It's Hell Week, aka the last week of the semester, and I feel like my brain is going to explode from all the cramming I've done.  This week alone I've had to write an Entomology lab exam (Wed), a Forest Pathology lab exam (Thurs), and a Fire Ecology test (today).  That's not including the Silviculture and Fire lab assignments, the Entomology paper ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is election day for the Canadian federal election; the third in fours years or something ridiculous like that (thank you Stephen Harper, I hate you too).  What I can't get over is how few of the people I know in University are actually planning to vote.  Come on people!  It's not like it's that hard to get registered even if this isn't ( Read more... )

Last night I watched the televised election debate at Grinders, a coffee house that's been in my city for years and has always been a hangout for musicians and artists.  I have to say that having five parties is far more interesting than two and watching the candidates bicker and rake Stephen Harper over the coals was far more entertaining than ( Read more... )