Category: Soapbox

On the CBC this AM, I heard that the IOC wants Italy to “suspend” their tough anti-doping laws during the Winter Olympics in Turin next year. Quote from Mario Pescante, IOC member and the government supervisor for the Olympics: “”They expect Italy will respect the duties it took on when it was assigned the Games,”… Continue reading IOC

Thanks — of a sort — to Darren for directing me to the graphic blog entries from a volunteer in Thailand who is helping tag and process tsunami victims. The layers of skin on my upper lip and nostrils were being gradually stripped raw from the huge burning globs of tiger balm I had been… Continue reading The horror and the mundane

December 3 — 3 miles, road run, -4C December 4 — Off December 5 — 3 miles, road run, -10C December 6 — 3 miles, road run, -10C December 7 — 4 miles, treadmill December 8 — 3.5 miles, road run, -5C December 9 — Off I gotta do a better job of blogging this… Continue reading Gay Marriage is Legal in Canada — Finally

I was more than a little amused by this video edit of seven speakers at the Republican convention last month, courtesy of Joi Ito. You’ll know all of them. If you didn’t think that the party platform was based on fearmongering before, take a look at the sampling of speeches throughout the convention. I know… Continue reading Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorism…

I can’t hold it in any more. My apologies to my friends who are American, because I know you, and I know that you’re intelligent, open-minded and well-informed folks. But, dear God, what are (some of) you thinking down there? There are many who are better writers and thinkers than I that have espoused on… Continue reading Small man, big gun == bad combo