Saddam Hussein hung... · Friday December 29, 2006 by colin newell
He is dead.
Not entirely sure this was the right thing to do for the people of Iraq.
The country is mired in civil war and this could spark even more misery.
God have mercy on the people of Iraq.
Shop shop shop shop shop shop shop! · Wednesday December 20, 2006 by colin newell
Ok. Here is the good news. If you like to shop and spend money you don’t got (Apologies for the mis-use of the language…)
Then this is the time of the year for you.
In Victoria, we now have a selection of stores open 24 hours a day.
Now, this is great if you cannot sleep…
But seriously…
Why, on Earth, is Walmart open 24 hours a day?
Walmart. One of North Americas most reviled retailers.
It is bad enough that they are in your neighborhood. But to stay open 24 hours a day?
I read a statistic somewhere that the parking lots at Walmart are signficantly more dangerous than the average street in some of the tougher neighborhoods in the U.S.A.
That is right – your chances of physical or sexual assault are significantly higher in a Walmart parking lot than a back alley in Queens, New York… or East L.A.
Not really that surprising I guess.
It seems that Walmart attracts a criminal element. That is not a surprise.
They exploit and disenfranchise their workers, attract the poor with their promises of lower than low prices and so on.
Sigh.
Soon it will be Christmas where consumers will gorge themselves on consumables – and then line up after their Turkey dinners; at Future Shop, Toys R Us… and Walmart.
To buy more. And more. and more… more.
I will sleep thank you very much. And dream.
Of a World without Walmart. And all night shoppers. and Christmas gone bad. Rabid consumerist bull-shit that has taken over society.
So buy nothing.
Buy it! [1]
3 storms wallop Victoria B.C. Canada · Friday December 15, 2006 by colin newell
The winter weather has been insane.
One storm after another.
And it isn’t even Winter yet!
What is causing this you ask?
Well. Global warming.
And what causes that you ask?
I figured it out…
S.U.V. driving vegetarians.
No question.
Don’t even ask!
Figure it out for yourself.
Beware seasonally excessive coffee consumption · Thursday December 14, 2006 by colin newell
Ok. So you have been to one too many office parties.
And they say that you are better off drinking coffee instead of booze.
There is a downside.
It is believed (from the legendary photo above), that if you are an attractive and unmarried young woman…
and you drink too much espresso at an office party…
that you can acquire the power of the flippining
...the ability to spin a mouse-deer… in mid-air…
with just your thoughts…
Apparently this gift only really appeared in the sixties.
So drink all you want.
And drive safely.
