Incase you haven't guessed...

I haven't posted anything for so long now, that I might as well just shut the blog down. It's not that I haven't enjoyed doing it, it's just that I don't have the energy or time to put in to it anymore. Life is so full of ups and downs, and my life is one big damn roller coaster ride. So my efforts are better put to other things. Thank-you to all who have visited my site, and to all the good people and friends that I have made over the years. I will try to visit your sites as much as I can, but for now, I will just concentrate on things here.

BYE TO ALL! THANK-YOU!!!

At War!

Folks...I am now at war...and so should you.
The next war won't be fought on some map, or on any border.
It will be fought in our back yards...
Your back yard, and my back yard.
This enemy is more cunning then anything we've ever encountered before.
One minute the coast is clear...and then the next minute, they ambush you.
They are relentless...
Silent...
And masters of hiding.
Only vigilance will rid us of this foe. One, that I'm not sure that I have enough of...
Who is this new threat to us?


THIS IS....






Where my lawn was free of these little buggers last year, my back yard is full of them this year! Threatening my back-yard BBQ-ing pleasures of hearing my neighbours compliment me on how I kept my lawn free and clear of them. Well no more... Those days are forever gone now. Once those things crop up, they multiply like Liberals! So off to the local department store I went, to pick up some more ammunition. Only time will tell how this war will go, and, how my back-yard battlefield will look after all is said and done.

Wish me luck...I'm going in....

Touching A Nerve

This article really touched a nerve. Probably because I have a work colleague that is going through an ugly separation, and is being dragged through the mud for no reason other than SHE SAID he slapped her daughter. Never mind that there was no medical proof, police evidence, or anything else to support her claim. So far, he has lost his house, his business, his friends, and has been made to go through 15 weeks of counseling and 14 weeks of "anger management". I have only worked with this guy for about seven months, but I can tell you, that the only "anger" that I see coming from him, is the anger directed towards the "system", and what they are putting him through. The part that really fries him, is, if he were to accuse HER of something, he would need a mountain of evidence to back him up.
If you read the article before you read the rest of this post, you might think that I am comparing apples to oranges. Well, it's more like mackintosh to granny smith apples. an apple is still an apple. In the article, LICIA CORBELLA makes a good point:

"Ask yourself this question. What would happen, do you think, to a man who admitted to leaving a newborn infant head down in a toilet?"...

"Contrast that reality with what has happened to the woman who gave birth to a baby boy in a Wal-Mart washroom in Prince Albert, Sask., on May 21 and it's clear that when it comes to equality before the law, women tend to get off easy in comparison to men.
The baby boy was found, not breathing head down in a bloody toilet bowl by the store manager..."

On blogs and news websites, while the vast majority of comments express disgust, the predictable mushy pap we so often hear about women who commit crimes emerged.

One states: "There are so many plausible circumstances that could have lead this woman to do this ... walk a mile in her shoes.... We can't judge until we know all the details."

Criminologist Dr. Mahfooz Kanwar, a sociology professor at Mount Royal College in Calgary, says the very same people who argue that women should be treated equally with men with regard to opportunities, demand softer treatment with regard to consequences for criminal acts -- making excuses for women based on them being "emotionally fragile".

"If a man had done what she has allegedly done," says Kanwar, "he'd be charged with attempted murder.

I think that maybe my point is being made. We MUST get off this "hug the criminal woman", and "throw away the key if it's a man" mentality. Women must be held to an equal standard as men are with regards to the law. I think that a lot of women would be shocked at how bad they would be treated.

I'm Back (?)

