Friday, March 31, 2006
Hanging with Howard
Good article on the current state of affairs at Stern HQ.
Forget the bitter lawsuit and the FCC—Stern’s got a new empire to conquer
Thursday, March 30, 2006
The problem with CVA
I liked most of what the CSR did back in the Harris days, but CVSA wasn’t one of them. Here’s why:
While Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin’s report has accurately and precisely identified many of the problems with MPAC, the real problem lies outside his mandate; and that is current value assessment (CVA).
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Husband On Strike
I hate that I can relate to this guy.
I’m constantly pleading with my wife about how it’s important for me to have our bedroom feel like a place of rest and peace.
If not exactly the same circumstances, I’m sure most men can relate on some level when kids enter the marriage equation.
via Debbie Schlussel
It’s so tempting
Believe me, I’ve been thinking of this for quite some time.
It all started when I decided to cancel cable.
I’ll have to wait until the Sopranos are over, however.
via JWalk
Monday, March 27, 2006
Good luck with that
Wonder if this campaign will catch on here.
The fight for unborn rights begins in the carpool lane.
via JWalk
Saturday, March 25, 2006
We have our customs
Mark says it’s time to start imposing some of our customs on the countries we are liberating.
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks, and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”
No time for peacemakers
Coren’s as fed up as I am with the peace activists we saved in Iraq.
Some of us, fools that we are, would never have the time to travel to Iraq and make political statements. We’re too busy paying the rent, raising our children, caring for aging parents and other such banal and apparently unnecessary tasks.
How long you suppose until they’re right back in the soup?
Competition to the TTC?
Perish the thought.
Is two-tier transit coming to Toronto?
Imagine, someone trying to offer a better service. Can the people of Toronto handle it? I doubt it.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Power
My mind must be in Hawaii today.
USS Ronald Reagan leaves Hawaii.
US navy aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, has arrived in the Dubai port of Jebel Ali.
Code words and kids
John & Marsha decided that the only way to pull off a Sunday afternoon quickie with their 8 year old son in the apartment was to send him out on the balcony with a Popsicle and tell him to report on all the neighborhood activities. He began his commentary as his parents put their plan into operation:
“There’s a car being towed from the parking lot” he shouted.
A few moments passed. “An ambulance just drove by”
A few moments later, “Looks like the Anderson’s have company” he called out.
“Matt’s riding a new bike.....”
“The Coopers are having sex!!”
Startled, Mother and Dad shot up in bed!!!
Dad cautiously asked, “How do you know they are having sex??”
“Jimmy Cooper is standing out on his balcony with a Popsicle too.”
The drugging of our boys
They may see worms, but at least they’re calm.
Dr. Thomas B. Newman, an epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who is a member of the pediatric advisory committee, estimated that out of 100 patients treated for a year with stimulants, 2 to 5 will suffer serious psychotic episodes like hallucinations.
These stats are amazing:
In the United States alone, about 2.5 million children and 1.5 million adults take them; as many as 10 percent of boys ages 10 to 12 do
Paradise and a job
It’s easy for the mind to wander towards greener pastures with the dreary cold weather we’ve been having. Apparently there are jobs too in the land of the sun tan.
HONOLULU (AP)—Hawaii could almost change its state motto to “Help Wanted.”
Only problem is, I don’t think you can get Stern’s satellite show out there.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Why the sea is salty
In case you wanted to know why.
All water, even rain water, contains dissolved chemicals which scientists call “salts.”
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Sopranos review
I’ve looked all over for some good Sopranos reviews of the last two episodes - and found them here.
Tony checks into the Hotel California
Season Six of ‘The Sopranos’ comes in like a lion
From the Great Man
From one of my favorite people of the last 100 years, a sampling from Wikiquote.
Churchill: Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?
Socialite: My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course…
Churchill: Would you sleep with me for five pounds?
Socialite: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!
Churchill: Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.
Don’t shoot the puppy
It’s not what you think.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Seven Myths of Working Mothers
Here’s a review of Seven Myths of Working Mothers ($US orders)
No wonder children are growing to adulthood with serious misconceptions about commitment and attachment! The most important people in their lives, parents - and particularly mothers - are being taught that leaving their children should become easy and natural. In 7 Myths of Working Mothers, Suzanne Venker examines why increasing numbers of mothers are entering the workforce, and how this decision resonates in their children’s lives.
Full Time Mothers - “Job Vacancy”
Here’s a job that’s rarely filled today.
Job Vacancy
Author unkown
POSITION: Mother, Mum, Mama, Ma
JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging
permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organisational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which
via Sara
Was there any doubt?
The Howard effect continues.
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it recently surpassed 4 million subscribers to its nationwide pay radio service.
Surrendering your duties
Another sickening but common story of a mother missing the best years of her kids’ lives.
2 and graduating? What the hell are we doing to our kids?Nat’s just 2 but she’s already “graduated” from the junior to the senior room at daycare.
This room is where both Nat and her older brother Will, 4, entered society as independent beings. And it’s where Mom had to let go. The teachers here held Nat and Will as they cried when they adjusted to Mom returning to work.
It’s where Nat and Will learned how to sit in a circle, how to stand in a line, be respectful of others (no biting and hitting) and how to dance.
This is where the kids will learn the skills that mommies are supposed to teach their kids.
I love how she glosses over the crying as Mom returns to work.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Which one’s the moose?
Looking at the driver, it’s amazing the moose survived.
Boom!
Garth says the real estate boom is over, at least in Toronto.
The real estate boom is over. You may or may not like that news, but it is now official.
Cam Wooley, where are you?
He’d have a fit if he saw these vehicles on the 401.
via JWalk
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Bad for the brain
More proof that daycare is not meant for babies.
Australian psychologist and author Steve Biddulph has concluded that daycare damages babies’ brain chemistry and affects social and emotional development.
Seems a waste to study this, since it’s really common sense, but what the heck, the SAHM camp needs all the ammo it can get in the tidal wave movement to kennelize kids.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Sorry I’m late
They may be isolated cases, but some daycare stories sure are disturbing.
A day-care centre in Laval has fired two workers after a child was left inside after closing time.