A friend of ours (who also happens to have been my Grade 8 teacher in a previous life cycle) sent this to me: How can you best help our environment? By voting for the candidate in your riding whose party … Continue reading
A dear friend with dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship was waxing political about this year’s edition of the Dog-and-Pony Show (or donkey and elephant show) known as the U.S. Presidential Election. The actual election takes place in November, but for some reason … Continue reading
My Dad sent this to me last year. I found it again while searching for something else on an archive disk: Subject: Fw: New terrorist threat Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 JUST OFF THE WIRE!!! At New York’s Kennedy airport … Continue reading
Quiz: Are you smarter than a 5th grader? MY Score: 90% The questions I got wrong were: 5. How long is one regular term for a U.S. Representative? Well, considering I’m Canadian, and have little enough interest in Canadian politics … Continue reading
“Welcome to GuerrillaGardening.org. This blog began as a place to record my acts of illicit cultivation around London. Now it’s a growing arsenal for anyone interested in the war against the neglect of public space. Read about other guerrilla gardening … Continue reading
Six Degrees of Image Search for March 13, 2007: • Salma Hayek • Antonio Serrano • Vicente Fox • Stephen Harper • David Emerson • Maxime Bernier • Brian Mulroney • John Diefenbaker • Jean Chrétien • Kim Campbell And … Continue reading
This news item that US legislators want to ban incandescent light bulbs really ticks me off. Here’s a fine example of politicians taking “a convenient target” to make points without properly thinking it through. Which I suppose is what politicians … Continue reading
