Charity balls are bullshit
I get a lot of newsletters in the mail from various charities that support youth in and from care. I still enjoy reading newsletters, but the other day I read something in a newsletter that really mad...
Category: Reflections and Opinions
My first time in a US Government office
It’s my first time in a US government office. A burly old man in a security outfit keeps watch over the waiting room. I scramble up to him, breathless, and before I can spit out some frantic words he ...
Reflections and Opinions
It’s time to eliminate first ladies
Last week the leaders of the world’s biggest economies met in London for the G-20 Leaders’ Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy. While the men were talking about facts, figures and ...
Minimum wage laws = theft
www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Cartoon-Minimum-Wage.jpg As of April 15, 2009 British Columbia will have the lowest minimum wage in Canada and BC premier, Gordon Campbell, has no plans to increa...
Homophobic murderer out of prison
Ryan Cran, who murdered Aaron Webster is out of prison after four years. On 17 November, 2001 19 year old Cran and a group of youths beat Webster to death with bats and golf clubs because he was gay. ...
Drama at the bakery
There’s this bakery chain here in British Columbia called Cobs. I love their bread – it’s kind of expensive but I find it keeps well and lasts a long time. It’s of much higher ...
Being Twenty-Something
My friend Dolly posted an inspirational email on her blog the other day. It struck a deep chord with me and where I’m at in my life these days. So, here it is: They call it the “Quarter-l...
Reflections and Opinions
Free ice cream!
Okay, so a little whle back I posted a complaint letter about some disgusting ice cream I ate. Well, today I got a response! I also got a coupon for a free Breyer’s product woth up to $9! Sweet,...
Reflections and Opinions
Letter to Conservative MP Ed Fast
I always get these stupid right wing flyers from the Conservative Party of Canada. Most of the time I just throw them out, but this one in particular really pissed me off: This is my response: Ed Fast...
Reflections and Opinions
Letter about disgusting “ice cream”
Unilever Canada160 Bloor Street East Suite 1500Toronto, Ontario M4W 3R2 To Whom It May Concern: On July 11 I purchased a two litre tub of your “Classic Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frozen Dessert” prod...