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52 card slap in the face

Check out this funny video from Christmas Day where my brother Tom had a deck of cards sprayed in his face.

Corporatocracy 7

In my first 48 hours on vacation, I read the book entitled Confessions of an Economic Hit Man“, where author John Perkins describes “Corporatocracy” as the collaboration of large corporations, international banks and governments in their greedy quest for global supremacy. In his role as an “Economic Hit man” (EHM), Mr. Perkins’ job was provide ...

Quebec City pictures 2

Quebec City pictures Some people have requested that I post some pictures. So I’ve included some pictures in this post. Here are a few things I’ve noticed about Quebec City so far: 1) 50% of the people we’ve encountered have spoken very little or no English (and they all work in the service industry). 2) ...

Vive le Quebec 3

It’s been one hell of a week. Saturday/Sunday/Monday I studied for exams. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings I wrote my exams after working all day, getting very little sleep. Thursday night we had our work Christmas party, and Friday I drove 8 hours after a full day of work with a modest hangover to come to ...

Sports vs. Religion 8

An interesting debate came up at a family dinner the other week. The question arose when I made a tongue in cheek comment about Pentecostal churches where the worshipers put their hands in the air and pray out loud. I once attended a Pentecostal church with my Opa and let’s just say I was a ...

Democracy cannot be forced 1

One lesson that we can honestly say has been learned from the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan is that democracy cannot easily be forced upon a people; especially a country such as Iraq that is composed of 3 major religious groups. This neo-Conservative tactic is fairly new to United States ...

Febreeze anyone?

A woman grounded an American Airlines flight on Monday after lighting a match to cover up her flatulence. The plane made an emergency landing in Nashville and caused a 3 hour delay because the luggage had to be searched. The first image that came to mind is Cousin Geoff on my couch, putting his legs ...

Till death do us part 3

You’ve probably already read the story about 23-year old Sean Bell who was shot and killed by 5 NYPD officers on the day he was to be married. One can speculate that he was shot at by police because he rammed the undercover police car and brushed an undercover officer who approached the car. There ...

U.S. Middle East intentions 3

In order to understand the United States’ position in the Middle East, you have to understand the history and the events that led to the current situation. During the Cold War, the U.S. played a prominent role in the Middle East in an attempt to counter Soviet power, but after the collapse of the Soviet ...

0-60MPH in under 3.5 seconds

Driving to hockey today, I came across my new favourite car. It’s the 2007 Lexus IS250. Okay, so it’s not my favourite car in the whole world. That would probably be the Aston Martin DBS V12 that was featured in the new Bond film Casino Royale that I watched on Friday. But the Lexus is ...