Archive for January, 2005


Buy Some Flowers For Me, Please?

Some of my readers are Toronto-area, like I am. I noticed today on my lunch break, while I cut through BCE Place in the business district that the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) have a stand set up to sell little pots of Crocuses (crocai??). Can I please ask anyone who may pass [...]

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Purple Finger Day

I have gone to some of the main news sites to find the most touching pictures of the Iraq election. There were so many to choose from! A man holds up his finger, stained with purple ink. The ink is to show he ahs already voted. If only America and Canada were so simple in [...]

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Bombing!

Update: ETA, the Basque terrorist group, is claiming responsibility. Apparently they were considerate enough to call the hotel and warn them, and it appears the hotel was evacuated. The reason for my concern is that the Alicante coast in Spain at this time of the year is crawling with British tourists. Add to that a [...]

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Iraq Votes

Iraq is reporting a 72% voter turnout! I think this is fantastic news. It was a country that was obviously craving democracy, despite the cost. And the cost didn’t seem to be very high. The Bush hating CNN is reporting 22 killed. That’s like a normal day at the market in the Middle East. But [...]

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A Question of Faith

Mr. Right and I were walking through our neighborhood this afternoon, on our way home from doing some shopping. As we passed by a Catholic church, I slowed down to look at the mass times on the board outside. Mr. Right: What are you doing, woman? Me: Nothing. Mr. Right: You’re thinking about going back [...]

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