Category: rantings
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Thanks for proving me right, Rogers. Or, why I’m glad I’m not a net customer.
I used to be a Rogers cable subscriber. Yes, even though–kind of like now–I don’t actually watch a whole lot of content strictly on TV. And every so often, something happens to remind me why it is I pretty much won’t be returning to them for anything but the absolutely … Read the rest
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Take it easy for a week and it all catches up.
I’ve been talking off and on about doing the college thing. I even went so far as getting set up to apply. Yes, 2 months ago. Things finally got rolling on that prospect around the beginning of June–after finally, after much arm twisting, getting my transcripts back from the … Read the rest
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dear Facebook. I’m not a hacker, just blind.
I was going through Facebook on Jess’s behalf earlier, seeing as her machine would probably die if she tried to use it over there and well, I was here doing other things anyway. Apparently, they have this new security feature put in place–if one can call it a security feature. … Read the rest
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In which Greyhound fails at life. Again.
So. Some folks already know, and others are about to. Jessica’s presently on her way up here for a week. She left at 20 minutes to 2 this morning, intent on catching a 6:30 connection. There weren’t enough warm bodies going to toronto, so they had to send another bus. … Read the rest
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And once again, a restaurant gets threatened because the parents don’t want to say no.
Parents, when a restaurant pushes out commercials advertising x toy with y meal, and you don’t want your kid(s) anywhere near that restaurant whether they’re giving out that specific toy or $150, do you: 1. Tell them no and stick to it, telling them exactly why you’re keeping them as … Read the rest
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Oh, goody. Taxi prices are on their way up in Pembroke.
If I ever get an opportunity to meet Dalton Mcguinty in person, remind me to drop kick him square in the face. Another casualty of the HST in July? Pembroke’s taxi services, who’re about to stick an additional 8% on their already a little tiny bit insane price tags. … Read the rest
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The rules of apartment renting don’t apply in a small town.
Take the act of actually paying your rent as a perfect example. If you happen to live somewhere like in Ottawa, failure to pay the rent on your part resulted in a warning of eviction notice on the part of the landlord a week or two later. It doesn’t matter … Read the rest
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The Bloc Quebecois says what? Again?
Uh. What? The international community should brace for another referendum on Quebec sovereignty that will finally allow the province to become a country, said Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe in a newly released letter that was distributed around the world. Have they forgotten 1995’s affects already? Quebec decided–albeit barely–not to … Read the rest
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And folks wonder why people don’t lend a hand anymore.
I wrote a couple years ago about a tim Hortons suck in which a server, after having the nerve to give a kid a timbit to shut him up, ended up tossed from her job. That’s minor, but still worthy of the WTF award. Not so minor, and just as … Read the rest
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Patriotism only counts if it’s US patriotism.
A couple Canadian residents living in the US, upon Canada’s winning of the gold metal against the US during the olympics, took it upon themselves to replace a US flag with a Canadian one in response to a bet they’d entered into in a bar. In response to that, they … Read the rest