Kitchen Renovations I

So you decided that you want to renovate your kitchen. First off, give your head a shake. Do you really need to do this? If, for whatever reason, you still feel it is something you wish to do there are a few things I would recommend doing. Contractors & Contracts Choosing a contractor. There is lots [...]

How to fix Soccer

Soccer is a broken sport. It’s a bold statement but all one has to do is watch a World Cup match to see where the game falls short – reffing. In their defense being a soccer ref has to be one of the most thankless and high stress jobs in the world so I am [...]

204 Beech Ave.: Councillor Sandra Bussin at community meeting June 3, 2010

I’ve written about the Teehan’s plight twice. If you watch Sandra Bussin you can see how little she cares. She’s just going through the motions.

Local Politics & Democracy

I don’t normally get too excited about politics. Ya, it sucks when some elected official absconds with a million dollars or some boondoggle like the G20 blows a billion dollars but so what, “it’s only money“. I can handle the false apologies, the broken promises and general corruption that is generally associated with politics. (See [...]

Zuimei @ Starbucks

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Customer Service FAIL II – a reply to Sophia

Awhile back I posted about some issues I had with my investment firm and an attempt to get a specific question answered from another. I received a phone call today from Scotiabank iTRADE and a comment on that very post. Here is my reply: Sophia, now who is being the self indulgent twat? Oddly enough [...]

Savage Chicken

I stumbled across this comic today called Savage Chickens. My favorite part is the trademark.

I told you so

Recently after watching “The Hour” I posted how Kevin Smith needed to loose weight. Well apparently Southwest Airline agrees with me. Mr. Smith was recently kicked from a flight for being too fat. Smith responds to the incident on his blog.

Seems everyone is getting into the Olympic spirit

The newest in email FAIL…Air Canada!

Check out this email I received today in my inbox: There’s nothing wrong with it right? They have it personalized, there are very clear offers, they might be relevant except… I just bought a fucking ticket to Tokyo. Sending me a cheap offer three days later is like telling customers, “Gee, you should have been [...]

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