Next write up should be coming from Newfoundland. I’ll try to stick to the time frame... so expect it up around December 18th. But with travel and times back home, it may be off a day or two one way or the other.
WEDNESDAY...
— Work day. I’m alone for part of the day and it goes fine... busy but fine. And I sleep okay before work too, which is good.
THURSDAY...
— Work is sort of busy but not too bad... Phil did more than me though, so likely a busier day from my partners point of view.
— Spaghetti with Ruby after work and some TV for the night. I’m trying to stay up late now to get going for night shift. I’ll be alone part of tomorrow night... so it may get boring.
— I’m hating politicians. They should never be called “the right honourable” ever again... these clowns don’t deserve that kind of respect.
FRIDAY...
— Lazy day, sleep much of it to adjust to shifts... meet Laura at Grace O’Malley’s for some drinks and a snack before work. Cara Lee is there with us... it’s good to see Laura again.
— Work much of the night alone. Phil goes after 9:00 and then it’s just me until 5:45. Not a bad night either. Nothing blew up on my watch.
— Could have had an accident on the highway on the way to meet Laura. Slick roads and the cars in front of me broke hard to look at the flipped over car in the ditch. I had to break hard not to hit them and the anti-lock breaks and snow tires saved the day.
SATURDAY...
— See Ruby when I get home, say goodbyes and go to bed. Wake up around noon, with her and Lee gone. Watch a movie in the afternoon (Cloverfield... I kind of like it... some holes in the realism they try to create but a pretty cool horror movie). Off to bed again after that and sleep about an hour. Get some stuff ready and head to work.
— Work is half and half. Not a very good start to it... makes it annoying for a while... but it seems to settle as the night goes. I do the gym at 11:30 and Phil leaves for the night after I get back... so from 12:30 to 5:40 I’m on my own.
— Drive home is slow with snow on the ground... it’s neat to see the fresh rabbit tracks around the building going to the car... but the drive isn’t so nice.
SUNDAY...
— Up around 1:00 with the power out. It’s back at 2:00 and I’m lucky... several in the area were out until 7:00 tonight.
— Cold... -15 without wind... likely -25 with it... to -32 with the wind tonight.
— Softball stinks. Our team is probably the worst team I’ve ever been on. I’ve enjoyed making plays on the field and I like the guys but I’m tired of being on a bad team that’s willing to talk positively about a 23-5 loss against an average team. Looking forward to adding some new people for the winter league... and really looking forward to getting outside again this summer. Maybe I’ll look at getting on with a more competitive league as a single player... I’ll see but I don’t want to be accepting of lopsided losses as if we did alright. It’s a lousy attitude and helps create the losses in my mind.
MONDAY...
— Very lazy day. I watch a movie and snooze several times. Watch some of that True Blood show in the evening. It’s too cold out to go outside the door... around -17.
TUESDAY...
— Bad weather day. I stay in all day and watch much of the True Blood series on On Demand. Pretty good.
Christmas Travel
A week away from family time
With food and hugs and chats,
Or will Air Canada mess it up
And send me to Iraq.
A week away from the sea
With salty moisture on the air,
Or will Air Canada screw it up
And fly my west of here.
A week away from familiar hills
Places I’ve often been,
Or will Air Canada muck it up
And send me to the city of sin.
A week away from home cooked food
Where weight will pack right on,
Or will Air Canada botch it up
And send me to Hong Kong.
You never know with Air Canada
Every trip is so uncertain,
You may not even go anywhere
And wind up back where you’re startin’
I’ve been on trips that take two days
It’s really not that far,
But Air Canada can find a way
To make flights like drive by car.
So a week from now I’ll try it out
I’m hoping to get lucky,
If not I’ll spend the Christmas cheer
In an airport in Kentucky.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Making It Up As I Go Along #348
TUESDAY...
— Crazy day. Work and car to the garage for winter tires... walking to the car after work and walking back again after finding the car still isn’t ready... then a ride back again from Annick and finally get the car and home a mere 15 hours after I left.
WEDNESDAY...
