I had to write this somewhere and since this is still nominally my blog, here it goes ( Read more... )

Il me semble que j'ecris presque plus sur mon blogue. Ca faisait un bout que je voulais mettre quelque chose ici, question de reprendre des anciens habitudes ( Read more... )

Since the last posting this has happened ( Read more... )

Winter is supposed to end in and around March 20th right? Wrong! In Quebec it can last until May (in Toronto it comes in a week or two earlier, with the last snowfall usually in early April, which melts quickly and then boom Spring-Summer heat!). I'm sick of winter. It is truly odd that I should be bitching about this but my body does not like ( Read more... )

So decided I should have a proper Xmas posting to report on holidays. I recently quit my job at the evil place (beginning of December) so I was able to hang out with my friend L who came in from Honkers. Lots of fun was had including walking all over the downtown, going to the museum (the MFA here is quite cool and FREE! Unlike something called ( Read more... )

Less than two months after the Canadian Federal Election we are on the brink of a coalition government or another election or a grave abuse of prime ministerial power ( Read more... )

So here we are at the beginning of the Christmas season and staring down at a whack of bad economic news that goes much further than the fact I make nothing at my terrible terrible job. Banks have failed. The ones that survive won't lend you a penny. Businesses are going to go bust. Heck GM, the biggest American automaker and at one time the ( Read more... )

First off the Canadian election is over. The status quo reigns (if only just barely). The Tories (e. g. GOP lite) have a strong minority (but still, thankfully, a minority). A website called vote for the environment was set up to facilitate strategic voting on the left-centre wing of the political spectrum. This probably helped keep the Tories ( Read more... )

On Wednesday night, here in the Northern landmass, there was a French language debate where we got to listen to four left leaning leaders attack the one overly smug Conservative incumbent. If only the four could somehow get together and avoid Harper's re-election. More than two thirds of Canadians DO NOT SUPPORT the Conservative (read Republican- ( Read more... )

Okay so the first time this happened, it was funny. The second time wasn't so funny. And now, as a third candidate (and we're not finished the election campaign yet, folks, still two weeks to go) finds himself in hot water, one really has to wonder if the NDP might want to up their vetting process a little bit. It's looking like Sarah Palin was ( Read more... )