Category: rantings
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Another day, another politician’s resignation demanded.
This one, surprise surprise, over a contract to renovate a section of Parliament Hill. The contract which started, and had problems, before the current minister in charge was actually, you know, in charge. And yet, because it’s had problems from day 1, and because he had the unmitigated gall to … Read the rest
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This week’s terrorist establishment: Campbell’s soups!
Oh, those whacky US conservatives. If it’s not Canada’s healthcare system that’s evil, it’s Canada’s arm of an American corporation. And this week, a group of US-based bloggers have come together to condemn a line of tomato soup said to have been certified as meeting guidelines according to muslim law. … Read the rest
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Attention Bell Canada. I paid you. Why for you kick me?
I should probably stop being surprised by stuff like this. And I probably will, just not today. I was getting ready to leave yesterday morning, and take Jessica back to Ottawa so she could get back home to that job she loves so much, and also formulating in my head … Read the rest
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Verizon borrows a play from Rogers’s book. Anyone surprised?
The next time I bitch about my cell phone bill going up while my service takes a giant crap, somebody remind me about this guy. Currently, he’s on a 5 GB data plan with Verizon for $60/month. According to Verizon’s website, there’s nothihg nigher. According to most of Verizon’s … Read the rest
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An open letter to Wind Mobile.
I haven’t had much in the way of dealings with Wind Mobile, mostly because they’re not my provider. I’ve thought about switching, though, off and on. Particularly after my well-documented complaints about my current carrier, Rogers. However, this weekend has kind of made me reconsider Wind Mobile as an … Read the rest
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There’s a special place in hell reserved for you, sir. Right this way.
Further proof that blind does not, in fact, mean an easy target, just in case folks are keeping track of things like this. A guy in Windsor, Ontario, walked into apartments belonging to two blind people while they were occupied–one was in the bathroom, for crying out loud–and proceeded to … Read the rest
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Careerjet.ca makes me aware of their existence, and why I shouldn’t use them.
My LiveJournal account’s been active since 2008 or thereabouts. All those entries, plus the entries of my old blog, were recently ported over here for the sake of my sanity. Since setting up this blog, I haven’t bothered directly posting to LJ–I’ve simply been letting the entries I write here … Read the rest
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Now why didn’t I think of this?
This would have solved my employment issues ages ago. A law professor at the university of windsor, Emily Carasco, has launched a discrimination claim against the university for not appointing her Dean of law. And while the claim is still being heard, the human rights tribunal of Ontario has decided … Read the rest
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Attention Greyhound. This failing business is not called for.
It used to be, every time I came up with a wicked evil plot to get me on the US side of the border, the Canadian version of the Greyhound service–website, customer service line, occasionally the station itself–would tend to throw a small fit. Or an extremely large one, … Read the rest
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Another study states the obvious: banning texting while driving doesn’t work.
How many different institutions are going to come up with things like this before governments get the hint? Yeah, I’m looking at you too, Dalton Mcguinty. A Verginia-based organization examined collision claims and accident paterns in several states, both with and without laws against texting while driving, starting before states … Read the rest
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