21st
June
2010
The fences are in place. Toronto is prepared to emulate Quebec, come next weekend.
I’m not going to be there. The system is prepared; not one shout of protest will be heard by the “deciders”, and come Monday next we’ll have a few bad memories and not much else to show for the publicly funded party. Oh, there’s a paltry billion dollars that will have bought some toys and padded the overtime cheques of a large number of police officers; chump change.
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posted in economy, environment, politics |
11th
June
2010
The first barbecue of the season is done. I took the sage advice offered by my family, left the bottled sauce in the refrigerator and simply let the set of steaks cook up in their own juices. No charred chew toys. Maybe it’s time to go back to the primitive recipes.
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posted in politics |
6th
June
2010
Sadly, you can’t make this stuff up. From time to time, I read newspapers from that big city in the center of our country (not exactly, but that’s why the term eccentric was spawned). To keep informed, etc. Right now, the only news on their horizon involves the G8+20 showcase.
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posted in politics |
4th
June
2010
It was just a matter of time. After all, I work with (other people’s) money, and money buys stuff. Today, an iPad crossed my path.
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posted in politics |
1st
June
2010
The wife had better keep an eye on our current prime minister’s diet; he seems to be facing some sort of chemical imbalance that is transforming him into the Canadian version of Ming the Merciless.
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posted in politics |
31st
May
2010
Who knew? At the very moment where I’m awaiting delivery of a radio that serves as a scanner, I discover that the local good stuff is being streamed on the net. Kind of makes things redundant.
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posted in ham radio, politics |
16th
May
2010
The family has to stop jumping from fright when the front door slams closed. I’ve checked, and the only reason for the sudden change of status is that the dog has decided to investigate passersby. Yes, she is attached to the door (a convenient tie point) and she hasn’t learned to warn the rest of us. No big deal.
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posted in music, politics |
13th
May
2010
I wish that Mr Einstein was still around. Seemed like a smart enough fellow, despite the hair. He understood something about “relativity”, which lays a theoretical framework on the time system we use to regulate our daily dailies. Here’s the thing; maybe I could get an educated explanation about why my time away from the office goes by so quickly, but the hours at work drag by.
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posted in politics, sports |
2nd
May
2010
If it hadn’t been for that rusty washbasin, we could have been learning about any tiny point in the middle of the ocean.
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posted in history, politics |
27th
April
2010
I work around people that go to meetings. And when they are in those meetings, all too often somebody is determined that ideas will “go further” if the presenter presents, you guessed it, a Powerpoint Presentation. Let’s summarize this. Read the rest of this entry »
posted in environment, politics |
