Hate. Really?
0How can one possibly hate somebody or something, if they have not met them or personally experienced that something?? ‘Hate’ is a term used too lightly, easily, ignorantly and incorrectly today . . .
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Staging the Olympic Games. Too Expensive?
Different figures have been thrown about regarding the cost to the UK of staging their Olympic Games, with 17 billion (Cdn) being one of them. Approximately 3-5 billion Canadian dollars where spent on Vancouver’s 201 Winter Olympic Games, if security, the Olympic Village and other …
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Horses and Carriages – The Conundrum
Walking Judd the Rockweiler the other morning, when a horse and carriage clip-clopped by. I love that sound and there are several of these carriages that do business in Victoria. I love horses. I love riding them,smelling them,feeding them,grooming them and rubbing their velvety muzzles. …
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Life Simplified
“It’s really all very simple”, she said. “Living life requires attention to only two factors: Choices and consequences. Understand the consequences of everything you choose BEFORE you make the choices, and life will be easier, simpler and happier.” “Oh”, I said.
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BC Provincial Cowardice in the Face of Almagamation
Victoria, BC. Home of 13 communities, three hundred and fifty thousand people, seven different police forces and thirteen fire departments. Yup. 7 police and 13 fire departments. An amalgamation of the 13 aforementioned communities should have happened years ago. The polite types suggest the provincial …
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Cycle Observations on a Victoria Day
Hopped on the bicycle to ride down to Canadian Tire today: Saw one fellow sitting on a downtown sidewalk, with his hat on the ground in front of him, hoping for donations from the tourists. Very close to him was a busker, ‘earning’ her donations. …
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The Ingredients of the Decent Man
The decent man: 1. Is not perfect, 2. Will make mistakes, 3. Fibs and even lies occasionally, 4. Frequently falls off the pedestal, 5. Most often tries to do the right thing . . .. 6. but often doesn’t, 7. Possesses courage . .. . …
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I Lament the Porch
I do. I lament the porch. Or rather, I lament the passing of the use of the classical porch versus the purely decorative ones we see now.
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Belly to Belly
So here’s little Jimmy working at the Winter Olympic Games in Whistler. I’m employed as a media liaison guy with Olympic Broadcasting Services. One of the menial roles I played was to work in the ‘mixing zone’, where the athletes come through after competing, to …
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Cellular Shopping
So there I am standing in a Whistler supermarket. I turn down the international foods aisle or whatever they call it, and it is packed! Oh. Did I mention that this was Easter weekend? As I worm and dodge my way down the crowded aisle, …
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