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As you’ve probably read by now, Belinda Stronach, a Conservative MP (Canadian politician) has defected to the Liberal party. The budget vote on Thursday needed the support of all three independent MP’s for the Liberals to hold together a minority government, now that’s down to two. I’m completely against the legality of this move. Ms.…

Kids say the most honest things at the most inappropriate times. That’s more of a fact than my opinion, but yesterday Mikaela (2.5 years old) proved it again. A gentleman walked past us in a store. He didn’t look that overweight, but had an enourmous belly. Mikaela announced in a very loud voice in the…

I have been negligent in my postings. It’s been almost two weeks, and I leave the following poor excuses for the gentle reader: 1. Work has been very busy. 2. Home has been very busy. 3. I bought a new toy that’s kept me very busy. 4. I simply didn’t feel like writing. I did…

Google Maps now has satelite imagery included. Search for your address, and hit the “satelite” link on the top right of the screen. You can zoom, drag and move it just like the maps. Way cool!

A Calgary bishop stands up for his (and my) beliefs, and gets hauled in front of the Alberta Human Rights commission. But who’s rights are at stake? Two openly gay people have been offended, and decided to file a complaint. Unfortunately for the Bishop Fred Henry and the rest of us Christian Canadians, the odds…

It’s April Fools again, and the media is in full swing. Here’s what I’ve seen so far: The Hamilton Ticats are splitting up into two teams, going back to the way it was a few decades ago. Updates on their site. Sheila Copps announced on CHML 900 that she’s running for major in the next…

Today is Vincent Vangogh’s 150th birthday. Of course he’s long longer around to celebrate it, but that doesn’t mean we can’t, in the famous Dutch tradition, raise a few Heinekens to his work. Google is celebrating with their Vangogh-ish icons.

I need to buy a new home computer. I’m torn between purchasing a Mac mini or a regular old plain-jane Dell PC. The Dell is a decent, stable, but very boring PC running Windows XP, which I loath. Inherent with Windows is poor performance, lousy stability, and all the fun and games that comes with…

This morning I woke up to a really cold house. Okay, 15 isn’t that cold, but it is when the programable thermostat normally keeps the house at 18 and brings it to a cozy 21 by itself in the morning. It was only a worn-out valve that kept the furnace from kicking in, but that…

The past weekend stands out for a few reasons. The first is we attended a benefit concert put on by Watoto, a group of 7-15 year-old children from Uganda. They stand out because all of them have lost one or both parents to AIDS and warfare. The ministry’s goal is to rescue 10,000 of the…

Check out this page, I love it.

When I was about eight or nine my parents took us to Holland to visit our extended family. Visitting my grandfather was always a treat, he’d make the most awesome paper airplanes, and we could fly them off the balcony of this 7th floor apartment. I’ve been trying to figure out how to make them…

We’ve been watching the movie “Finding Nemo” this weekend, and the shark’s mantra “fish are friends, not food” has now been adopted by our family, albeit slightly altered “brothers are friends, not food”. Noah and Mikaela were playing shark, things got a bit too real for the participants and Noah now has a rather large…

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The Ontario Government has created a greenbelt legislation, which is surrounded by a lot of rumor and not much fact. The link (here) at least shows the maps, but is still low on information. The concept is that urban sprawl is costing the municipalities far too much, and the developers have far too much clout…