Those in the know will know that Grandpa Richard Speaks is built on an awesome piece of software called WordPress. It makes life so much easier than the raw HTML days. Ya, it also can restrict life online, but I think the positives outweigh the negatives. By the way, WordPress is free!!! WordPress was started [...]
Very interesting compilation of video footage, with audio by Charlie Chaplin. The speech is from the movie “The Great Dictator“. The Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940. Like most Chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Having been the only Hollywood [...]
I believe that in any society it is important to have financial transparency at the leadership level. That includes inside Canadian Aboriginal societies. The people of any and every society have a right to know how the money is being spent. The Canadian government has proposed a new law to force this. They say it [...]
The interesting (and somewhat sad) fact about the following news bite is that Grandpa Richard is directly affected by it’s subject. Yep. I am in the Dalton 5. Our premier’s 5% cut to job positions. I know it was nothing personal. Let’s face it, the economy is not super healthy. The question that this “not [...]
In case you’ve never heard the story of Chicken Little (aka Henny Penny), I will quote the start of the entry in Wikipedia. Henny Penny, also known as Chicken Licken or Chicken Little, is a fable in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. [...]
For me there are two many variables in the issues at stake in the “Occupy” movements around the world. One thing I can say is that I feel the leaders in the Wall Street companies that were involved in the financial crisis several years ago got off way too easy. Their greed (and the U.S. [...]
Steve Jobs. Visionary. Apple Computer Evangelist. Dead before his time. That part I am truly saddened by. As should we all be. He has had a big impact on our world, parts of it very positive. But … he was a through and through jerk. I guess I knew that, but I did not realize [...]
