You know, for a country which boasts separation of church and state and condemns Middle Eastern countries for not doing the same, the US is certainly very hypocritical. Per a BBC News article, it appears that Wal-Mart will now be carrying faith-based toys made by manufacturer Made2Believe on its shelves in August. This bugs me for two reasons:

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I've just about had it with Toronto cops. This evening, on the DVP exit ramp to Bayview, we heard cop sirens. Immediately we proceeded pulled over, since the cop was on our tail. The cop, however, took a different course of action and passed us on the left, and cut off a motorcycle to enter the ramp to the Bayview south-bound lane. It's bad enough ( Read more... )

Finding a new job is always a freaky experience. I find that no matter how dissatisfied you are with your current place of employment, it's always easier to just stay there. After all, you've built up a reputation, made some friends, and have a set routine. But sometimes, you just have to take the plunge and move onto greener pastures. I've been at ( Read more... )

Last week I finally took the plunge and joined Facebook. I must admit that it's a great little tool - definitely on the I-wish-I'd-thought-of-that list. It's ridiculously addictive, so I have to be extra careful to ensure that I don't wind up spending hours on it, delving deeply into friends of friends of friends lists. :P At the same time, I'm ( Read more... )

Today, while on a leisurely stroll along Bloor Street and Yonge Street, we were suddenly struck with a sickening realization: retail customers don't have arms!!! What, you say? Yes, 'tis true, they don't. This has been confirmed for us by an employee at Holt Renfrew. It all began when ( Read more... )

I am happy to report that following our letter-writing campaign to Enbridge to get them to stop sending us junk mail, we received a very prompt response from the Enbridge Ombudsman (see below). The moral of the story: if you don't want any more junk sent along with your bills, COMPLAIN ABOUT IT! In today's eco-conscious society (it took us how many ( Read more... )

As part of my latest Linux project, I have decided to install Subversion to see what all the fuss is about. That and I forgot where I had set up my CVS repository. :P At any rate, after scouring the Web, I have finally found a decent set of instructions explaining how to install Subversion on Ubuntu. So without further ado, I'd like to spread the ( Read more... )

I am sick and tired of getting stupid useless junk mail pamphlets in the mail from companies such as Enbridge, Bell Canada, Telus Mobility, and the like. In retaliation, my other half and I have embarked on a letter-writing campaign to target these mass offenders. Our first victim is Enbridge. Below is the letter that we e-mailed to them tonight. ( Read more... )

This weekend marks the innauguration of the Royal Ontario Museum's newest renovations - the so-called Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Now I don't know about you, but I think that any sane-minded individual would find this piece of crap an absolute abomination of architecture. Not only is this new structure absolutely hideous, it completely defaces a ( Read more... )

Friends are a dying breed. I think I've reached the point in my life where I'm meeting fewer and fewer people. I've been out of school for 6 years now, so the opportunities for meeting new people have significantly dwindled. In university, you could meet new people almost anywhere - in class, in the library, in the cafeteria, in residence, at the ( Read more... )