— Wake at 2:45 and don’t get back to any real sleep. I’m exhausted at work... the last few hours being a struggle.
— Groceries and crashing after work.
THURSDAY...
— Sleep until around 10:00. Some TV and then to Mazda for 1:00. There until close to 3:00 for a service... which gets annoying.
— Straight home for nap time... up by 4:45... then time to get ready for work.
FRIDAY...
— Work was alright last night. Had pizza with Melissa and kept steady but not super busy through the night. Even had company as a homicide happened in Ottawa and a police officer came by with prints of one of the victims for us to ID.
— Up around 11:15 this morning. Ruby and Lee arrive about an hour later. We chat a bit before they go to visit other friends until Sunday... then it’s nap time for me and work to follow.
— Work goes fine. Hit the gym around 2:30. And forget my pizza in the fridge when I leave... so it’s probably a trip by the office to pick it up tomorrow. I’m supposed to go to the movies near there anyway.
SATURDAY...
— Quiet day around the house (sleeping until about noon). Then off to supper and a movie with Sheila and Janice. Religulous is pretty good.
SUNDAY...
— Up around 8:30 this morning. Kind of tired but still up.
— Ball at 5:00. We lose again... mostly some fun still but I’m tired of the idea that we’re accepting of a loss like we’ve gotten.
— Ruby and Lee are here when I get home. We have supper and watch a little TV.
MONDAY...
— Around the house... get some groceries with Ruby... and watch lots of politics on TV. Looks like Harper may get tossed and a coalition government will take over. But who knows. It’s the biggest political mess I’ve ever seen but it’s all Stephan Harper’s fault. He got stupid and greedy and backed the other parties into a corner. The result was either he’d be the equivalent of a dictator, or they’d push back.
Oh Canada!?!?
Never have I seen politics in such a sorry state. I don’t even mean in my own country... any politics. George Bush and the boys look professional compared to this lot. And the problem is, there’s no right answer to any of it.
Stephen Harper has been and now has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be a lying, arrogant and stupid man. He may have book smarts but politics is as much about being wise in your dealings with people. It’s probably more about being wise with people than being intellectually intelligent. And Little Stevey Harper is a six year old who thinks he knows better than the adults in the room. He’s mean spirited and vindictive... the man’s a bully.
And because of the traits that make Stephen Harper who he is, we’re left with a laughing stock country.
The other three political parties are now looking at cooperation in order to wrestling the government away from the elected party without another election. It sounds undemocratic. Maybe it isn’t. In the last election, 65% of Canadians who voted didn’t want Harper. But it’s at least a very different spin on democracy. Forever is it changed, the idea that because you got more votes than anyone else, you win. Now it’s possible that the losers can come together and overtake the winner.
It’s a dangerous ball to start rolling. Governments in Canada have been dysfunctional for a long time now, this just brings on a new tool to be used in maintaining the dysfunctionality.
So we have a party that’s heading by a man who has tried running a dictatorship accusing the other parties of a coupe. I feel like I live in some Central American nation where the president dresses in military garb and only his top generals can be trusted.
El Presidente Harper, lock yourself in your room... they’re coming to get you.
Only in this case, rather than a strong and rebellious Rambo type soldier, the leader of the revolt is a mild mannered university professor type. How far can you push... how much sand can you kick in the face of Stephane Dion before he fights back? Harper has found out.
So we have the mild mannered professor who has already announced his departure joining with the Socialist with the support of the Separatist. And they all are trying to take down the Dictator. It’s the most bizarre political game in the world today. Over the top movies making fun of political dramas would be tagged as too unrealistic and too over the top if this was fiction. But it’s real. It’s really happening.
Personally, I’m for giving the coalition a try. Why not? Harper as proven, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that he can not be trusted. He can promise the world now and there’s no reason to believe him. And I fear the possibility of that man ever having a majority government. He really will become dictator.
If we don’t go with the coalition, what option remains?
God I wish Canada had an Obama.
— Crazy day. Work and car to the garage for winter tires... walking to the car after work and walking back again after finding the car still isn’t ready... then a ride back again from Annick and finally get the car and home a mere 15 hours after I left.
