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Category Archives: RANTS
What about getting your news from the television, she wondered …
Given that my sorties into the written news have led to an explosion of forensic linguistics whenever I read, I thought I would try the more passive approach of letting the television wash over me, as I practice bad sleep-hygiene … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM, RANTS
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Please let the sum go up on me …
When I was a kid and game theory was a new and hot topic I remember conversations going on around me about a “zero some gain” thing, and as the youngest of three, I totally understood. I got zero and … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM, RANTS
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Because nothing says bossy like banning something …
Is it really true? Can we change humanity by banning words? Is it liberating to limit your vocabulary? Who is to tell us which words we can and can’t use? Someone bossy? I went to school with a kid who’s … Continue reading
Posted in RANDOM, RANTS
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So you read the news, instead of being a happy ostrich,
and Russia has retaken the Crimea. What to think, say or do? Firstly, it was very nice of Mr Putin to wait until after the Olympics to invade a neighbouring, autonomous, country. After all, when you are going to do … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANDOM, RANTS
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Even more banal than the weather, we bring you Family Day
Nothing like making a virtue out of not wanting to pay provincial civil servants for one day a year, and accommodating our proud Canadian selves to the American holiday schedule. I am sure it was a coincidence when our humorously … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, RANTS
4 Comments
My blood pressure would be rising, if I weren’t pinned to the gills
on Tramadol. You know, I am not just making this up to make some sort of point. And I know that my troubles have greatly reduced my reach but not slain me, and I should be grateful, and am, that … Continue reading
Posted in LIFE, MY UN-NERVING, RANTS
24 Comments
I am wondering about starting to read the news again
but I really question my sanity. I have been much happier being ignorant of the daily noise, and as far as I can tell, it has not made me a worse citizen or denizen of this frozen nook. If I … Continue reading
Posted in ECONOMICS, LIFE, RANDOM, RANTS
84 Comments
It’s -20 and my compost has frozen again. So sorry.
I know it is the height of banality to discuss the weather, but it does seem a little early for this deep freeze, and while glancing at the forecast I noticed they are predicting ‘snow showers’ for next week. Yum. … Continue reading
Posted in ECONOMICS, RANTS
27 Comments
Ottawa Services and Taxes and MPAC and a RANT
Okay, now that Mouse had calmed me down, here goes. Where to begin? Let’s start with the nice letter from the City explaining that in order to serve us better and stream-line processes and reduce the number of trucks on … Continue reading
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