It’s June 2nd — not even officially summer — and we’re just 5 days short of reaching the total number of smog advisory days there were in total in 2006. Not that it’s hard to tell the air is filthy these days — the fact that the CN Tower is a vague suggestion from anywherecontinue reading
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On a lighter note
Something tells me the writer of this headline has recently acquired a dog. I’m not sure what to make of the main article. Part of me wants to say something along the lines of: Of course the whole organic thing has gone corporate, what did you expect?
Speed kills, but no one cares
I don’t think anyone would think of me as a law and order type, but I’m increasingly convinced that we have a dangerous lack of enforcement of existing traffic laws in the city, and a disregard for the destruction big metal vehicles cause. So I am appalled that the two teenagers who were racing theircontinue reading
Delivery delays
The general idea here seems worth considering, but the hours strike me as very impractical. Fresh food gets delivered in the morning, and is it reasonable or desirable to expect everyone to be there to receive it before 7 am? The idea that 7-8 am is actually rush hour *downtown* also strikes me as hyperbolic.continue reading
Why the legal system can’t keep up
“Web site” baffles Internet terrorism trial judge
The life of the undercaffienated
Oh hey, I thought when I saw the headline this morning, I should tell GH about this! http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/215835 My brain wakes up slowly, apparently.
Oath, smoath
So here’s a tip for civil servants running competitions to fill contract positions: don’t hire anarchists expecting they will uphold the oath of secrecy . Just a thought. (Ottawa being as small as it is, I’m guessing this is the same person.) UPDATE: Apparently, Monaghan got his contract through an HR agency and thus didn’tcontinue reading
The Window Lawyer is officially not an urban legend
From the Mope&Wail’s business pages, discussing the closure of Goodman and Carr LLP: Previously, the biggest law firm to shut down was Toronto-based Holden Day Wilson LLP in 1996. Holden Day at its peak had 90 lawyers after a merger in 1990, but the firm was devastated in 1993 by a fatal accident involving popularcontinue reading
Even “new-ish” might be a stretch
At last, a petition to save the meaning of the word “new” from being redefined by Canada’s no-longer-new government. Though I’m not optimistic about its chances of success, given that Stockwell never did get around to changing his name to Doris.
Enough already
In spite of a warning from a Facebook status message yesterday I watched Grey’s Anatomy last night, a special two-hour episode to set up a spin-off featuring Dr. Addison Montgomery moving to LA to work in a quirky medical clinic (as if there is there any other kind). I’m not sure why my Facebook friendcontinue reading