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New user? Tuesday, November 28, 2000
Growing up, Canada style
Sometimes I wish I was still living in Edmonton. It usually doesn't take long for me to convince myself otherwise, but every once in a while something new reminds me how special it is to live in the frozen north.
This morning I was watching Caillou with my daughter. There's an episode where Cailliou's parents begin to teach Caillou how to skate. They're on an outdoor ice rink surrounded by snow drifts... the good ole' fashioned Canadian way to skate.
It really really bothers me that my daughter won't be able to experience that here in Victoria.
I think we'll take a winter vacation to Edmonton so we can expose her to Canadian winter play.
Judge orders sex.com returned to owner
CNN.com: Judge orders sex.com returned to owner
The article suggests sex.com might be the most valuable domain name in the world.
HA! Everyone knows the real most valuable domain in the world is nodootabootit.ca, owned by yours truly! ;-)
Russian party boy secludes himself in Web experiment
CNN.com: Russian party boy secludes himself in Web experiment
At first I thought he had pledged to stay inside his whole life; I missed the "for three weeks" part. It's going to be a long 3 weeks for that vegan.
Dutch MPs legalise mercy killings
BBC: Dutch MPs legalise mercy killings
Once again the Dutch are way ahead of the pack socially.
Canada shows U.S. how to count votes right
Canada shows U.S. how to count votes right
I think the U.S. already knows how to count votes right. The problem seems to be counting votes left.
BTW, I voted for a right-wing party so don't call me a leftist, unless you're referring to me being left-handed! Call me a believer in fairness. Maybe that makes me a naive idealist... so be it.
Monday, November 27, 2000
Right to complain
Tonight I voted for my right to complain about politics and the situation created by government in Canada.
My opinion is, if a person doesn't vote they shouldn't complain about what the government does or doesn't do.
I didn't know enough about any of the candidates, so I voted for the one that shared a particular view of mine. I don't know enough about that person to know if we agree on any other things.
It is absolutely my fault for not knowing enough about the candidates. Sure, they could have helped by talking to me, but none did. One candidate at least had a person knock on my door and hand me a pamphlet, but I didn't vote for that person anyway. (Sorry, but thanks for trying!)
I guess I didn't care enough to spend time forcing myself to learn about the candidates. I had the time.
However, the parties spent their time attacking each other instead of communicating their platforms... it's pretty sad, and I know this turned me off, it's why I didn't spend time learning the platforms.
At least our ballot was completely understandable, and uniform across the entire country.
Oh, and we hand count every ballot. And there was recount and chad humour from some of the elected candidates. hehe
