31st
January
2014
Watching (or reading, or hearing) the news is a bit of an uneven sleigh ride. Today, in side by side stories, I learned that Conrad Black has been stripped of the Order of Canada; meanwhile, the Keystone XL pipeline, which will aid in stripping the landscape of one province of Canada, is getting the green light. Happy and sad. Sweet and sour. Something for everyone, as long as you keep low standards.
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posted in humour, Wx |
30th
January
2014
Proof that my life lacks excitement; I get a kick out of phone and text messages that are misdelivered. Especially given that I don’t get many to begin with.
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posted in environment |
29th
January
2014
The Internet gives us a glimpse, sometimes, of how others respond to things we consider commonplace. Consider winter. Around here, we have months and months of practice, year after year. Elsewhere. Let’s be kind and say that it’s a question of practice.
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posted in politics |
28th
January
2014
Times have changed. The conversation in the workplace really does separate us on the basis of age. And, not on the basis of interests, or political leaning. Rather, it comes down to the difference in how we got to where we are.
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posted in economy |
27th
January
2014
Every once in a while, I have a moment of fortuitous something. Call it what you will; my leaving for work at the scheduled time saved me hours. The snow storm that the Environment Canada people “forgot to tell the mayor about”, although nothing more than some fine powder, brought this city to its knees. So much for “Nordicity”. Hills that couldn’t be climbed. Cars that couldn’t get out (or cars that could). The roads were a mess, and in some cases a trip across the city turning into hours of challenge. My own bus had a seven minute delay. Yes, I noticed.
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posted in travel, Wx |
26th
January
2014
The story points to what is purely a business decision. After all, why should a company pay more for something when it can pay less? Part of that 101 course, if you will. In Nebraska, the firm that wants to push a pipeline south from Alberta to the refineries in the deep south has upped their offer to landowners. By 700%. And that’s the figure that we should retain. The amount of money to be made in this gamble is enormous. Enough to push the bean counters out of their parsimony. And this is probably a reasonable figure, which means that the return on investment is much higher than most of us realize.
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posted in economy, environment |
25th
January
2014
Two hours. Enough time to confirm that Mr. Cruise is not able to turn a mashup of Top Gun, War of the Worlds and a Bond Girl into a good movie. But, at least with cable, I didn’t have to leave the house.
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posted in pets, technology |
24th
January
2014
As proof that I’m getting used to this polar vortex thing, let me off the following. At lunchtime, even though the windchill knocked the comfort level outside down to -35C, I put on my tuque and mitts. And then I walked across the neighbourhood to purchase some bulk coffee. And then I walked back. No panic. Just an average Canuck doing the summer thing in the depths of winter.
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posted in health, humour |
23rd
January
2014
This is another in an ongoing “what I did at work” posts. Have to write a few, if I want to reminisce later. Hang in there, it won’t be too painful.
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posted in technology |
22nd
January
2014
“Shopper, seeking a balanced load”. That’s me, and my son from time to time. A short walk over to the local supermarket, to purchase a few essentials (milk, for the main). Bring two recyclable sacks, because that’s the sane thing to do. And the clerk insists on packing everything into one.
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posted in economy |
