29th
February
2008
Today doesn’t really exist. An invention of a calendar wizard in long forgotten times, a day that wouldn’t have continued if the French had managed to promulgate their new method for calculating the passage of time after the Revolution, it doesn’t even have a patron saint. When the economic calculations are in, it will be seen to have as little worth as the Daylight Saving Time Act (which is actually a series of provincial legislations.)
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posted in economy |
28th
February
2008
There’s a standing order that one shall not criticize the soldier who is in harm’s way. Let’s put a screen over in that corner of the room, and while the contingent of the enlisted are away, let’s turn and look at those responsible; those who wish they had a screen, but don’t; the politicians.
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posted in politics |
27th
February
2008
Any time we mention health care up here in Canada, there’s a sense of pride that we have a system, an admission that it costs a lot of money and a whispered prayer that someone will find a magic bullet to reduce the whole pyramid scheme to something we can afford. Well, perhaps not a pyramid; think of it as a really big ball carried on the backs of a collected multitude.
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posted in health, Idol |
26th
February
2008
It seems to me a strange thing, mystifying… an excellent line from a great period musical that also describes today’s federal government budget. Which, in passing, the official opposition has already agreed to support, which, in passing, means that we’re stuck with it. Nothing like a government that rules by minority.
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posted in economy |
25th
February
2008
Let’s get a few details in order. Bank robbery is wrong. Bank fraud is wrong. Bank giving me permission to withdraw money even after I insist repeatedly that it’s not my account; confusing. One poor man in the Empire State is now facing charges for exactly this reason.
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posted in economy, media |
24th
February
2008
Here we are, minutes away from the start of the Oscars broadcast. The tension is clearly palpable, according to the mob of journalists down on the red carpet watch, but let’s be real; the important question played out today in another country. Who would be named Presidente, with an “e”?
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posted in media, politics |
23rd
February
2008
At what point does a simple book get to be “too long”? We offer up War And Peace as the sort of thing one shouldn’t plan on reading tomorrow afternoon before supper (with good reason) and then promptly put it aside and choose something easier, like Readers Digest or the Sun (from any city). I’m part of the way through another one.
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posted in history |
22nd
February
2008
Life offers up puzzles, even on a quiet Friday evening when there’s only videogames on the wall. Try to figure out how a busker-robber, a Hoover-hauler, a piano-loaner, some flowers and a purloined motorcycle could be tied together.
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posted in media |
21st
February
2008
I now realize that when I was younger, many of my employers were criminals. Beyond the low wages, the hair nets, the need to eat while sitting on a pile of metal; the environmental habits of the rich and famous were not something to teach to your children. Today, we’re learning that “brown field” doesn’t refer to good soil.
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posted in environment |
20th
February
2008
Someone who was superstitious, or who believed that a multiplicity of unusual events would be very worried right now. To a scientific mind, all of the following things can be explained with rational arguments, but put yourself in the hide of a less world-weary person. These are troubled times, says he.
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posted in environment, Idol, politics, technology |
