Randy | March 27, 2010
“Earth Hour 2010” occurs today, 27 March 2010, from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM local time. That means wherever you are. First taking place in 2007, Earth Hour is organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for the stated purpose of raising world awareness of climate change by encouraging people and businesses to switch off […]
Randy | February 12, 2010
The daily dose of sunlight is obviously longer now than it was a month ago, but this fact notwithstanding, I’ve noticed in my travels that a lot of you are singing the blues of “seasonal affective disorder”, apparently to explain why you’re still the same pissy bitch you are at every other time of the […]
Randy | January 31, 2010
Every word in the following article is the personal opinion of its author, but every statement made within it can be supported with authenticating documentation. The author regards public safety and security, particularly that of his own clients, as matters not to be trifled with in these troubled times, and sincerely hopes that the brutal […]
Randy | January 17, 2010
The following story has recently been declassified and can now be released to the public. Back in my second year at Dalhousie University I was living in the men’s residence, Howe Hall. At the beginning of that year we started finding cockroaches everywhere. I had none in my room, but caught a couple in, of […]
Randy | December 25, 2009
It wouldn’t be The Season without the Queen’s annual Christmas message. I just finished watching her 2009 broadcast on, of all things, YouTube. Who knew Buckingham Palace had a YouTube channel?
Randy | November 8, 2009
When “Pure” scientific research results in a body of documented work that lacks any immediate real world application in the form of a problem to be solved, it can enter the realm of knowledge that, for all intents and purposes, does not exist. With the passing of time it gathers dust and, unless later unearthed […]
Randy | November 1, 2009
My senior high school English Teacher, the esteemed Paul Brison, used to say, “Works of art are never finished; they’re abandoned.” While this wise utterance obviously has applications in every field of human expression, I’ve always embraced it as defining the fundamental difference between proof reading and rewriting to death. In overthinking lies doom. Overthinking […]
Randy | October 26, 2009
The Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) will soon be considering an application from “local” television stations aimed at forcing cable and satellite television providers to pay them what they claim to be a “fair share” of their profits. My biggest exposure to both sides of this argument comes from my morning dose of Canada […]
Randy | September 14, 2009
I once had a lengthy relationship with a woman who gave directions so badly that even people intimately familiar with the place she was talking about could find no discernible similarity with real world conditions. She had the gift of completely sidestepping the basic essentials required by people who are seriously trying to get from […]
Randy | August 24, 2009
Author’s Note: The manufacturers of Spam have been cleared of all wrongdoing in the matter under discussion in this article. On Saturday I received an e-mail allegedly from “East Link Web Mail” that I’ll quote in full below exactly as written, complete with bad spelling, inappropriate word capitalizations, poor punctuation, and childlike formatting: