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May, 2009:

Problems in SoCal

As a long time Notre Dame fan, the following links about USC bring me more joy than you can imagine. Source: USC basketball coach Tim Floyd gave cash to O.J. Mayo handler Is USC out of control?  If the NCAA determines there is a lack of institutional control, USC could be in a lot of [...]

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Wendy offers up a Mother’s Day recap and a recap of our weekend at the lake. Sudan appoints wanted war criminal to govern potential north-south flashpoint Vaclav Havel: The U.N.’s Human Rights Council is a shameful farce. Army contractor who revenge-killed handcuffed prisoner gets no jail-time in sentencing Kansas City Royals unable to find themselves [...]

Everyone Deserves a Roof

While not the perfect solution to end homelessness, these mobile housing units do play a role in keeping people who are homeless warm and dry.  From their website. During the day, the EDAR unit is used to pursue the necessities of life. Personal belongings are secured by the use of locks. The front and back [...]

There is still ice on the lake

Wendy has a bit about the weekend here.

Now where have I seen this photo before?

I was surfing the web today and I noticed this photo depicting life on Last Mountain Lake.  It look familiar to me but I couldn’t quite placed who took the photo.  Then I realized that I was the one that took this photo and it was actually taken up at Waskesiu in 2007.  A quick [...]

Photo Friday: Wildlife

See others here.

Contextless Thoughts

Well I am in the middle of working 24 of 30 hours at the Centre.  If all works well I will be out of here around 2:00 p.m. tomorrow and off for some sleep.   I did manage to get 30 minutes of sleep today.  I am usually okay as long as I can get [...]

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Even the most tarnished Wall Street stars are receiving offers to return Steven Johnson illustrations of futuristic inventions Eight disastrous product names The NFL’s Biggest Diva A Hermit’s Cabin

A New Era Starts in Denver

Charles Robinson writes in Yahoo! Sports about new coach Josh McDaniel and new QB Kyle Orton. “The distance you throw the ball down the field, to me at times it can be very overrated,” he said. “I’m worried about accuracy. I’m concerned with them reading the plays the right way, getting it to the people [...]

Back from the dead

This morning my boss one-upped my story about Maggi.  A relative’s dog ran out onto a highway in Newfoundland and was hit by both a car and a dog and was killed by the double blow.  He picked his dog up and put him in the back of the truck to be buried later.  His [...]

Homelessness in Canada

The Salvation Army released their national study on homelessness today.  According to Canwest News Service According to the survey, almost all shelter users said they want to move into permanent housing, while nearly half reported mental health problems or alcohol or drug addictions. On average, shelter users have been homeless for three years and the [...]

Killing the dog

Tonight while tossing the ball to Maggi, I tossed it out on the street.  The ball hit the far curb and bounced back just as Maggi put her head down to get it.  She missed the ball but hit her head into the concrete curb at full speed.  All we heard was a sickening loud [...]

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Don Martin thinks that Obama is dangerous for Canada :: Thrown in Recovery Act buying restrictions that have Canadian business interests bracing for export challenges, new softwood lumber duties and costly food labeling disputes and, well, it’s only a matter of time before the same Parliament Hill that attracted thousands of rapturous Obamaniacs in February [...]

Still Waters

Can Chrysler be Saved?

According to David Olive at the Great Recession blog It’s only a matter of time, but Chrysler will fail, this time for good. There arguably was still a need for Chrysler the previous two times it dug a grave for itself and started covering itself with dirt. But no longer. Chrysler has outlived its usefulness, [...]