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Silver

One of the (many) ongoing debates over at ZeroHedge.com concerns the ability – or inability – to take physical possession of the precious metals in which folks have invested.  Since gold has become...

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What if?

What if the the world ended* and all that was left of humanity were the facebook server back ups? * By “world ended” I mean all of humankind died off. Filed under: on my mind Tagged: end of the world,...

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Misophonia

A FBRL* friend posted a link to a piece in the New York Times Health section that details a condition** called “misophonia”.  Misophonia, literally dislike of sound, can lead to instantaneous,...

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Dear Facebook

I am a reluctant facebook user.  I remain in the massive database only by tenuous threads and it is only the connection with a few family members that keeps me from cutting out altogether.  My facebook...

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I’m on fire today

I don’t write much for this blog lately.  I have lots to say, but either haven’t got the time or don’t care to take the time to sit down and pound out a few thoughts. However, as the tag line of this...

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2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000...

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New Year’s Meme – 2012

The search engines lit up this otherwise dormant space yesterday as folks crawled across the interwebs looking for inspiration for a new year’s meme, possibly finding this old meme I did back when we...

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Good Riddance

I saw this item in the Globe and Mail about Direct Energy and my first thought was, “Good Riddance!”.  Texas is likely the ideal place for these middle-man, money for nothing douche bags, in my...

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An Affordable Home

Finally, a home that is reasonably priced! Too bad you can’t occupy it. The current paradigm with respect to the perceived value of real estate in Canada is, in my opinion, absurd. Stories like this,...

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On Fraud and Comprehension

You’ve probably seen (on Facebook or Twitter or some other social media the admonition “Don’t abbreviate 2020 to 20 on any cheque you write because you could get scammed”, which went viral at the very...

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