Archive for the Personal Category


My own private holocaust

Perhaps “holocaust” isn’t the best word to use on Yom Kippur, and I do apologize, but nothing else fit as well. I don’t go home – home being Montreal – if I can help it. Home to me is death. Home is heartbreak, broken relationships, old hurts and the deaths of my parents. I went [...]

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Air Canada’s noble savages

Given my upbringing by the Quebec head of the IAMAW, I can’t say I’m overly fond of Air Canada. But putting that aside, I do pity the poor bastards who are trying to walk the delicate line between safety and politics. Don’t they know that political correctness always trumps personal safety? Over a decade ago [...]

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Brass Balls Radio – Buses, Trains and Cats

This week Wendy interviews Brad Ross of the T.T.C., Kimberly’s cat “steps on it”, Troy Davis, child rapists, and waivers for “No Child Left Behind.” Brass Balls Radio – Show 105 Subscribe on iTunes

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9/11: My Musical Choices

I have a September 11th playlist on my iPod. It includes the usual: God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood and the USMC Band doing Amazing Grace. But there are a few tunes that are a little harder to come by, and I share them here for your downloading pleasure. RIGHT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD. The [...]

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The socialist answer to everything: Supervision

The number one thing any health and hospital organization can do to prevent the spread of infection is to hire top-notch cleaning staff. Alas, that would be too easy. For the price of 3-4 housekeeping staff, the Niagara Region – devastated by a runaway outbreak of C. Difficile – is hiring a … supervisor. The [...]

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