The thing that worries me most of all about the MotherCorp hiring this copyright “bounty hunter” is that poor blogger schmuck will fall victim fairly quickly. The contractor is going to want to prove that are value for the money.
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Please check out my latest (not neccesarily greatest) posts at http://trashysworld.ca.
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Theme for my new blog?
I am usually a very decisive guy but am having a really hard time choosing a new theme for my new blog at trashysworld.ca.
I am currently considering either Wasteland or Pixeled – and would love some thoughts on these or other themes. The only hard parameters I hold to are that it has to have a customizable header and three columns.
Help please?
Taking the plunge
So, well, I finally decided to register my domain name through GoDaddy and set up a hosting arrangement thrugh a friend of a colleague. Trashy is pretty techy-challenged at the best of times but Gordo managed to set me up with the basics. I figgered out how to export my posts from this account to my new one though I have yet to figger out how the hell I can set themes, plug-ins, etc. There is supposed to be a directory called wp/themes or something somewhere – but damned if I can find such a beast!
Anyhow, once my middle-aged addled brain gets wrapped around this strange new world, I plan on migrating my links, setting a new theme and make the new site semi-functional in the next week or so. Until then, I’ll be cutting back on my posts on this site while working on the new one.
You can wander on over to trashysworld.ca if you really want to – but there’s really not much to see.
Leaf fans – simply the best
As many of you know, I am a lifelong and true-blue fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club.
I bleed blue and white and I long for the day that the Cup is returned to the place where it belongs. Well, that day is still I few years off, I reckon. But for now, we of Leaf Nation can be happy with the class that we display from time to time. We are often accused of being arrogant lot – and maybe we are.
Mats Sundin was one of the greatest Leafs ever. He left last year and many thought that he was bound fr retirement. Before the 2008 trading deadline, he was asked to waive the no trade clause in his contract so the team could trade him as a “rental” player to a contending team and receive a young gun or a draft pick as compensation. His refusal to do so and his subsequent signing with the Canuck in late 2008 raised the ire of some and his signing brought forth accusations of opportunism and hypocrisy.
But he didn’t owe us anything. Nada. He gave 13 seasons trying to get to the Promised land and only got close on a couple of occasions. He was class personified. And I truly believe that he will always think of himself as a Toronto Maple Leaf and when he inducted into the Hall of Fame, he will wear the blue and white.
Thanks mats and thanks to the fans at the ACC last night. You made me proud.
Posted in sports | Tags: Hockey, mats sundin, Toronto Maple Leafs
Obama’s visit to Ottawa – some perspective, please.
The ignorance of those sans enfants
Found this posted on a colleague’s Facebook site. Hilarious!
I tried to find the time to read this closely, but my 5 year old wants yet another snack. Owen (the 22 month-old) is hitting my leg with his Thomas train. And I have to run off to an interview at my teen’s school.
Those without kids just don’t get it – and never will unless they become a part of the procreation herd.
If everyone had a parent like this kid, psychiatrists would all be millionaires!
I had to say something about this vid that has been posted on YouTube and is garnering lots of attention – and criticism.
Seems a kid named David was having a hard time coming out of his anaesthetic after a visit to the dentist. So, dad, being the responsible parent his is, does the expected thing – and films it! Complete with little 8 year old David babbling, bobbing and generally looking like a poor kid who is going through a pretty disconcerting- if not terrifying – time.
I’m not going to embed the vid here – it was way to upsetting so if you do want to see it, you can click on the link to the G&M story above.
I find it amazing that parents find it funny when little *** is in distress, pain or some other state that isn’t at all pleasant. There have been vids circulating of kids falling asleep in their food, falling off bikes or other things (along the Funniest Home Video type of thinking) and now some idiot thinks it’s funny to see his kid all drugged-up.
Amazing. I should show this to my teen to demonstrate how things could be oh-so-much-worse for her!
Posted in crazy stuff, parenting | Tags: child abuse, David video, parenthood, parenting, YouTube
Return of the buses
The phasing in – according to the Citizen:
No word on dates… but I’m guessing we’ll see the O-Train and the 80 & 90 series routes back as early as late next week. Here’s hopin’!
OC Transpo has a tentative plan for restoring transit service as quickly as possible, but a return to full service will take some time. Mechanics are working to bring all the buses back, but vehicles that haven’t had significant maintenance in more than 50 days can’t all be put on the roads immediately.
This is OC Transpo’s tentative plan for which routes will be back first.
Weekdays
Will operate during their regularly scheduled day, including rush hours:
• O-Train
• All school routes, numbered in the 600s
• Rapid transit routes 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102 and 106
• Major routes 2, 7, 12, 14, 85, 86 and 118
• Peak employment route 105
• Van route 123
• Early morning routes 824, 825, 830, 835, 837, and 873
Will operate evenings and mid-day only, outside of rush hours:
• Routes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 16, 18, 87, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116 and 117
• Local black routes numbered 121 through 178
Will not operate immediately:
• Green express and rural express routes
• Red rush hour routes other than 102 and 105
Saturday & Sunday
All routes that normally run on weekends will operate at full service.
Posted in OC Transpo, Ottawa, transit strike | Tags: ATU, Larry O'Brien, OC Transpo, Ottawa, Ottawa Council, transit strike
The strike is OVER
Both sides have agreed to binding arbitration with everything on the table!
This is GREAT news – however, I will blog a bit later about how pissed I am that it took this long!
Posted in OC Transpo, Ottawa, transit strike | Tags: Larry O'Brien, OC Transpo, Ottawa, Ottawa Council, transit strike
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