The Excitement of Parking
Not much is more thrilling that finding a parking spot. The only thing that is better is not having to look for one at all. I’m looking forward to the…
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Transit Is For Suckers
If there’s one lesson Canadians can learn from the latest Stats Can study into public transit, it’s that losers take the bus. A whopping 82% of commuters know that the…
The Dumber You Are, The Harder You Fall… For The Trick
There’s a reason the Republicans and Conservatives seem obstructionist both while in government and in opposition. Prorogation at every turn in Canada, and filibustering every routine bill in the States…
September 11 Lost To Terrorism
This article appeared on PostMedia websites in the lead-up coverage of September 11th, Ten Years Later. A new generation is dawning, and they have no direct grasp of what it…
WikiLeaks: Biggest Cock-up Ever
A collection of diplomatic history since 1966 to the present day. This sentence is changing the world, unintentionally. The US State Department would have given its left testicle for this…
Throw It Out
I’m cleaning up on Saturday, and it’s hard. There is no more Second Time Office Equipment, and SARCAN won’t take electronic waste of various sorts that they should be. I…
Girly Men Are The Real Thing!
Harper Government: Changing our genes and caffeine. Arnie the Governator was right! There are girly men. Do you know what’s causing them, and causing girls to hit puberty before their…
Montreal Zero One
While in Montreal on our honeymoon, we stayed in an independent hotel. As with some parts of Montreal, the neighbourhood wasn’t high class, but the staff and accommodations certainly were.…
Change You Can See
Being the change you want to see in the world — it’s not just a clever slogan, it’s the only direct way someone can change their circumstances. Here are some…
Past Irony
I find it ironic that Jack Layton was saying in the early 1990s what I was saying about the televised leaders debates in 2011 for the federal election. The independent…
Topless Or Brainless
I know what I’d rather be on a hot day. Making women wear clothing for religious/cultural reasons is something most John Gormley listeners critcise, but only if those women are…
Bike Sharing in Canada
This Summer I had the pleasure of using bike sharing in Ottawa. Had I know how easy it was, I’d have used it in Toronto too, and possibly Montreal while…
Who else has had a State Funeral in Canada?
The Government of Canada has a website for its funerals. Here’s a bit of history trivia for you to catch up on. Many of the names I do not know.…
Good-night Sweet Prince
It’s a sombre morning for much of Canada, as millions are contemplating the vastly changed federal political landscape. Okay, okay, tens of thousands are contemplating it, more realistically given voting…
WikiLeaks: Germany’s Solar Pullback Underway?
An interesting, and unclassified perspective on the German political landscape two years ago. Feed In Tariffs are responsible for Germany leading the world in solar PV technology and adoption. Ontario…
Wasn’t This Solved in the ’60s? Re-Branding is Ineffective
The 1960′s saw Canada pick up a new flag. We even gave it a day, February 15th, to be celebrated. Canada’s New(TM) Harper Government(TM) is undertaking a “re-branding” of the…
RIP Jack Layton #CancerTagFail
If we make it to September, Everything’s gonna be alright I know, It’s the coldest time of Summer, And Canada mourns the MP from Toronto. If we make it to…
Angry Voters
Jeff suggests a new app for the iPhone. I’d call it iVote, or Angry Voters. I used to be a hard-liner against e-voting, but now I’m starting to wonder if…
Giggle News
Nearly all news on CNN should be laughed at. Cooper is getting it right, and I love the puns.
Would You Vote Over The Internet?
I trust computers… to do what their potentially untrustworthy programmers tell them to do. Because it’s computer code that could be corrupted, there’s little means for the layperson voter to…