Archive for June 2008

Shoplifting suspect dies after chase

In Hamilton, of all places. And he was trying to steal something from the Canadian Tire that I always went to. Eerie.
Staff claim the 20 year old was attempting to shoplift when staff (including a security guard) chased him from the store. A struggle ensued and the man ended up in the hospital – dead!
This [...]

Goldmine!

found my good mouse, my hard disk’s power supply, and BONUS my computer’s speakers, my electric shaver’s power supply and my cell phone charger. Were they in boxes marked “Open First”? NO!
Bad Grandpa Richard.

Toilet Paper

I am okay on this now!

Another Taser Death

A 36 year-old man died in custody in Simcoe, Ontario, after he was tasered by police following a confrontation.
On Monday morning, Provincial police responded to a report of an “unwanted male” causing a disturbance in an area just east of Turkey Point. The man was “combative” and was tasered. He was taken into custody and [...]

A Great Big Banana

Oh boy. One of my favourite wastes of federal taxes. Artists.
A Canadian art project involving a giant banana, helium and the state of Texas was already considered bold and controversial – now there are doubts about whether the massive piece of fruit will ever fly.
Canadian artist Cesar Saez’s flying-banana project needs about $1.5M to complete. [...]

Are You Green?

Have you heard about the Canadian Liberal Party’s “Green Shift” plan? More info at thegreenshift.ca.
Then again, it might be confusing as there is also a greenshift.ca.
Well, Jennifer Wright, who has been running the small but successful environmental consulting company for nearly 10 years, owns greenshift.ca and has asked the Liberals to back off by getting [...]

And Baby Makes 3

3 grandchildren, that is.
My eldest daughter gave birth to her 2nd child very early on Sunday. Kaitlyn June was a whopping 8 lb 5 oz (3770 grams) and is a little sister to 2 year old Brendan, and a new cousin to 5 year old Jasmine.

Rock Paper Scissors

Did you play that game when you were young? I sure did, and I should have kept practicing. Sean Sears, 23, threw a winning rock to conquer his opponent’s scissors to win the 2008 Bud Light/USA Rock Paper Scissors League Championship. Sean beat out over 300 of the nation’s finest “Rock Paper Scissors” players to [...]

Moving

What is so hard about putting the most important things all in one box (or series of them), and marking them with a marker or that special “Open First” tape from U-Haul?
Grandpa Richard was sure he had done that, but, could not find my good computer mouse, or the power supply for my external drive, [...]

Teen Pregnancies

Here is an interesting comment on modern life.
A pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together is at least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnancies at Gloucester High School, in GLOUCESTER, Mass, school officials said.
Read more in this article from the Associated Press.