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Entries from July 2009

The Trouble With…that new bridge

July 31st, 2009 · Comments

Here in Calgary, our city council recently announced a new pedestrian bridge to go across the Bow River (because every city has a river going through it, right?)
 
 
 
Well, it’s raising a lot of controversy.  You see, Calgary is essentially “Texas Jr.”  We have every major oil company headquartered here, the Conservative Party of Canada easily [...]

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Product Ideas

July 30th, 2009 · Comments

Back in June of 2007 I was a much younger person.  I thought that the world was my oyster (that’s the right usage, right?  Any grammar majors reading this?  Anybody reading this?)
 
Anyways I had a meeting with a group of staffers from a big communications firm up here.  Within that week, Apple was going to [...]

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High-Pressure Sales People…

July 27th, 2009 · Comments

As apart of my personal goal of bringing us out of this “recession”, it’d be nicer if the sales clerks and possibly their bosses would just be a little more un-pushy, just a little more understanding and give a little more space.
Take for example, earlier today.  I was purchasing a shirt and the sales lady [...]

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The Trouble With…living “on the grid”

July 26th, 2009 · Comments

I find all sorts of problems with living “on-the-grid”.
 
You see, on-the-grid living is just a hassle. You have to sign up for health benefits, you have to pay taxes, the government has you on-file.
 
What happens when the government gets overthrown by a bigger corporation? Look, I think we all have general distrust in [...]

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Fun stuff I found over the last month…

July 24th, 2009 · Comments

Yes YOU Can win Obama this year at the Calgary Stampede or any other traveling midway show this summer!

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