How Well Do You Remember the 70s?
Unless you’re already well into your 50s, chances are you don’t remember much if anything of the 1970s. And that’s too bad for you because, as you’ll discover in the…
Life lessons: Inspirational
Very interesting video. You judge it for yourself.
Time to Get Ready for the Future – My Personal Decision
I don’t often blog about items of a more personal nature, but today is an exception. Over the past several months, I’ve had the pleasure of taking some time off…
If an employee is too hot it is justified to fire the employee
Melissa Nelson was fired by her boss – a dentist – because she was ‘too hot’. Ms. Nelson sued her boss but the Iowa Supreme Court decided that the firing…
On selective endpoints
Shorter Andrew Coyne: If you ignore the actual recent rail disaster that blew up a town, there’s little apparent risk of rail disasters. So let’s keep assuming the likelihood of…
6238…Ban The Burqua
The Telegraph drops the knowledge that “Holland is to become the latest European country to ban the burka, despite the fact that fewer than 100 Dutch women are thought to…
Your water bill is a subsidy for the wealthy
The City of Toronto has a new problem: people are conserving water. If that seems like something of a strange problem to you, then you’re right, its not actually a…
Beer man Jim Gibbon runs for Edmonton City Council
TweetJim Gibbon, the founder and president of Amber’s Brewing Company, announced this week that he will run for City Council in west Edmonton’s Ward 5. Speaking over the phone this…
Judgemental? Yes
But true nonetheless: You can read more about our perilous state here. Recommend this Post
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Globe and Mail weighs in on the Lac-Mégantic tragedy by pointing out that we should be far more concerned about public safety…
Musical interlude
Paul van Dyk feat. Arty – The Ocean
The Affordability Factor
Old economy Steve thinks that things are going great. Markets no longer have to choose between a stronger economy and easy money. Now they can have both. The baby-boomer wet-dream…
July 13: On renovating your mansion in the correct style
You’ll find this useful article in the Home and Garden section, p. 1. It features Bill Clinton’s home (Georgian style), along with multi, multi million dollar homes in Gothic Revival…
Malala Yousafza gives a speech at U.N.
Malala Yousafza is a very bright young lady. What the Taliban did to her was barbaric. She gave a great speech at the United Nations. However, Obama should give some…
Harper shuffles the deck Monday
I think all the chairs have already been rearranged. I have a sinking feeling the new blood will be no different than the losing hand we’ve already been dealt.
Our oaths and other oddities.
A news story the other day was about three potential Canadian citizens who could not understand why they should swear allegiance to the Queen. They want to become citizens but…
In the at least he’s not a Senator file:
King Anbdullah of Jordan responses to the Harper’s appointment of his body guard as the Ambassador to Jordan with a new appointment of his own. There is a bright side…
Sharknado: Do Cheesy Sci-Fi Movies Cheapen Climate Change Discussion?
If you’ve spent any time on Twitter over the last 48 hours, you’re probably aware of the made-for-TV movie Sharknado that aired on the SyFy channel Thursday night. It is…
Humour Amidst The Darkness
I know that it is never seemly to force humour from tragedy. However, owing to my sometimes rather twisted (and sometimes quite puerile) perspective on life, I offer this story…