8th
February
2010
Which mastermind thought up the concept of holding the Winter Games in British Columbia? This is Canada, the proud north where winter is inevitable, except… with only a few days to go before the first events, the trucks are running loads of snow down the mountainside, hoping to fool the rest of the world.
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posted in environment |
7th
February
2010
More’s the pity; the final stone was too well thrown. It’s been hours since the final of this year’s Scotties got underway, and at the end of eleven ends, Jennifer Jones did what she does. She won. The team from PEI can go home with their heads high, because there was nothing one-sided about the match.
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posted in sports |
6th
February
2010
Funny how the idea of what makes for interesting content in a sporting match depends on your emotional attachment to a team. Here we are, on the eve of yet another Superbowl, but in our house the important stuff is going on “in the house”. That’s right, we’ve curling junkies, at least until the end of the Scotties.
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5th
February
2010
Odd situation this evening; I found myself complaining about a discriminatory price at Future Shop. Under some pressure from the kids about preparation of our annual tax returns (I’m a procrastinator that gave birth to keeners), I decided to pay the other tax. Yes, here in Canada we have to purchase the software to communicate with our masters government. As a fine musical group once lamented, “Just another brick in the wall”.
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posted in economy |
4th
February
2010
I’ve read that every journey starts with a single step. Too bad that step has to be “getting a passport”.
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posted in travel |
3rd
February
2010
Applause, please! Some bad science has been debunked, and with a bit of time and proper coverage in the media, we may save a few lives.
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posted in health |
2nd
February
2010
For a brief moment, I could see my shadow, twice. Caught between the waning moon on one side and the newly visible sun on the other, I was cross-lit and cold enough to wish I had a personal burrow. Here we are, again; Groundhog Day and still no declaration of national holiday status. A lifetime of campaigning without success.
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posted in humour |
1st
February
2010
One explanation behind hypnosis is that there is a willing suspension of disbelief. There you are, a perfect rationale for some of the stuff we get on network TV drama.
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posted in media |
