McDonald’s is doing well, despite the tough economy. Meanwhile, Starbucks is way down in sales, and (GASP!!!) Circuit City (The Source) has filed for Bankruptcy Protection. (Best Buy is great, but the Circuit City store was walking distance from me in Hamilton, and had more neat little gizmos and gadgets) In the airs above us, [...]
I have an article directory over at http://come-and-read.com which has collected about 125,000 articles from almost 10,000 authors. It has a comment section. The comments do not get posted; they get sent to me. I get real questions, and junk as well. I also get weird messages that are not spam and are not questions. [...]
I have not written about this recently. Does plastic leak? That is, do various chemicals leach out of a plastic container, and possibly get into our food supply, since we use plastic so often in food containers. According to the Globe and Mail, “Medical researchers at the University of Alberta say that two chemicals leaking [...]
Author Michael Crichton has died. He was 66 years old. If you have watched Jurassic Park, you have seen some of his best received work. The doctor-turned-author of bestselling thrillers such as “The Terminal Man” and “Jurassic Park” and a Hollywood writer and director whose credits include “Westworld” and “Coma,” died in Los Angeles on [...]
Here is another “Oh Canada” story. Asbestos is considered a very serious carcinogen, and yet Canada is happily marketing the stuff (mined mainly in Quebec) to 3rd world and developing countries. It is used mainly to make concrete better suited for use on water pipes and roofing tiles. We will not even allow it here [...]
Perhaps you have heard about the pair of DJs from Quebec who pulled a prank on American Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Named the Masked Avengers, the two are notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state. They released a recording of their six-minute call on Saturday in which they talked with Palin, who [...]
