Misc ramblings on this Rapture Eve

Oh look! It’s May 20 and tomorrow is Rapture day. Unless you are in New Zealand where it’s already the 21. Well, well, New Zealand is still with us! So that means either Kiwis are all athiests and going to Hell or GASP! the Rapture is another hoax. This highlights a glaring flaw (among many) [...]

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The fine print makes it all legal

Humanity worries me. Advertising the sale of an illegal substance on Craig’s List is idiotic enough. Putting fine print that implies if you lie to me and you are the law, then you lied so I can’t go to jail is stupendously stupid. You cannot put a get out of jail free clause into an [...]

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The demise of common sense

I wrote that title and then realised common sense has been absent in a large portion of society for a very long time.  But every once in awhile, I find myself shaking my head in utter disbelief at the level of monumental stupidity, and arrogance of those who want to be rewarded for their moment [...]

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Catpaw offers a half-assed apology then goes on a rant

I’m still on a bender regarding the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) and it’s rude staff. Today I had my fill of it. I also need to apologise to all the 17 TTC workers I spotted in front of my building. You see I live over a subway line and there has been work going on [...]

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Canada, H1N1 and athletes

Evidently a number of Canada’s professional sports teams have employed pregnant women, children under 5 and seniors to play on their teams. How else would you defend giving healthy, young hockey players preferential treatment? Canada’s H1N1  vaccination program is a complete shambles. The Canadian government didn’t just drop the ball on preparing for this epidemic, [...]

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How has the human species survived so long?

I ask myself that question periodically. Just how has the human species survived? Intelligence is not a requirement for being a human. Consider the following: Would you eat an iguana? No seriously, would you catch an iguana, roast it, serve it to your friends (keep in mind it’s a protected species in the Bahamas where [...]

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