Year: 2008
Canada condones torture
I am quick to jump to conclusions, and fast to fly off the handle. I admit this because I am passionate. One of the things I am most passionate about it human rights. I believe that torture of any sort, for any reason (like there could be a justifiable reason) …
Cashing in on misery
So the folks that brought you Survivor are going to be creating a new show, “Live like you’re dying“. It will feature someone who is terminally ill and follow them on the trip of a life time. Which will include reunions with feuding family members and former friends. Think Make a Wish …
Birthdays
I turned 35 on Monday. Same day as Thanksgiving. My father said, “So now you’re middle aged.” I laughed and said, “A-ha you have middle-aged children.” I don’t feel middle aged, not that I know what it is supposed to feel like, but I assumed I wouldn’t get zits anymore, …
Electoral system needs an overhaul
The election results in Canada were a big disappointment, and what is painfully obvious is the need to overhaul our electoral system. The Conservatives only had 37.63% of the popular vote and ended up with 143 seats. The Liberals had 26.24% of the popular vote but only for 76 seats. …
The banking industry needs to evolve
Every industry evolves. It evolves or it dies. In the music industry records evolved into cassettes, cassettes into CDs, and now CDs into mp3s. In the communications industry wireless gave way to radio, radio to T.V., and now the T.V. is giving way to the Internet. While these industries have had mutated offspring, Beta …
The undecided
If you’re like me you have a hard time deciding who to vote for. The Conservative are obviously a no-go for me, but I am torn between the Green Party, the Liberals and the NDP. (I don’t think the Bloc count as a federal party personally.) Luckily a friend twittered this …
I won’t be drinking their juice anymore
William Bolthouse donated $100,000 to promote a bill (prop-8) against same-sex marriage in California. IF he has that sort of money perhaps he should contribute to the 700 Billion dollar bailout.
Just because you have an MD…
…doesn’t mean you understand statistics. I am not even going to pretend that I understand all there is to know about statistics. I know enough however, in the course of my job to understand the prinicple of causality and correlation. Causality (but not causation) denotes a necessary relationship between one …