The KONY Question

What is it about Joseph Kony that makes him impervious to public opinion in the Western World? Last weekend’s “Cover the Night” campaign fizzled.  An attempt to show how social media could mobilize support for a cause only demonstrated the apathy that seems to be epidemic in our society.  Was it the fact that the [...]

Walk The Moon – Anna Sun

And the last one.  Once again a nicely diverse and original album.  Sounds kind of like a cross between Vampire Weekend and the Killers (-both of whom have largely faded into mush).

Canadian Majority Government Does Not Reflect Any Majority

Once again I’m going to question Canada’s Parliamentary system, where a political party can hold a majority government when more people voted against it in the most recent election than voted for it.  Also, in current polling, only 32% of the population say that they approve of the government, while the NDP can claim 33%. [...]

The Great Outdoors

So, as I said a few posts ago, I’ve been thinking about fishing, having bought a new rod and reel.  With the weather getting warmer, I’ve been looking forward to using my flexible time to hit the road and maybe go up to my favorite Crown Land site to do some fishing. I figured that [...]

Freedom, Igorance and Education

As I was reading some comments from HuffPost’s reporting of the death of Kim Jong Il, this comment from an unknown poster jumped out at me. The veneer of civilization is very thin, and ignorance is a contagion. The only inoculatio­n is education. Three very important points summed up quite succinctly.  As a society, we [...]

“This is a Christmas Tree”

I got one of those annoying pop e-mails recently.  You know; the kind that are either some kind of tacky joke or some kind of cute, shallow wisdom.  Fortunately I don’t get many, so please don’t send me any as I usually just delete them without looking at them. This one was entitled “This is [...]

American Anti-Intellectualism

I just gleaned a few bits of interesting information from PZ Meyers’ Pharyngula Blog.  For those of you who don’t believe in the danger of the religious right, check this out. Do you like the David Attenborough programs such as Planet Earth and Life?  They’re amazing and a true testimony to the wonders of science.  [...]

Look on the bright side.

Last week I read an article in Macleans titled American Idiots.  No, it wasn’t about Green Day.  I’m sure you can guess that it was a summary of the joke that the Republican party is calling a nomination campaign.  From Cain to Palin to Bachmann to Perry to Trump, it is really hard not to [...]

Wrapping up the KOBO issue

Well my mother finally has her KOBO back.  It seems that when they finally received it, they took only one or two days to turn it around and send her a refurbished model.  I don’t know whether that was because of all the fuss I raised or whether that is the normal response time.  The [...]

Frank Miller

Golly!  I had no idea.  Frank Miller has either begun to suffer from extreme right wing senility, or age has brought on a crystallization of a malignancy that has afflicted him for his entire life.  …I’m sorry, I don’t want to resort to just name calling, especially when that seems to be a tactic that [...]

When is a conspiracy not a conspiracy?

Conspiracy theorists have gotten a bum rap over the past few decades.  You’ve had several religions predicting “end of days” dates that have come and gone, you had y2k which was a non issue, you had The X-Files where conspiracy investigators were often depicted as bumbling fools.  As a result, as soon as anyone proposes [...]

Gone for a few days…

…so things will be quiet around here. If you’re bored, try checking out some of the Favorite Web Sites that I cited a few weeks ago.  In particular, you’ll find the THRIVE website full of interesting and controversial stuff. Have a great weekend…