Mallory was out partying tonight
Well, okay, not really. But she was over at her friend C’s (movie and pizza night) til 8:30. Waaay past her bedtime.
And while I’m ranting
Do you ever notice how the people who will complain about unionized workers making a little (or a lot it doesn’t seem to matter) more than non-unionized workers always argue that the solution is for unionized workers to earn less?
Fewer good jobs around so let’s eliminate more of them
That’ll make everyone feel better. A CIBC report covered today says there are fewer good jobs in Canada these days. The bank’s job quality index dropped by a per cent over the last year. Wow they have a job quality index. It’s almost like they care.
And now we fire the people who encourage us to make homes energy efficient
Natural Resources Canada is eliminating 100 jobs, Postmedia’s Kathryn May reports. Ministry spokespeople say the positions being cut were those managing “sunsetting” programs and that there are no new decreases to service cuts.
So my friend Teresa Healy aka @FinnegansMum has a blog
Teresa is definitely one of the people who should be publishing a blog. And now, she has one. Courtesy of yours truly. Congratulations Teresa on your first couple of posts. I hope to read many more.
Fell on my ass
For the second time. In – what – three weeks? That perfect slam right on the tailbone. Or whatever that bone is called. I could feel it coming. It happened maybe five minutes before the end of this morning’s skate skiing lesson.
Toilet tales part three: the gasket at the bottom of the tank
I don’t think I seated it properly. At least I hope that’s where the water’s coming from now. The alternative explanation has a far worse solution.
Lumbering oaf
Skate skiing lesson this evening. Quite cold but manageable. I have to say it was a bit distressing.
What does it mean to ‘scan’ web content?
Trying to use numbers to settle an argument today at work I found this (somewhat old) Jakob Nielsen column about how much reading most people actually do on the internet. The answer? Of the words you write, about 28 per cent on average get read.
Wolf Lake Wednesday
It’s late but here’s my week’s contribution to Wolf Lake Wednesday. Friends of Temagami, Earthroots and no doubt a bunch of other organizations and individuals are trying to pressure the Ontario government to take Wolf Lake in the Chiniguchi waterway off the table for mining and logging.
Hello rear derailleur, good to feel you again
The past couple of days have been evidence of why some people like single gear bikes in winter. My cassette has been covered in solid ice and my rear derailleur cable has been frozen in its housing. I don’t have a garage at home and at work the parking garage is not heated.
Urgent action required: remember you are not your audience
I send and receive a fair number of appeals for online actions. And I see phrases like “Act now” or “Urgent! Your help needed” a lot and I admit if I ever have any control over it, I usually edit them out. Especially if they’re in the subject line or any other essential bit of the message.
Toilet tales part two: the big reveal
So I took the toilet off to discover the base had been sealed to the top of the drain with heaps and heaps of stuff (felt like about half a kilo) of goo the consistency and colour of bees wax. And I’m guessing, from the location of little bits of water in the goo, that this seal had never quite been water tight.
Leaky toilet: what manner of screw is this?
Some time ago Irene and I noticed this hives-like bubbling of paint on the ceiling near the front door. Uh oh. After getting some advice from the ever helpful Jeff Allingham, we decided to task me with opening it up for a look see.
My fifteen seconds of fame
I’m in an Ottawa Sun weather story dispensing advice on biking on a snowy day.
