Archive for August, 2005

damn, Tiger is good

August 14th, 2005

Tiger Woods just holed a cut lob from eight yards or so, from a nasty lie. Wow.

dumb move, Apple

August 14th, 2005

Let's hope that Apple avoids having to pay Microsoft royalties on its iPod sales. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

manure drives Helmers out of Kingston

August 14th, 2005

Looks like Adina and I are moving just in time. Eleven million litres of manure is making its way towards Kingston's water treatment plant. The people in charge say we shouldn't be worried--the implication being that this toxic manure is quite similar to all the other pollution in our water supply, which we filter out on a regular basis. Yuck.

private security in Iraq

August 14th, 2005

Did you know that there might be 25,000 mercenaries (employees of private security companies) working for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq? It's an interesting phenomenon.

Gainfully employed

August 6th, 2005

Adina and I are moving to Toronto (cue Radio Free Vestibule song). I start working full-time at the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation on 10 August. All of you who live in Toronto, beware!

New Governor General

August 6th, 2005

Michaelle Jean seems an excellent choice for Governor General. Could Martin have made a great decision?

new blog software

August 5th, 2005

I switched the blog to WordPress, which seems the better way to go for free, feature-rich blogging software. Any recommendations for themes?