This month I looked at my latest cable/internet bill and was surprised by a nice increase in the amount owing. At first I thought I’d been late on my last payment. Nope, that wasn’t it so what could it be? I did some investigation and found Shaw has passed along a tax imposed by the CRTC as part of the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF). What’s interesting is that the CRTC said the following regarding the tax:
Canada Doesn’t Need a Fall Election
If Ignatieff triggers a fall election I may have to start voting…
Man I’m Tired
No matter how much sleep I want to get I always seem…
Musings and Tales from New York
Pics can be found here: http://gallery.growthandgrind.com/v/travel/NY2009/
Sunday, July 26, 2009
A four-hour delay in Chicago – which included two hours sitting on the tarmac – due to bad weather in New York. Not to worry, they have free alcohol in first class!
Balance: It’s Not As Hard As You Think
Ever wondered why you’re totally exhausted at 2 o’clock in the afternoon? Ever been so frustrated with the work in front of you that you want to throw things? Ever think you’re trapped in your mind and can’t seem to get out? You’re not alone: all of these things are related to an imbalance in your eating habits, your time spent concentrating on work, and your physical fitness.
On the topic of people who come to work sick
For Godsakes, stop it. There are few people in this world whose…
Treating A Symptom Does Not Solve The Problem
There have been stories in the news recently about a teenage girl overdosing on ecstacy at a West Edmonton Mall Rock ‘n’ Ride and the mall’s solution is to stop having these events. While it does remove the problem from the purview of West Edmonton Mall, it doesn’t address the deeper issue: the fact that people at younger and younger ages are involved in the use of drugs and alcohol. I’m not going to preach teenage abstinence towards sex, drugs, and alcohol; it’s been shown countless times that this kind of approach doesn’t work. What I will suggest is that we look at treating the root cause of the problems we’re facing instead of finding various band-aids to treat the symptoms. I would hope that the people at West Edmonton Mall don’t think that by stopping Rock ‘n’ Ride events the problem of teenage drug use goes away because, effectively, all they’ve done is elbow it out of the mall. Yet it still remains on our streets and in our bars, clubs, schools, and homes.