Brain Bits To Go

October 9, 2011

Not Handicapped? Don’t Park There!

The other night, Lynn and I stopped at Wendy’s for supper on our way home after being out taking pictures all day. We parked next to the handicapped parking spot. I walked our dog while she went in to get the food. When I returned to the car, someone had parked next to us. Not…
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October 8, 2011

Didn’t Vote? Shut Up!

So our provincial election is over. Dalton McGuinty and the Liberal Party returned for a third round but with a minority this time. That just gives them a handy excuse for anything they promised but don’t deliver on. All of that is irrelevant because so few people showed up to vote. We could have elected…
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October 7, 2011

Another Glorious Autumn Day

Yes, that is part of what made my day glorious. Followed two of these through the bush of about twenty minutes. Took a ton of pictures. Really low light on the edge of dusk under the trees, so jacked up the ISO. Made things a little grainy, but hey, it’s not a shot I get…
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October 6, 2011

Observations In A Traffic Jam

Lynn and I drove back into town from our trailer to vote. Unfortunately, we came in at rush hour. Or in this case two hours of not rushing at all. The upside, such as it is, is all the time it gives to people watch. People in dense, slow moving traffic tend to do some…
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October 5, 2011

Summer’s Over, Autumn’s Waning. Loving Each Day, Not Complaining.

I know this picture doesn’t look like, but it’s getting close to the end of the season at my trailer. I’m going to miss it. It’s peaceful, quiet and incredibly relaxing. As you can see, it’s just plain beautiful. Today was a gorgeous, sunny day. The first after several days of rain. So Lynn and…
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October 5, 2011

Anonymous Has A Plan To Save The World

Apparently Anonymous has a plan to change the world. Yay! I’m so excited I can hardly keep from gagging. For those not paying attention, that’s called sarcasm. Why would I not be more supportive of a group trying to change the status quo and make the world a better place? Fair question. If I thought…
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October 3, 2011

From Netbook Blues To Happy News

If you read this regularly, you may recall that I’ve adopted my daughters orphan net-book. Windows Vista was dead slow on it (go figure), so I installed Ubuntu Linux as a dual boot. After some tweaking and poking, I convinced it to do most of what I wanted. Mind you, part of that success depends…
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October 2, 2011

When Different Is Deadly

Fourteen year old Jamey Rodemeyer from western New York has allegedly killed himself as result of bullying and harassment over his sexuality. At a school dance attended by his sister who had just been to his wake, the dance organizers played his favorite song in his memory. Some of the students present chanted, “better off…
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October 1, 2011

What’s the best way to blow off steam when you’re angry?

I know that I have a nasty temper, so I’ve learned to be very careful of how I manage my anger. At work, I repress it and then vent to my spouse when I get home. Or I fire up a game console and spend some time on mindless violence. (Chucking people out the window…
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October 1, 2011

Just A Quick Random Thought

If the end justifies the means, what if there is no end? Does anything ever truly end? If not, then where is the justification for “by any means necessary”? If the means are justified by a non-existent end, it seems safe to say they were in fact unjustified. If there were no ends to justify…
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