Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Skywatch Friday...
'Best view from a phone booth' award goes to...
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For more skies from around the globe, visit Skywatch Friday.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
That's My World Tuesday... spring blizzard!
Walking to the grocery shop... it's May and it's snowing.
Or, is it?
Ha ha ha... fooled you all, didn't I?
Humour me. ;-)
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Or, is it?
Ha ha ha... fooled you all, didn't I?
Humour me. ;-)
For more 'That's My World Tuesdays' - click the pic:
Monday, May 4, 2009
Voting...
In BC, on May 12th, we are having a general election at the provincial level of government. I am struggling with my apathy around that...But, what has grabbed my interest is that we are also having a referendum on electoral reform. BCers will be asked which electoral system British Columbia should use to elect members to the Legislative Assembly... the current First-Past-the-Post system (FPTP) or the single transferable vote system (BC-STV).
I've done my head in, reading about the pros and cons. I'm very much inclined to vote for the STV.
I'm blogging about this because I'm wondering if people here in BC and in different parts of the world have experiences, feedback, opinions, etc about the electoral systems used in their elections, especially if STV is used.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Help! Suggestions please...
Ok.
So back in December the midst of xmas shopping hell, I decided that I would never purchase a gift for anyone ever again. Ever. So far, so good... until this morning when I flipped the calendar to May.
Oh crap, May 10th... in Canadaland, that's Mother's Day.
My Mom has always been the easiest person to buy a gift for because she never spent much on herself (except her cool new SMART car!). Not shopping for her has turned out to be a different matter!
After some thought, I decided that I will paint her painting. Not 16 inches of flowery Freudian phallus but something... well, something innocuous... something one would paint for their Mom, Mum, Mother... I can't think of what to paint though... any ideas??
I love my Mom and admire her good qualities; her keen sense of fun, she's very down to earth and her ability to cope with life since my Dad died. Still, she's my Mother, and (imo) it's normal to have issues with your Mother. I'm overly normal in this area, cos when I think about my relationship with my Mother what I would really like to paint is something like this:
haha! ;-)
So back in December the midst of xmas shopping hell, I decided that I would never purchase a gift for anyone ever again. Ever. So far, so good... until this morning when I flipped the calendar to May.
Oh crap, May 10th... in Canadaland, that's Mother's Day.
My Mom has always been the easiest person to buy a gift for because she never spent much on herself (except her cool new SMART car!). Not shopping for her has turned out to be a different matter!
After some thought, I decided that I will paint her painting. Not 16 inches of flowery Freudian phallus but something... well, something innocuous... something one would paint for their Mom, Mum, Mother... I can't think of what to paint though... any ideas??
I love my Mom and admire her good qualities; her keen sense of fun, she's very down to earth and her ability to cope with life since my Dad died. Still, she's my Mother, and (imo) it's normal to have issues with your Mother. I'm overly normal in this area, cos when I think about my relationship with my Mother what I would really like to paint is something like this:
haha! ;-)
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