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 [...]
Police suspect that street racing led to another death this Thanksgiving Weekend. A 25-year-old man lost control of his Honda at 5:39 a.m. as he was bombing south along Kennedy Rd. just before Finch Ave. E. He barreled through the intersection, striking a hydrant and then a light pole. The back end of the car [...]
Parents. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I am sure that this has always been a problem. Parents who should have never become one. The question is, has it gotten worse, or do we just notice it more? Here is a bold comment from Tiffany Dow, a well known Internet Entrepreneur, who lives in [...]
TV Commercials. Is it just me, or are they louder than the TV shows they play on? Canada’s CRTC has finally decided that they are. Officially, they might not be louder, but they use “audio processing techniques to make commercial messages seem louder than regular programming.” The modern remote helped, as you could quickly hit [...]
