thinking would suggest, this…
Sunday Dinner Music
Brought to you by the letters ‘G-L-A-M’: Filed under: music
Sunday Dinner Music
Brought to you by the letters ‘G-L-A-M’: Filed under: music
Minister Horne Reacts to the Preferential Access (Queue Jumping) Report: It’s not good
Justice Vertes released the results of the Preferential Access (Queue Jumping) Inquiry this week. Health Minister Horne heaved a huge sigh of relief. Vertes found that allegations raised by Dr…
The Deadly Truth About Oil And Gas Industry Safety Standards
A new report delivers a dire warning to employees in the oil and gas industries: Your job could be the death of you. According to recently released statistics from 2012,…
Starting at Hebron Academy
Hebron Academy’s Logo Hi everybody, After a thoughtful job search process I’ve accepted the position of Digital Communications Coordinator at Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine. Yesterday I was on campus…
A Coast Undefended
British Columbia’s environment ministry knows that the west coast is unprepared for even a small oil spill. Bureaucrats in BC`s environment ministry have warned that the province lacks the ability…
Why didn’t Hitler use poison gas against Allied forces?
During the Second German War both sides expected the other to use poison gas. And both sides were ready to retaliate in kind for the first use of such gas.…
Defamation By Internet? Part 1 – Murry Salby’s Short-Lived Blog Storm
Climate anti-science adapted well to the Internet. A blog storm (in this case the “SalbyStorm”) can surge through well-linked blogs to spread misinformation or unsupported accusations. Some blogs act as…
Artichoke busy blooming in Paris
This flower was extremely popular that day, in the Jardin des plantes. There was a lineup of photographers, like it was a celebrity or something. Filed under: art
"hide my ass" is far superior for vpn and wireless vpn
My adventures with VPNs, wireless VPNs, and other fun IP-address changes just keep getting better all the time. My new favourite addition is called HideMyAss – a stupid name, but…
On Keystone XL … Why?
I’ve generally stayed quiet on the subject of Keystone XL. Not because I don’t have opinions about the pipeline, or questions about it, but because the entire proposition has struck…
American Clown Academy
Stephen Harper deserves to be a member of this Academy. I added the caption on the photo – looks like Harper. 🙂 Photo updated: NYUK NYUK NYUK: Jeffery Potts, right,…