Thoughts on the world and the things in it.
Pissed off about the organ donation thing I wrote Health Canada to find out what was going on. Hell, I have been an organ donor since I would get a driver’s lisence so for them to say I am suddenly ineligible seemed ridiculous. Here is the response sent to me …
China doesn’t exactly have the best human-rights record. In fact, it is down right awful. Amid the child labour and human trafficing, the capital punishment and organ retrieval you can add Rodney King style beatings to the list. Wei Wenhua was the general manager of construction company, Shuli Architectural Engineering; …
I love video games. I can play a game for hours. There is one however that scares me, Sid Meier’s “Civilization IV”. It’s the crack cocaine of video games. Hell, they even acknowledge it’s addictive properties. When you try to log off it reads “Do you really want to quit?” …
We would like to believe that Canada is a country of great equality and openess, however our government and their agencies continue to promote homophobia. The Canadian Blood Service has for a long time, been particularly reticent in it’s discrimination. I am a universal donor, type O, and don’t use …
I don’t normally blog about blogs, and for some reason I am missing the blog roll widget, but if I had one Freakonomics would definitely be on there. At the moment there is a very interesting post by Stephen J. Dubner regarding an economic approach to human behavior by Gary …
I just watched the wartapes and I must say it is a great film. It is very interesting to see how these guys react to being there. If you are hoping to watch a war film with action and explosions, this isn’t it. It is the honesty with which Spc. …