I bet both of you have been wondering where I've been.  Wonder no more - I've moved my bloggy-thing to:
http://www.droFblog.com/
(not that I'm much more likely to blog, but still . . . at least you have my correct address now)

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First Rick Mercer jokingly said that Canadians put seniors on ice floes & set them off to sea . . . now CMHC is not only ackowledging, but apparently supportive of "seniors coops"

No respect.  None at all.

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. . . and I moved to Regina, why?
Environment Canada's Official Weather Warnings

Warnings
City of Regina
9:09 PM CST Saturday 3 January 2009
Wind chill warning for
City of Regina continued

Extreme wind chill values of minus 45 to minus 50 tonight into Sunday morning.

An Arctic ridge of high pressure is bringing bitterly cold air into southern ( Read more... )

So very, very cool!

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Various shots of stuff & things . . .

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I love me the politics. This is a given. So, some may expecting me to chirp in on the current situation in Ottawa . . . what more can be said? The issue has been analyzed, re-analyzed, interpreted, re-interpreted, dissected & dismantled . . .

Of all the analysis, I think Rick Mercer hits the nail on the head:

"With leaders like this we shouldn't be ( Read more... )

Stories like these and "Government of Canada" press releases like this make me love politics.

Did someone say "procedural tactics"?!?

I know it wastes my tax dollars and countless hours of time in PCO, PMO, and all the other exciting NCR acronyms . . . but it keeps Rick Mercer, the cast of This Hour has 22 Minutes, George Stroumboulopoulos, Rex ( Read more... )

Too cool -- I love it when megacorporations take an interest in my health . . .
Google Flu Trends

Sadly, I thought this headline was a joke.  It was not.

The information in this article got me thinking . . . if the economy in much of Canada & the world is tanking, the government & opposition parties could collectively decide to help provide a shot in the arm by maintaining a minority government & bringing the House down on confidence motions ( Read more... )

. . . in what I'm reading right now, have a look at my Google Reader shared items.
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Happy Black & Orange Day to my friends in the GTA . . .

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I'd also like to send a quick note out to the drivers of Regina:

the right-hand lane is drive-able.  No, seriously -- you can drive in it.  It's all legal-like.  The cops won't ticket you or nothing.

Don't ( Read more... )