WEDNESDAY...
— Wake at 2:45 and don’t get back to any real sleep. I’m exhausted at work... the last few hours being a struggle.
— Groceries and crashing after work.
THURSDAY...
— Sleep until around 10:00. Some TV and then to Mazda for 1:00. There until close to 3:00 for a service... which gets annoying.
— Straight home for nap time... up by 4:45... then time to get ready for work.
FRIDAY...
— Work was alright last night. Had pizza with Melissa and kept steady but not super busy through the night. Even had company as a homicide happened in Ottawa and a police officer came by with prints of one of the victims for us to ID.
— Up around 11:15 this morning. Ruby and Lee arrive about an hour later. We chat a bit before they go to visit other friends until Sunday... then it’s nap time for me and work to follow.
— Work goes fine. Hit the gym around 2:30. And forget my pizza in the fridge when I leave... so it’s probably a trip by the office to pick it up tomorrow. I’m supposed to go to the movies near there anyway.
SATURDAY...
— Quiet day around the house (sleeping until about noon). Then off to supper and a movie with Sheila and Janice. Religulous is pretty good.
SUNDAY...
— Up around 8:30 this morning. Kind of tired but still up.
— Ball at 5:00. We lose again... mostly some fun still but I’m tired of the idea that we’re accepting of a loss like we’ve gotten.
— Ruby and Lee are here when I get home. We have supper and watch a little TV.
MONDAY...
— Around the house... get some groceries with Ruby... and watch lots of politics on TV. Looks like Harper may get tossed and a coalition government will take over. But who knows. It’s the biggest political mess I’ve ever seen but it’s all Stephan Harper’s fault. He got stupid and greedy and backed the other parties into a corner. The result was either he’d be the equivalent of a dictator, or they’d push back.
Oh Canada!?!?
Never have I seen politics in such a sorry state. I don’t even mean in my own country... any politics. George Bush and the boys look professional compared to this lot. And the problem is, there’s no right answer to any of it.
Stephen Harper has been and now has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be a lying, arrogant and stupid man. He may have book smarts but politics is as much about being wise in your dealings with people. It’s probably more about being wise with people than being intellectually intelligent. And Little Stevey Harper is a six year old who thinks he knows better than the adults in the room. He’s mean spirited and vindictive... the man’s a bully.
And because of the traits that make Stephen Harper who he is, we’re left with a laughing stock country.
The other three political parties are now looking at cooperation in order to wrestling the government away from the elected party without another election. It sounds undemocratic. Maybe it isn’t. In the last election, 65% of Canadians who voted didn’t want Harper. But it’s at least a very different spin on democracy. Forever is it changed, the idea that because you got more votes than anyone else, you win. Now it’s possible that the losers can come together and overtake the winner.
It’s a dangerous ball to start rolling. Governments in Canada have been dysfunctional for a long time now, this just brings on a new tool to be used in maintaining the dysfunctionality.
So we have a party that’s heading by a man who has tried running a dictatorship accusing the other parties of a coupe. I feel like I live in some Central American nation where the president dresses in military garb and only his top generals can be trusted.
El Presidente Harper, lock yourself in your room... they’re coming to get you.
Only in this case, rather than a strong and rebellious Rambo type soldier, the leader of the revolt is a mild mannered university professor type. How far can you push... how much sand can you kick in the face of Stephane Dion before he fights back? Harper has found out.
So we have the mild mannered professor who has already announced his departure joining with the Socialist with the support of the Separatist. And they all are trying to take down the Dictator. It’s the most bizarre political game in the world today. Over the top movies making fun of political dramas would be tagged as too unrealistic and too over the top if this was fiction. But it’s real. It’s really happening.
Personally, I’m for giving the coalition a try. Why not? Harper as proven, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that he can not be trusted. He can promise the world now and there’s no reason to believe him. And I fear the possibility of that man ever having a majority government. He really will become dictator.
If we don’t go with the coalition, what option remains?
God I wish Canada had an Obama.
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