December ← 2005 ← The Urban Country

Formula for happiness

Dec

2005

After posting a couple articles this month on happiness, I had a conversation with a friend on the topic. She came back to me with 4 thoughts to achieving happiness. I wanted to post it here so that it stays fresh and I can let it all sink in and not get lost. I’m not ...

Toronto of America 6

Dec

2005

This year has been a bad year for the city of Toronto as the number of gun murders keeps climbing. Most gun murders in Toronto have been gang related, but just today there was a deadly shooting spree a few blocks from my house at a shopping mall on one of the busiest shopping days ...

Celibacy contest 4

Dec

2005

In January, I’m going to hold a contest to see who can sustain celibacy for the longest period of time. The same contest took place on the popular sitcom “Seinfeld”. The contest requires honesty on everyone’s part as there is no way to know 100% whether everyone is being truthful; so the honour system is ...

Guantanamo Bay History 1

Dec

2005

I had often wondered why the US had a Naval Base in Cuba when political relations between the US and Cuba is nonexistent. At first it seemed rather contradictory, so I decided to find out the history of this Naval base and more recently, the terrorist prison. There is a lot of history on Guantanamo ...

Jack Layton biography 1

Dec

2005

NDP leader Jack Layton has an impressive resume and many accomplishments in his 20 years of government service. I had the pleasure of meeting him this past summer. Layton is clearly the one contender who has more substance in his ideals and has an impressive track record for following through and getting the job done. ...

Mini tow trucks

Dec

2005

In my apartment building a notice was posted on the wall. It was a warning that cars parked in the underground parking garage need to have a sticker. It also stated that cars that don’t have stickers will be towed. Since I park my car down there, I’m very familiar with the parking garage, and ...

US bans torture

Dec

2005

It would appear the US is attempting to repair their image to the world. Admitting that your country has tortured prisoners without actually admitting it. This is clever politics. Tax dollars could be wasted on investigations into alleged torture on prisoners, or you could just ban torture completely without actually having to admit the tortures ...

Bush Admits Intelligence failures

Dec

2005

This is an admission worthy of historic significance. This blog has vehemently insisted in the past 2 years that Bush admit that the intelligence used to build the case to invade Iraq was all wrong. Years went by with Bush defending, sidestepping, twisting, ignoring, and insisting that the intelligence was correct. It was vital for ...

You are what you eat 1

Dec

2005

I wanted to share with you my typical lunch routine at work. I usually snack throughout the afternoon as well on tasty foods such as fruits, sesame sticks, ju jubes, pretzels or peanuts. My typical breakfast consists of an “everything” bagel toasted with butter and a raisin bran muffin from Tim Horton’s. Usually once a ...

Election Time

Dec

2005

With the for-coming elections in Canada, I figured I’d share some funny pictures that I stole from Rick Mercer’s blog. If you’re not familiar with him, Rick Mercer has a show the “Rick Mercer Report” which airs on CBC on Tuesdays at 8PM. visit Rick’s blog for many more of these parody photographs.