Well it's been a long while since I've posted...so long as a matter of fact, that I had forgotten my password to my account. About a year ago, my marriage almost died. Actually, it almost died several times between then and January. It's been such a hard up-hill battle, to bring it back to a state of normalcy. An experience that I wish not to repeat. It's been so up and down over the last year, that comparing it to a roller coaster, wouldn't even come close. It has taken all of my effort and time to repair it, that blogging was the last thing on my mind. The important things are rarely ever easy. Going from elation, to devastation in less than 24 hours takes a toll on the soul. From there, you go through a lot of soul searching...over and over again...and you find out who you are, and what you are made of. There is one angel that I would like to thank personally for all her support. Pia, you may not think that you did much, but you did more than you could ever imagine. Your words resonated consistently through me, and I can't thank you enough.

That being said, I think it's time to get back to blogging again. Now...I've done some checking around, and everyone seems to have good topics already covered today, so, I'm going to have to do some searching.

Thank-you to everyone who dropped me a line or e-mail wondering where I was, and what I had been up to.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everybody gets what they want!

Just When You Thought It Was Safe...

ABF got me...I know who is on my "naughty" list now.... I'm supposed to name three things that I want, and three things that I don't want.

Wants:

1) My wife and my family-let the good times never end

2) Lotto Super 7 winning numbers...(We all have dreams about how to spend all that cash...so don't even think about looking at me that way! PFFFSHT!)

3) Every terrorist to get their "just dues".

Don't Wants'

1) I don't want to be tagged anymore....(AB... ;)

2) To be burdened with what I had to go through this year, ever again

3) Did I mention that I don't want to be tagged anymore? Cause I find them really annoying....

Lefties' of the World Unite

I can see every lefty in the world crawling out from under their rocks on This one: "Bush signs nuclear deal with India." But before you get your nickers all in a knot, lefty people, just remember what country sold China nuclear reactors. And under what government sold them to China. And what country keeps threatening Taiwan.

Thought, After Thought, After thought, After...

So I took my wife to the doctors the other week for a physical. It's the first one in a few years that she has gone in for. It got me thinking though. How much did this physical cost? What did the doctor(s) bill the government? I couldn't give you an answer on that, but, I'm willing to bet dimes to dollars, that it was probably around $5000. Then I started to think that women are more likely to go to the doctors office then men are. That of course got me thinking about "WHY". Maybe it stems form the way we are all brought up. Boys are taught to "suck it up and be a man", while women are more likely to be taught to go to the doctors and get checked up, even if they feel there is nothing wrong. Which in a round about way started me down the road of: I wonder if the doctors use this knowledge as a scare tactic to get more women in to their clinics? Are women more fragile? Are women in need of higher medical maintenance than men? How much money do they make telling not only women, but men too, that they need to go for a physical once or twice a year? Not to mention the fact that in Canada, our health care costs are spiraling through the roof. Does this not contribute a lot to it? How many people have you known, or heard about, that go to the hospital or local clinic at the first sign of a sniffle? People wonder why costs are going up and up and up. If we are to get medical costs under control in this country, we need to start teaching people that you don't need to go to the doctors every single year. Only go if there is something seriously wrong with you, or if you think that there is something potentially wrong with you. Not, "go to the hospital" because you've got a cough, or because someone in your hemisphere contracted noro-virus, and you are a paranoid freak so you have to get checked out too.

On another note, I see the lefties are already bitching about Primer Ed Stelmac not having enough women or visible minorities in his new cabinet. To you all I ask you this... Do you not think that maybe, just maybe, P.E.S. is putting those people into those positions because maybe he believes that they are the best ones for the job? What good does it serve us if he, or anybody else for that matter, puts people that are not qualified of handling the position, into that position just to have visible minorities or more women in the cabinet? What good would it do, if you put an unqualified person into an important role such as treasurer? Would you want someone who couldn't balance a cheque-book running the finances of a province? Give up this "women can't do it on their own, so we need give them an important role in government because they are female." Personally, I find it insulting for them to think that. People shouldn't be given something based solely on their gender, or race. People should be given something only if they have earned it, or are the most qualified person for the job.

