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Recently I sent a letter of inquiry off by email to a company about an issue. The reply struck me odd because it was entirely in French. At no point in my email did I […]
Old posts archived for posterity
Recently I sent a letter of inquiry off by email to a company about an issue. The reply struck me odd because it was entirely in French. At no point in my email did I […]
Two days later, and I am no longer a Blackberry user. After dealing with Telus Mobility Support agents, and an agent via their Twitter feed, I am through. I have downgraded my service to my […]
I have been a client of Telus Mobility since March of 2007. Since that time I have gone through three phones. First an HTC Starcom 6700 Phone running Windows Mobile, then an Original Motorola Moto […]
Drive like crazy: or in the case I had today, park like crazy. I was trying to leave my parking spot, a guy wanted it, but wouldn’t back up so I had room to get […]
This week’s People of the Week: 3) Kim Jong Il is number three. As its been pointed out many times, that’s three dictators/wing-nuts/terrorists gone this year. First Bin Ladin, then Gaddafi, and now Il (or […]
Since my new column doesn’t start until the new year, and the morning show gig is over, I decided to keep going with the People of the Week for now. So without a further ado: […]
…why can’t we build airplanes too? The Federal Government Wednesday announced that Irving Shipbuilding and Seaspan Marine would split $33 Billion in ship construction contracts. This is great, not outsourcing to some other country to […]
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” Jack Layton
Yup. 35. Made it. Weird feeling. When I turned thirty, I didn’t pay attention to the milestone as there was a lot going on. New client, busy workplace, fourth child on the way plus I […]
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