Category: Thoughts
Thoughts on the world and the things in it.
Credit and the dangers of debt
One of my favorite shows is “Until debt do Us Part” with Gail Vox-Oxlade. To be honest the show just makes me feel supior because I am not as monumentally stupid with my money as the people she helps on the show. The average Canadian student who leaves school with …
Thinking about prejudice
I have been thinking about prejudice today. I was talking with a co-worker today about why everytime someone speaks out against Isreal they get labelled an anti-Semitic. I posed this question in response to the news frenzy around the Anti-Racism Summit and the response to the President of Iran’s speech. My …
A response to Danny Brown
Hi Danny, Let me say I am thrilled with your efforts. I love seeing people get active in what they believe. Keep it up! I will add a link to my blogroll to help promote your efforts. However, I’m afraid your math is wrong. It is not a lot of …
What would you do?
Someone suggested at the CBC that they would be willing to give up a days paid leave to help save jobs. What would you be willing to give up, or do to save a co-workers job? When I originally posted this question it was because of something someone had said …
Just a thought
Earth Hour is coming up again. As I mentioned before it is a complete waste of time. Not to mention the money, energy and waste produced in making all that fucking advertising. This earth hour, why don’t you try to do something that might actually make a difference. Park your …
Just when you thought banks couldn’t sink lower
Bank’s suck. No seriously they do. They are behemouth organizations that are slow to change, don’t give a shit about their customers, and are inherently dishonest. All one has to do is look at the current financial mess they have gotten themselves into to see that they were doing something …
Perception colors everything
While this isn’t exactly an earth-shattering observation, I have noticed how perception colors everything. It reminds me of a song on Sesame Street – “that’s about the size”. If you notice in our media the enemies are “killed” or “eliminated” while our soldiers are “slain”. The terminology is different because …
Sharing Ideas
Following Seth Godin’s adviceI will share one of the ideas I had for a business. I have shared it with others, after making them sign NDA’s which was really stupid. I should have just shared. If they run off with the idea and make a million dollars then good for …
George Orwell your time has come!
Big Brother police to get ‘war-time’ power to demand ID in the street – on pain of sending you to jail