V-Day Bellydance Flash Mob
Here’s an interview to explain what this flash mobbing was all about. More women joined the mob after my video recording stopped… There’s an encore at a mall tonight at…
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Bones of Kings
The discovery of Richard III’s grave is pretty awesome. Bonus, he was still inside it! It’s really hard to get the motivation to leave a grave though, it doesn’t happen…
Nicaragua Day 3: And Then The Chicken Walked In
MASAYA – It shouldn’t have come as any surprise when the large chicken joined the meeting, striding around as if waiting for her turn to talk. After all the dog…
Teenagers across Toronto are getting suspended
For missing vaccinations. A couple of weeks ago I got a letter in the mail saying that Toronto Public Health had no record of my son receiving a single vaccination.…
More Power Blows
There are recent solar electricity records set in Germany, and Spain has recently seen a huge increase in wind power production. Meanwhile, SaskPower has solar power research from 13 years…
Nicaragua Day 2: A sense of persistence against tremendous odds
The entire bus erupted with laughter when the guide suggested that Canada was a balanced country. The young Nicaraguan was trying to describe how Nicaragua had skittered from the “dictatorship”…
Make Fun in Regina
Of course, you can write in the snow too; Write with your finger. -Here’s where I narrowly missed the Archives Week presentation on prohibition of alcohol.
Medical Tricorder
I got to use a device at lunch-hour today that had aspects of a medical tricorder, the near magical medical scanning devices used first by the fictional Dr. McCoy on…
Holy Sit
Kids were getting chemical burns from a toilet seat (and probably desk, for a boy with burned elbows) at an Ottawa area school. Most likely the disinfectant was sprayed on…
Plan to radically remake Windsor hospitals
The Windsor Star suggests today that the city is likely to be reduced to one acute care hospital. Hotel Dieu and Windsor Regional have agreed to a partnership that will…
Nicaragua: In The Flash Of This Moment
“In the flash of this moment / you’re the best of what we are / don’t let them stop you now / Nicaragua.” – Bruce Cockburn (1984) MANAGUA – Nearly…
The Pope is Quitting
So, the Pope, Benedict (the something number) is quitting. Is he crazy? Probably. Who would quit being a supreme religious world leader unless they were suffering from dementia and are…
Who do you trust? Premier Redford or Alberta’s Doctors?
“How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can’t even trust his own pants.”—a line from the spaghetti western Once Upon a Time…
On Brazeau, Infamous Crimes, and Parliamentary Privilege (or, Can Brazeau be Booted from the Senate?)
It has been a bad week for Senator Patrick Brazeau. After he was charged with assault and sexual assault in relation to a domestic incident at his Gatineau folks began…
Everyone, meet Bocanut – Updated
You may be familiar with him already. Check here, here and here. For many months now, Bocanut has been obsessively commenting on my website, media websites and other bloggers’ websites…
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David Plouffe is a political rock star
I don’t know what he plans to do now after leaving Obama’s White House last week but I can’t wait to find out. This made my day:
Harper’s “appalled”? Harper should’ve known better
Harper says today that he’s “appalled” by the Brazeau situation, but Harper knew this about him when he appointed “The Brazman” in 2008. He did it anyway.
Premier Dix?
I’m a westerner, having grown up in Vancouver and spending many years in the Okanagan before landing in Ontario. Way back, I was a post secondary education activist, fighting to…
This is not a great start to a reputation building campaign
Not sure how this story got “front page ink” on the Globe given everything else going on in the world today (but I think I know). Also, not sure why…