For the last couple years I have been fortunate enough to work for an employer which was actually expanding its IT department at a time when most everyone else was contracting. I knew that would not last forever and now it is apparent that the party is over. Since the…
Monthly Archives: December 2003
are you a closet canadian?
Saturday, December 13th, 2003
Apparently I am, according to my results on a test I found at Dave Pollard’s site. Results are plotted on a grid similar to the one for the Political Compass test. It has been used to compare the social values of Canadians and Americans. I am not surprised that there…
is environmentalism a religion?
Thursday, December 11th, 2003
Recently Dan has put up several posts about global warming over at North Coast Cafe.
It was rather interesting to see the comments he drew on this one. Quite a few people don’t believe in global warming I take it. That’s certainly all right. I’d like to hear their reasoning…
mrs c
Wednesday, December 10th, 2003
We found out last week that Mrs C had passed away. Until about 18 months ago she had lived in the house on the corner.
She had lived there longer than anybody knew. Her only family was a daughter in another city. We had never seen her but we got the…
tree
Tuesday, December 9th, 2003
We installed a Christmas tree in the house over the weekend which served to remind me that it is time to get cracking and get my shopping done. So today I stopped at the bookstore on the way home and crossed a few obligations off the list.
Soon I will…