Dion’s Woes Just Don’t Stop

It’s starting to look like a train wreck. That’s my assessment of the Liberal campaign, and being the non-Liberal supporter I am, I have to say that I’m not displeased. The latest is the cartbon-belching, old “clunker” of a 737 the Liberals leased from Air Inuit had to make an emergency landing in Montreal due…

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Stephane Dion Doesn’t Understand Economics

Today, Stephane Dion blamed Stephen Harper for the downturn in the stock markets and the slowing of the Canadian Economy. I’m sure Stephane Dion thinks Harper is responsible for the extinction of the Dodo, the explosion of the Hindenburg, and just maybe, Dion believes Harper shot JFK. You see, to a Liberal, attempts to engineer…

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Go Jack Layton!

You may be asking why I have a subject line boosting Jack Layton, especially when I’m a Conservative supporter. It’s easy – the better Jack Layton does in this election, the better it is for the Conservatives. You see, under our First-Past-The-Post election system, the candidate with the “plurality” of votes wins the seat. A…

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Layton Promises to Destroy Alberta’s Economy

Well, maybe not in so many words, but Jack Layton DID promise yesterday that he would scrap a tax-incentive program for companies to mine the Alberta Oil Sands. While not the be-all and end-all of Alberta’s economy, the Oil Sands do represent a significant portion of this province’s economy. “We’re going to have a legacy…

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“This is Unfair” Dion Whines Again

“They are piling their lies upon their lies. They are unable to stop to lie. Canadians will never accept that, it’s not the way we should have an election.” Thus spake Stephane Dion on Day 2 of our current election campaign. Instead of going on an attack of his own based upon fact (the Harper…

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The Best Event of my Professional Career

In my current job, I have a lot of “windshield time.”. The term, “windshield time” is what salespeople refer to as time spent driving. It is considered unproductive time, as one is not spending time in front of customers doing one’s job — selling stuff. My windshield time varies from day to day, simply due…

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The Day I Blew Up The Science Lab

Okay, so I didn’t really blow up the entire lab, but the title sounds good. I have no idea where this memory bubbled to the surface from, but it’s a darn funny story, so I thought I’d blog it. Back in the day, (yes, this really is one of those stories) I was in Chemistry…

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Film Atrocities

I recently saw what I must think was probably one of the worst made-for-TV movies ever made. It was called “Locusts” and it was — well — awful. It always amazes me what atrocities tend to come out of hollywood — like Kangaroo Jack, for example, a story about two guys chasing a rapping, sunglass-wearing…

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Bathtime With the Elephants

A few months ago, my wife participated in a silent auction for “Bathtime with the Elephants” at the Calgary Zoo. She bid successfully, and yesterday, with four friends, we went and enjoyed the experience of “Bathtime with the Elephants.” Bathtime with the Elephants is pretty much self-explanatory; you go to the Calgary Zoo, meet some…

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Ashamed to be Canadian

Radio talk-show host Charles Adler read this on his program the other day. While I cannot claim to be the author (because I’m not,) I felt it was well worth passing along. I have taken the liberty of correcting a few minor punctuation errors, but other than that, I have posted it verbatim. I echo…

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