Facebook is like spray paint. It can be used for defacing the social neighbourhood with meaningless drabble. Why do the same people continually post useless s**t? would it be crossing a line to respond to a post with “who gives a crap”? Feel free to try it on me with this post.
Category Archives: Observations
An email request
I just received an email from Elena with the subject: “I want you now, tell me reciprocate and get me!” The body of the email isn’t very earnest either. I spare you the details except for one sentence: “Come on, help me to remove my sadness”. I have a hard time believing (s)he is sincere.… Read More »
TFSA
Oh, I forgot to mention one massively unforgettable item in my 20 words: The government has granted Canadians the privilege to open a tax-free savings account where we can deposit $5000 a year. interest earned is tax free AND no penalties for withdrawls. Now, if I read this correctly, if you grow your account above… Read More »
Snow too early!
We’ve had snow on the ground for almost 2 weeks now. Usually we do see snow at this time of year but it typically melts away and never sticks around until Christmas. When I look out the window, it looks like the middle of winter. We have about a foot of snow on the ground… Read More »
My review of James ‘Hey Ma’
I got the new James album. The first since their 2 year breakup. It is a triumphant return. I like this album for the following reasons: 1) It takes on a similar format and sound to the “Sound” album…arguably my favourite James offering. They’ve brought back the trumpet overtones that is distinctly James. They also… Read More »
Breaking up is hard to do
I have been a Good Life member for over 10 years. I became a member just after graduating university. The only thing that mattered then was finding something cheap. The club was a perfect match for me and for every other grad as witnessed by the age group of the crowd that goes there. Time… Read More »
Oh those Summer Games. I didn’t realize there was only a handful of events!
Our household was very disappointed with the broadcasting of the Olympics in Beijing. The games themselves seemed very good and there were some pretty good events like the 100M and 200M dominiation by Usain Bolt. It’s the broadcasters we loathe. Sonia (and I agree with her) was very disappointed in what NBC and CBC (and… Read More »
Our Infrastructure is Eroding
This winter has been a killer on the roads. We’ve been experiencing the extremes: One day it is -20 and snowing like mad. The next day, literally within 2 to 3 hrs it’s +8 or even higher. There have been a couple of times when the temperature has swung both ways by about 30C. That… Read More »
Welcome to Lemming Nation
About a year ago, there was a car in the parking lot at work that always had the wiper blades sticking vertically up off of the windshield during the winter days. Now, if you visit the parking lot you will see close to or even more than a 1/3rd of the cars with their blades… Read More »
Traffic Light Complaint
Does anybody know who I need to contact to complain about the poor time intervals at a particular traffic light? There is a traffic light at King and Bathurst that spends far too much of its time green for the King Street cars. This intersection doesn’t warrant that length of time for most of the… Read More »