Defecating Room? 5
Anytime I travel to the US of A, I always receive strange looks when I ask where the “Bathroom” is, or where the “Washroom” is. Down there they know it as the “Restroom”. Come to think of it, none of these names really make sense. Bathroom implies that there is a bath in the room ...
Miss My Jeep 1
In September 2005, my environmental conscience finally convinced me to give up my gas guzzling Jeep that I had owned for 5 years. It was a tough decision, but I knew it was a responsible decision both from the environmental perspective and a financial perspective. For the last 2 years the ’98 Acura has been ...
Spousal Privacy 5
As a long-time information technology worker, I’m very disciplined in creating passwords and cautious about who has access to my computer. I don’t like to take any chances so I always create strong passwords that would be extremely difficult to crack. A key relationship issue came up recently after I installed Windows Vista on my ...
Restaurant Makeover 1
I’m not sure if you’ve ever watched the show “Restaurant Makeover“, but I saw one of the show’s Chefs David Adjey last night standing outside a bar located beside my work building. This morning I peeked in the bar and saw the Restaurant Makeover team ripping the guts out of the it. The bar is ...
U.S. Housing bust
The U.S. Housing market in many cities across the United States has blown into an overinflated bubble, and we’ve recently seen indications that the bubble has in fact burst. According to RealtyTrac Inc., foreclosures in the U.S. have risen 62% in April compared with last year. The states that topped the list in foreclosures were ...
Las Vegas Stag 4
Last week I returned from a trip to Las Vegas where we stayed at the Hooters Hotel and Casino for my buddy Mike’s stag party. Las Vegas has grown considerably since I was there back in 1999, and construction is under-way all over the city where they are building new grandiose casinos everywhere. Everything in ...
What to do in Iraq? 2
With former President Jimmy Carter calling the Bush Administration the “Worst in history”, I figured today’s topic should relate to the war in Iraq. A lot of my readers credit me for complaining about the U.S. involvement in Iraq, but like many other people covering Iraq, I haven’t provided any alternative solution to the war ...
Camp-X 4
Camp-X was a secret agent training camp in Whitby, Ontario that was established by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE); a branch of the British MI6 during World War II. The original intent of Camp-X was to secretly recruit Americans to become British spies since Americans were forbidden from becoming involved in the war. Ironically, ...
Only a cleaning of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul 2
Since the weather wasn’t adequate enough to partake in any outdoor activities today, Han and I watched the movie “Bobby“; a film written and directed by Emilio Estivez that revolves around the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. I didn’t know what to expect, but I thought it was a really good movie and I think ...
The Gun Culture 4
P22 Walther (One of the guns used in the Virginia Massacre) “Action, fun, sport, speed, high velocity – catchwords for modern leisure activities. Now we are bringing fun into target shooting – the P22 makes fun shooting an experience. The compact design and style of a modern defense pistol in caliber .22 l.r. with all ...