We’d respond but …

Someone let Sarah Palin loose without her keeper again. She posted this on twitter not long ago: “Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.” You have to admire her mental gymnastics. She’s almost as much fun as ole GW was [...]

Well I’ll be darned

Found a link to a website called I Write Like. You cut and paste a bit of your blog and the software compares analyzes your style and pops out who it thinks (does software think?) you write like. Put a couple of my entries in and voila: I write likeCory Doctorow I Write Like by [...]

I have a cunning plan

I have been thinking a lot this month. No, no.. don’t scurry away! You have nothing to fear, I think. You see, I want a scooter. Not just any scooter, but a beautiful Vespa. Since the first time I saw one in a film in the 1980′s I’ve coveted the Vespa. Well, I’ve hatched a [...]

Ohhh… so close but …

The Royal Bank of Canada was targeted by a shadowy group called Direct Action in Ottawa. One of the RBC banks was firebombed the other day by this group as part of their protest against RBC and greater corporate Kanada. Like most groups that commit stupid crimes that endanger the innocent, they posted their manifesto [...]

Oh yea, this is something to brag about!

Today, Common Sense and Personal Pride died. They both crawled away into a dark corner and died of embarrassment. Despite  fighting a long and difficult battle against people who never understood the concept of “too much information” and “bad sharing”, they were ambushed by a rear guard of “what do you mean this should be [...]

Twisting in the wind

Every once in a while I see an answer to a question that has me scratching my head in amazement. The question was an excellent one: How did people keep track of  the year in Ancient times?  Here’s the answer someone gave: Actually, they often didn’t. BC stands for Before Christ (AD stands for Anno [...]

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