10th
November
2007
First you see it, then you don’t. Any resemblance to my paycheque is purely coincidental. Tonight, before your very eyes, I intend to present a pledge, which I will turn, to a final prestige. I learned that excellent description from a recent movie, which didn’t teach me anything of value other than the axiom that revenge is a dish best tasted cold, and it has nothing to do with the topic at hand (note the interesting turn).
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posted in pets |
9th
November
2007
I managed to avoid the trap by this much (image of a finger and thumb with two degrees of separation come to mind) this evening. Son #3 was due to be on the ice shortly after supper to cue the fans for a rousing chorus of the national anthem. Followed thereafter by three hours of my sitting in front of the ice while thousands of people screamed about the banality of a hockey puck in emulation mode of a Brownian motion lab. Thanks, but no thanks. I stepped sideways (in the same way our dog avoids collaring) and did something much more interesting.
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posted in music |
8th
November
2007
The signs of an economy that is out of control include rapid currency devaluation, rapid rise of basics such as fuel, a rising debt and a threat by another nation to “sell off” their holdings of your currency. Our neighbour is showing all of these, and we’re being sucked into the vortex.
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posted in economy |
7th
November
2007
Finally, vindication. We make lifestyle choices and then we listen to the naysayers. Well, I’ve heard the word and it’s actually two: OK. I’m not going to worry any more. I’m on the road to redemption. After all, with all of the studies and the theories and the downright nasty remarks made behind our backs, having someone as highly placed as a doctor who gets cited in the JAMA telling us that being “a little fat doesn’t kill you” should be a reason to celebrate.
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posted in health |
6th
November
2007
After watching users respond to the “new” screens in a recent software upgrade, I’m left somewhat perplexed. What is so mysterious and unsettling about the “send/receive” button now appearing slightly to the right of its former position. Doesn’t anyone read anymore?
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posted in education |
5th
November
2007
Let’s assume for a minute that you have a very successful store, where there is never a shortage of clients, but you decide to close the store because you couldn’t find someone to run the cash register. Or how about a mass transit system, where people are lined up at the stops but you decide to cancel the “run” because there’s a shortage of drivers. Consider the musical group that decides to give up public concerts because the drummer is absent. In any of these models, the correct solution is to find the missing parties needed to complete your equation.
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posted in politics |
4th
November
2007
We might like to watch TV around here, but we’re far from ready for the home theatre revolution. A series of circumstances led us to within dreaming distance this weekend, until the realization struck; we live in our house, and turning it into a cinema just doesn’t work.
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posted in technology |
3rd
November
2007
Finally. The people who work at the Canadian Hurricane Centre have something to do. Imagine being the Maytag Man in your department. A nice sign over your desk, some appropriate letterhead in the printer and a website, but nothing ever happens. Hard to keep the respect of the others in the office.
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posted in Wx |
2nd
November
2007
The chance to take a “road trip” on behalf of my employer doesn’t happen often. Today was a lovely day for a few hours of driving, and I left before dawn for Shawinigan. We have a small school up there and my goal was to provide some in-service. No stress, just drive up, talk, drive to another school, talk, go home. A break in a very routine existence.
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posted in travel |
1st
November
2007
The television is on and I can feel the edges of my brain melting and dripping wherever such things go. Lay the blame (first, because I can’t figure out how to reprogram the remote and change the channel, on me) squarely with the producers of “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?“. Obviously, no. Anyone who has school tomorrow is already in bed or doing something more entertaining. Perhaps playing WOW.
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posted in Idol |
