Yesterday morning, after hearing about Wikileaks in the news for the last few weeks, I thought I should check out the official site at wikileaks.org myself only to discover “Safari can’t find the server ‘www.wikileaks.org’.” Later, I heard on the news that “someone” is jamming the Wikileaks site. I had however found a mirror of … [Read more…]
A couple days ago I was interviewed by Jim Brown on CBC Calgary Radio 1. The Calgary Eye Opener does local special interest pieces every day and one of their reporters, Meghan Grant, discovered our cohousing group on Kijiji and decided to investigate. In the end they interviewed me on Friday for an edited news … [Read more…]
It still feels a little strange telling people that we spent a week vacation in Saskatchewan. We don’t have any family there and we live 60 minutes from Banff. The province does take its share of derision, second probably only to Newfoundland. The facts that it is so flat and boring and sparsely populated do … [Read more…]
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach just hired a new director of communications for the Alberta government. When asked about how it would be different, he replied: “Umm, it’ll be better. Uh, better. It’ll be better.” Well said, sir.
This past summer in New Brunswick, I again had the privilege of visiting my childhood friend’s farm. Jean-Pierre and I were little buddies when we were pre-schoolers because our parents were good friends. Along with my grandmother, he and his family represent for me my origins and a sense of home as they are geographically … [Read more…]
This has always bothered me: corporations who take existing proper names and trademark them. Today, I’ve chosen the transportation industry to be my whipping boy. More than 40 years ago a recreational vehicle was made that really defined RVs for years to come. It decided to take the name from the midwestern Ho-Chunk Native Americans … [Read more…]
So, Bush II is coming to Calgary tomorrow and sadly I’m working during the event. Otherwise, I would love to attend a protest event downtown. I was thinking up some slogans on my way to work this morning that I could present on a placard: Learn to Read 91,121+ dead civilians in Iraq Great job! … [Read more…]
I heard this story on the radio coming home this afternoon. A woman was murdered in Delburne, east of Red Deer, allegedly by her estranged spouse last week. Not too long ago, the man is alleged to have sexually assaulted the same woman while holding a gun. An emergency protection order had been placed against … [Read more…]
I haven’t blogged in ages. This, I can’t pass up. I studied political science and government a bit in university when I got my B.A. in history. I understand the Canadian political system and how it works. Because of this, it is so painful for me to listen to Steven Harper speak about the his … [Read more…]
I did a survey about a year ago among 26 friends using the Political Compass. If I were to predict their choice of political party I would say that they would likely vote in the following manner: 10 Conservative 4 Liberal 5 NDP 1 Bloc Québequois 6 Green BUT after taking the Political Compass quiz, … [Read more…]