June 2010
Group Project: Reading One 219 Year Old Sentence
Posted by on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 in - 11 comments
Constitutions are funny things. They stick around. The words are stable in that they can't shift unless amended by legal process. Throw in a Federal system that makes change difficult and you have 2010 eyes reading this 1791 sentence: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a …
Monday Morning Quarterbacking In Late June
Posted by on Monday, June 28, 2010 in - leave a comment
It was a full weekend. I took Friday off to increase my sports spectatorship time. Beat the hell out of watching the anarcho-tots pretend to represent anything (or nothing rather being black garbed nihilists). As far as that bit of action went, it was Police 900 and Anarcho-tots zero. And perhaps …
Friday Bullets For A Sad Brazil Portugal Showdown
Posted by on Friday, June 25, 2010 in - 11 comments
You take the day off to see two power houses take each other on and it is a snooze fest. You take an early lunch to sneak a peak at an unlikely match between Italy and Slovakia and its a masterpiece. Bring on the knockout round. Bring on the need to win. Today's game was like the second period in … read more »
Best Web Site Time Out Message Ever
Posted by on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in - leave a comment
Hence our reliance on the USA for all our earthquake and earthquake-y needs.
Canada's Spy Agency Points Fingers At Government
Posted by on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in - 6 comments
Co-incidental to some serious questions about the state of the nation's senior sneaky staff, Canda's secret service seems to not be able to keep a secret anymore: • At least two provincial cabinet ministers and a number other government officials and employees are under the control of foreign …
Rarely Are France And England So Bad At Something
Posted by on Monday, June 21, 2010 in - 3 comments
It's odd to see both old countries of our nation suck so bad at the same thing but their play at the World Cup is an embarrassment. At least the French have the style to realize and play out their actual place in the state of nature: • Come on, France, this is no way to carry on. Not at a World …
Friday Bullets For An Actually Good NBA Final
Posted by on Friday, June 18, 2010 in - 2 comments
I cheat sometimes. It's 10:46 pm Thursday so I have no idea. I will know tomorrow if working class beats Hollywood. It's good sport. I don't usually like NBA preferring NCAA but this is good. I need a World Cup fix over the weekend, too. And more baseball. Maybe the Wizards even on Saturday night …
Is Fading Data The New Savior In Privacy Loss?
Posted by on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in - leave a comment
So many metaphors. But now we learn that either data fades or privacy fades. They cannot co-exist. That seems to be the latest idea and it does make some sense: • Privacy could be enhanced if data was allowed to fade, suggests research. Dutch researcher Dr Harold van Heerde is looking into ways …
So How Many Boycotts Are There Out There?
Posted by on Monday, June 14, 2010 in - 3 comments
The news of NDP deputy leader Libby Davis getting in hot water about supporting a boycott of Israel has got me thinking. Not about Israel's right to exist - even if I understand any nation's right to defend itself in order to better assert and ensure continuation of its existence - but about …
Friday Bullets For World Cup Starts Today!
Posted by on Friday, June 11, 2010 in - 2 comments
It's now been a few years since I played soccer. Last World Cup I was all still in the, you know, idea that me and - like - slide tackling was... errr... not stupid. I thought that it was very healthy to have rolled ankles, sprained kneed, black and blue shins not to mention aches and pains. Not …
I Wish There Was New Old Shoe News
Posted by on Thursday, June 10, 2010 in - 1 comment
There is! There is! I am giddy as a schoolgirl: • The oldest example of a leather shoe has been discovered by archaeologists in a cave in Armenia. At 5,500 years old, the well preserved cow-hide shoe pre-dates Stonehenge by 400 years and the Pyramids of Giza by 1,000 years. It was made of a …
I Want To Like Them - I Really Do...
Posted by on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 in - 11 comments
Where is Deb Grey? Where is Preston Manning? Whither fiscal conservatism? What the heck is it about Ottawa that makes people do stuff like this? • The federal government is spending $1.9-million to “showcase” Muskoka to foreign journalists covering the G8 and G20 summits by re-creating the …
Sign of The Endtimes #2658: Helpful Clothes
Posted by on Monday, June 7, 2010 in - 4 comments
Again with the failing cause of the right to idleness illustrated by the lengths that scientists will go to keep us from the benefits of idleness: • Smart clothes could soon be helping their wearers cope with the stresses of modern life. The prototype garments monitor physiological states …
Some Bullets Some Links Some Friday
Posted by on Friday, June 4, 2010 in - 1 comment
Friday. Again. It like shaving. Look in the mirror. Another morning. Look at the calendar. Another Friday. But this is the bestest Friday of all as it is Watertown Wizards opening night. Gotta go. The Canadian dollar is down a nickle from parity so maybe the border won't be too bad. One of my best …
American League Player of the Month for May!
Posted by on Thursday, June 3, 2010 in - leave a comment
David Ortiz. Who knew such things were still possible? If I were a line up juggler I might put Beltre fourth in the line up after him to see if more of the old days get recreated. Will he be over .300 by the end of the month?
Yutes Today Less Empaffetick
Posted by on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 in - 1 comment
I don't know why this is so silly but maybe it's because I was a thoughtless college yute in the 1980s: • Today’s college students are 40-per-cent less empathetic than those of the 1980s and 1990s, says a University of Michigan study that analyzed the personality tests of 13,737 students over 30 …
Silence? Isn't That The Basis For All Horror Stories?
Posted by on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 in - leave a comment
As I think of my own nothingness, I was interested to read about a school using day dreaming but then was shocked as it was not daydreaming at all but something functional and productive called "being quiet" - the horror indeed: • One pupil talks about putting "things on shelves" in his mind …
