Haiti, A Year Later

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I heard an interesting comparison this morning. According to reports, Haiti has not exactly begun the process of rebuilding after a year since the quake. Australia, however, has already got the processes in place to rebuild after recent floods. Now, let us not kid ourselves, Haiti is not a very wealthy country. Australia has more people affected, but quite possibly can rebuild with a fraction, if any of the international monetary assistance that Haiti received. There is the beginning of the real problem, though. How much money did Haiti receive in assistance? From Canada alone, the number is estimated at three quarters of a billion dollars. Perhaps the better question is what happened to that money? Questions of wealth aside, [Read more...]

Turn About Business

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"Nice sweater." Cliff tugged his red sweater over his large belly in a self conscious mock of the Picard maneuver. The young lady grinned and smacked her gum as her jaw hammered at it. Her brunette hair fell far enough that she could have sat on it. Her black sweater and red skirt showed off her curves. "Has Ms. Williams come in yet?" Cliff put his briefcase on the counter. She smacked her gum more in thought. "Um, I think so. Lemme check." Her fingers flew across the keyboard in front of her. They the tapped on the phone pad beside her. Ms. Williams? A gentleman here to see you." Cliff chuckled that she did not know. She continued her one sided conversation, "Um...mister...?" "Cliff," he helped her. "Cliff," she smiled into the [Read more...]

Unplugged

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I unplugged a bit this weekend. Other than football scores, I heard no news, weather or other sports. Just pulled my wings in to reset my bearings a touch. Back to work this morning and listening to the news about the shooting in Arizona of 20 people. An assassination attempt on a congresswoman that critically wounded her, but killed six bystanders...of whom the biggest deal is being made about a young girl that was born on Sept 11, 2001. It is interesting about how both political wings have taken shots to blame the other for this. The American left suggesting that right wing talk has been laced with violent suggestions. A Tea Party website had this particular congresswoman, literally, in their sites. Using slogans like "don't [Read more...]

Squandered

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My hybrid is cruising the dusk streets of Uxbridge, Ontario at the moment. Before you ask, yes...it is illegal to text and drive in Ontario, but I am not texting...I am blogging, so deal with it. Have just cleared the lights of town and heading for home. Awaiting me there is an evening with the girlfriend and the Doberman. The clouds to the west are covering up the final sun rays of the day. The fields out here are now dark save for snow reflecting the passing car headlights. Was in town for an oil change, of which I was in dire need of knowing that I am back to work Monday. Still on the road for now. Still with the same company. I so wish I could fire these bastards and get something else. One more quick pit stop at the post [Read more...]

Plowing Snow

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This is one of those mornings... You know those mornings...when at oh-five hundred you are woken by the passing snow plows. When even after those snow plows, the roads are still treacherous as the snow is falling so fast to quickly rebuild its camouflage fort for the ice underneath. Then you get out with the shovel and get the walk completed just as you realize that the spot where your work started has already vanished as the snowflakes continue to attack the ground. I love snow, but not this much. I would prefer one of those other mornings... You know those other mornings...when at oh-five hundred you are awoken by the goddess laying beside you as her mouth decides it wants to bring you to erection inside it. It continues its [Read more...]

Human

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There is someone across the street standing in the glowing snow. The snow glows in reflection of lights above. It glistens and shines from street and house lights...man made lights. The lights of the gods are covered over by a thick film of snow filled clouds. They shall remain until they empty themselves of this current snow fall. I would not see the figure across the street without the lights. Even with reflected Moonlight, unlikely. Only visible from the light of humans. Yet the figure stands there. Quietly, unassuming, not asking to be seen...seen, none the less. Waiting on some imaginary bus that never travels this road. In need of a driver to take him home. The figure wears a human made coat and human made shoes...he waits for a [Read more...]

Atheists Amongst Us

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I finally got around to it. With the flu I had been fighting, I have mentioned all the shows I have been drifting through. The last couple of days, now that I am off the sleepy drugs and getting my energy back, I am still having naps but listening to some audio books whilst laying down. Today and yesterday, I have finally been working my way through Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion". Dawkins is a damned fine salesman. He is a believer that could easily convince the weak minded into believing in The Bible, the Qu'ran or gold filled pots at the end of rainbows. However, in this case I would call him the first atheist preacher that I have heard. I am about half way through the thirteen hour recording, and he has yet to tell me anything I [Read more...]

Enlightened

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Dead star light Dead star bright First dead star I see tonight I wish I may I wish I might Know who looked to you before your twilight All of those gorgeous dead stars in the sky. Considering the billions of years it took some of that light to get here, curious how many of them are still burning up there. This is one of those illusions that has proven to me that not all is as it seems. All is simply as it is perceived. Through these perceptions, we assume and claim to know facts that, in retrospect are simply made up fables. The world is flat. The galaxy and sun revolve around the Earth. There are stars in the night sky. On this last point...what is night? Who's sky? Ours, yes, but in some other part of the 'verse it is likely not [Read more...]