The votes have been cast and the results are in. Surprise! It’s a conservative minority government. They received the most votes so they should be in charge but I do have a problem with how the seats have been divided up.
The Bloc received 9.97% of vote, but got 16.2% of the seats
The NDP received 18.2% [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Still I Look to Find a Reason to Believe
Posted in Canadian Politics, tagged Elizabeth May, Gilles Duceppe, Jack Layton, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Don’t forget to Vote!
Posted in Canadian Politics on October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
See title.
Fan Suspended for Offensive Haircut
Posted in Sports, tagged Dan Levitar, Michael Wilbon, Pardon the Interruption, Ray-Hawk, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Zachary Sharples on October 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was watching Pardon the Interruption earlier this week and they brought up the story of a 12 year old baseball fan who got suspended from his school for getting a mohawk haircut, imitating many of the Tampa Bay Devil Ray’s. So many have done this that they are now calling it the Ray-hawk.
The reason for the [...]
And The Award Goes To
Posted in Sports, tagged Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, Phoenix Coyote's on October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the spirit of the NHL season officially getting under way tonight I’ve decided to make some predictions for some of the end of season awards. But I am not going to make the obvious picks. These will be players who may just surprise everyone with a great year. I also encourage everyone to check out [...]
Another Reason to Hate Starbucks
Posted in Environment, tagged Starbucks, Water on October 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
If you needed it. Besides just being over priced, Starbucks has one of the most wasteful practices I have ever heard of. It is corporate policy to leave a tap constantly running all day long into a sink for cleaning dishes & utensils. With 10,000 locations worldwide this adds up to an olympic sized swimming [...]
Windmill – Denied!
Posted in Energy, Environment, tagged Ottawa, Wind turbine, Windmill on October 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A man in Ottawa who had planned on erecting a wind turbine to supply 15 percent of his power requirements has been denied an exemption to the city bylaws. In order for the windmill to be effective it had to be installed at a height of 10 metres. Because of the small size of the [...]
110 percent
Posted in Sports, tagged Brendan Shanahan, Jim Rome, NBA, NHL, Ottawa Senators, Shaquille O'neal, Vinny Prospal on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On the drive in to work today I was listening to last nights baseball scores and one of the managers of a losing team (don’t remember who) was asked why they lost. His reply (I’m paraphrasing) ”We knew coming into this game we were gonna have to throw some strikes to win. We didn’t and they did.”. [...]