Couldn't resist

While it's been a long while since I've posted anything, I'll have you know that I have been itching to do one for quite some time now. Things have kept me from blogging since the early part of the year, such as my marriage, which needed my full and undivided attention to save it from falling to divorce. It is a long and slow process to re-build something that you thought was solid. It is getting better, but still needs my undivided attention, and a lot of work. There have been a few things that I wanted to post on, that I just haven't. So, for the first time in months, I am posting. I don't know how regular it will be, but I would like to get back to where it was eight months ago. As a matter of fact, it has been so long, I almost forgot all my passwords, and how to do it.

Normally, I don't read the "Dear Abby" column, but something caught my eye. It was on names that "fit the job". Some of the letters are as follows:

DEAR ABBY: One of my dearest friends is a professional landscaper of golf courses, highways and schools. His name? Ross Weed! -- BONNIE G. CHAPIN, S.C.

DEAR ABBY: My husband, last name Graves, is a funeral director. -- DIANNE G., RIPLEY, MISS.

DEAR ABBY: The first time I took my grandchildren to their doctor, their regular physician was on vacation. The doctor who was filling in for him was named Dr. Needle. I kid you not. -- THERESA S., SPARROW BUSH, N.Y.

DEAR ABBY: When I was in college, the disciplinary dean's name was Dick Justice. -- BRIAN S., NAPERVILLE, ILL.

DEAR ABBY: I have a couple of names that take the cake. I am a nurse in a large hospital in central Wisconsin. We had a plastic surgeon named Dr. Hacker, and if that wasn't enough, his resident was Dr. Wacker. Not surprisingly, their patients required a lot of reassurance. Wouldn't you? -- LORI FROM THE DAIRY STATE

DEAR ABBY: While I was serving at the Marine Corps Schools in Quantico, Va., my best friend took me with him when he had his vasectomy. His physician's name was Dr. D. Nutter. -- PAT M., DALLAS

DEAR ABBY: There is a dentist here in my city whose hygienist's last name is Toothacher. -- GLEN IN TEXAS

DEAR ABBY: In Portland, Ore., where I reside, there are three orthodontists: Dr. Payne, Dr. Fear and Dr. Rensch (pronounced "Wrench")!

DEAR ABBY: I swear this is true: When I visited my first gynecologist when I was in college (the University of Massachusetts at Amherst), his name was Dr. Clapp. -- V. COOK, BLUE HILL, MAINE

DEAR ABBY: When I worked at a major hospital, from time to time I would see trauma victims with the attending doctor's name being "Dr. Kill." Initially I thought it was a hospital code for victims who might still be at risk. As it turned out, Dr. Kill is a practicing physician. -- SABRINA IN SAN DIEGO

DEAR ABBY: My greatest nightmare of a college textbook was for a class called "History and Systems of Psychology." It was better than a sleeping pill. It put students to sleep in 10 seconds flat. The author? Edwin G. Boring. -- KAY IN MILLFORD, DEL.

DEAR ABBY: My father, mother and sister all see the same psychiatrist, and have for more than 15 years. His name is Dr. Looney. Seriously. -- READER IN HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS

On to other business...

WELCOME TO CALGARY! -- Where the rental vacancies sit at 0.5%, and the average two bedroom apartment (if you can actually get your hands on one) will run you on average a cool $960.00 per month. Second only to the "center of the universe" (Toronto). There's something to be proud of ! So if you are planning to move here, from say, that "other city" up north, to a better one (Calgary), you better bring loads of cash, and have someplace already lined up. We may have lots of jobs to fill here, but nowhere near the infrastructure to handle this huge influx of people.

Something To Wake Up To

Here is something that I would just love to wakeup to every morning! If I thought that I looked scary first thing, I'd hate to see what I would look like after viewing this in the morning!




Starting Bid Only £9.95
Stands approx. 23.75cm high.

Or how about THIS...



You might notice the similarity between that cartoon, and this...



...The real deal... The spawn of anti-democracy in Canada.