Well, more hooligans than criminals. Police were called to Earl's Restaurant onBlanshard street in Victoria in the wee hours of the morning because two inebriated men were attempting to steal "a large fiberglass parrot" from the roof.
Tags: stupid criminals
06 January 2006
05 January 2006
Umm.. so I haven't been that busy...
Life has been quiet-ish, and that's good. Last night, we watched Serenity (finally bought both that and also the Firefly series by using the last of our Christmas gift cards. Well, not really last; we still have Starbucks cards...) and I worked on the snuffleuppagus scarf for most of the film's duration.
In an effort to get my diet and health back under control, I seem to have become one of "those" people with a shelf full of supplements. Currently the list of supplements is: one basic multivitamin (with iron, I think), evening primrose oil (1,000 mg/day), 5-HTP (100 mg/day -- just started this week), Cold-FX (one capsule, preventatively, per day).
For those of you using Firefox, you'll notice that Flotsam and Jetsam now has a "live bookmark" option -- YAY! Hubby figured it out, and now all our main blogger sites have that option.
This evening... I have been gathering movie-themed desktop images to load my screensaver while watching My Name is Earl, The Office, and CSI. So... not much really.
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Oh, in the "cute as hell" camp, kiddo had a nightmare the other night and while we were consoling her, saying we were sorry, she said, "It's OK. My brain just didn't know to give me a kid's dream instead of an adult dream."
In an effort to get my diet and health back under control, I seem to have become one of "those" people with a shelf full of supplements. Currently the list of supplements is: one basic multivitamin (with iron, I think), evening primrose oil (1,000 mg/day), 5-HTP (100 mg/day -- just started this week), Cold-FX (one capsule, preventatively, per day).
For those of you using Firefox, you'll notice that Flotsam and Jetsam now has a "live bookmark" option -- YAY! Hubby figured it out, and now all our main blogger sites have that option.
This evening... I have been gathering movie-themed desktop images to load my screensaver while watching My Name is Earl, The Office, and CSI. So... not much really.
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Oh, in the "cute as hell" camp, kiddo had a nightmare the other night and while we were consoling her, saying we were sorry, she said, "It's OK. My brain just didn't know to give me a kid's dream instead of an adult dream."
04 January 2006
Stop Promising Me My Tax Dollars!
As I sit here typing, Paul Martin is on the other side of the campus about to give an announcement, expected to be related to wait times for surgery and other medical procedures. If I didn't have to start work in 5 minutes, I might wander over to view the media circus, but then again it might just make me angrier.
Election promises, especially by the incumbent party, really stink and here's why: if Paul Martin can promise these sweeping changes now, why weren't they introduced while he was in power? It's not as though there has been any significant shift in the way Canadians feel about health care. It's not as if this sort of thing hasn't been asked for by provincial leaders already. It's just posturing with a thick layer of horseshit, and it smells about as good.
I can't remember the last time I felt so VERY bitter about an election. I mean, I usually feel like there is little I can do about who gets to sit in the big boy chair, so I don't get too bent out of shape over it... but this time, I really really don't want to see either Martin or Stephen Harper take that seat.
Locally, I can affect this a little bit. I decided as soon as she announced her intentions to run that I would be voting for former city councillor Denise Savoie who is running for the NDP in the Victoria riding. She's up against a newbie under the Liberal flag, a generic suit under the Conservative banner, and a Green Party candidate who just keeps running and running. I just wish the rest of Canada had as clear a choice. For example, one riding over, in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, the race is pretty tight. Incumbent Keith Martin is probably the best person to fill the job, but he is running as a Liberal. The conservative candidate is a patsy whom I know from political days past; but due to ill-feelings toward the Liberals, he may have better chances than he should. In the NDP seat is Randall Garrison, known for his human rights activism; I'm not sure how well known he is in that riding. I have to admit, that it would be a tough riding for me to make a decision; it is one race that will be watched closely.
Tags: tyeeelectioncentral
Election promises, especially by the incumbent party, really stink and here's why: if Paul Martin can promise these sweeping changes now, why weren't they introduced while he was in power? It's not as though there has been any significant shift in the way Canadians feel about health care. It's not as if this sort of thing hasn't been asked for by provincial leaders already. It's just posturing with a thick layer of horseshit, and it smells about as good.
I can't remember the last time I felt so VERY bitter about an election. I mean, I usually feel like there is little I can do about who gets to sit in the big boy chair, so I don't get too bent out of shape over it... but this time, I really really don't want to see either Martin or Stephen Harper take that seat.
Locally, I can affect this a little bit. I decided as soon as she announced her intentions to run that I would be voting for former city councillor Denise Savoie who is running for the NDP in the Victoria riding. She's up against a newbie under the Liberal flag, a generic suit under the Conservative banner, and a Green Party candidate who just keeps running and running. I just wish the rest of Canada had as clear a choice. For example, one riding over, in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, the race is pretty tight. Incumbent Keith Martin is probably the best person to fill the job, but he is running as a Liberal. The conservative candidate is a patsy whom I know from political days past; but due to ill-feelings toward the Liberals, he may have better chances than he should. In the NDP seat is Randall Garrison, known for his human rights activism; I'm not sure how well known he is in that riding. I have to admit, that it would be a tough riding for me to make a decision; it is one race that will be watched closely.
Tags: tyeeelectioncentral
03 January 2006
Chavez action doll
Excellent. The talking George W. Bush doll has competittion:
Ananova - Hugo Chavez action doll is best-seller
Ananova - Hugo Chavez action doll is best-seller
Blogger gets a Cease and Desist for having top results
Bjoern Harste is a well-known German blogger who owns a supermarket and writes about his daily experiences at work in his Shopblogger blog.
He's received a Cease & Desist order from the Sozialgericht Bremen (a social services court). Because one of his blog posts appears in the Google top ten resutls for "Sozialgericht Bremen". Of course now, since the story broke, his blog will likely hit number one.
Way to go Bloated Government Agency(tm). When will they learn, you can fight City Hall but not Google.
read more | digg story
He's received a Cease & Desist order from the Sozialgericht Bremen (a social services court). Because one of his blog posts appears in the Google top ten resutls for "Sozialgericht Bremen". Of course now, since the story broke, his blog will likely hit number one.
Way to go Bloated Government Agency(tm). When will they learn, you can fight City Hall but not Google.
read more | digg story
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