Archive for December, 2007

I’m fresh into New York.  We got lost in Yonkers for an hour but finally got to White Plains.  Shopping today - into the city tomorrow.  This is the view from Cathy’s parents’ patio.


I’m sure every Canadian knows about the Chalk River reactor. It produces most of the world’s radioactive isotopes. It’s closed, meaning that hundreds of thousands of medical diagnostic procedures have been put on hold.
The Conservative government, with opposition support, has ordered the reactor to restart for 120 days to produce these needed isotopes.
Troll [...]


This is pretty late. Blame me for being good at business, and for being overly indulgent of my family.
In short what this is - is a list of Canada’s Top 25 Political Blogs. The basic methodology is here. Feel free to criticize it in the comments. A couple points first:
I do [...]


For those who were wondering…  You wouldn’t believe how busy a guy can get.


Best Ad Ever - if you work in IT, you’ll know why:
Web / IT guru
Reply to: job-499960683@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-12-05, 3:25PM PST
Wanted:
Designer who is not all high and mighty and can be at our beck and call.
HTML
Database Management
Basic Graphic Design
Work within the parameters of the existing marketing/IT material.
Drinks coffee, baths, can speak in sentences and understands the [...]


Cathy is nominally Jewish - and so is her daughter Chloe. Chloe’s 5 so she’s very keen on any excuse to get presents. Which is why we’re celebrating Hanukkah this year.
Last night we did the menorah and Chloe got two presents. After that she had maccabes (actually mac and cheese) and we [...]


If you’re paying any attention, you will have seen that the Liberals  are threatening a 2008 election - likely a spring election.
They have no apparent platform, just some ramblings about tax cuts for big business and an oft broken promise to fight poverty.
But they smell blood in the water, and think they can sink Harper [...]


I’ve had a couple good lawyer outcomes in the last few months so right now I’m feeling  pretty good about lawyers.
The first was with a bullying landlord.  A few claims filed against him, and he clammed up, promised to stay away from me, and pay out every cent he owes me.  The next lawyer thing [...]