Why Canada needs more common sense

The topic is one I have written about several times; the entrenched homophobic blood and organ policies in Canada.  There was a link sent to me from a friend via twitter, on the Global and Mail website entitled Smitherman blasts donor rules for gays.  I didn’t particularly like the reporting …

Art Geek

Apparently this was on slashdot yesterday, but a co-workers sent it to me this morning.  It appeals to the artist and geek in me.

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day…

…Give him a loan to buy a boat and he can feed his whole village. So a lot of what I do on this blog is bitching. I bitch about my government and being discriminated against. I bitch about movies and games, I bitch a lot but the reality is …

If you talk the talk…

Then don’t be surprised if it bites you in the ass.  The Canadian Blood services has a link posted on their homepage entitled Patient safety is the overriding principle as Canadian Blood Services researches MSM policy. In which they state that,  “Quite simply, we’re not making value judgements – the …

Cloverfield: Post 911 Blair Witch

The problem with copying a stylistic feature of another film is that forever more you will be compare to that film.  So the move by Cloverfield to utilize the shaky hand-held camera technique that made the Blair Witch such a hit was a gutsy move.  However it wasn’t big on plot, …

You have got to be kidding me.

This is from the CBC article Students want screening of blood donors changed. Dr. Margaret Fearon, executive director of medical microbiology at the blood agency. She said students are mistaken to see the policy as a gay rights issue. “People who receive blood have a right to safe blood. People …