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Pesky Science!

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

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No time for a decent post today because I’ve got an all-day union meeting to attend, with a social afterward and then dinner – so I leave you with this amusing short from Rick Mercer. Grains of truth? Oh yes. You have no idea.

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Oh. Canada……

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

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I have to say – watching this Robocall scandal and the Conservatives response to it is like watching a case study from the PR handbook – that would be a case study in what *not* to do in the event of a crisis. Rather… Continue Reading “Oh. Canada……”

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Book Notes: The Case for Books

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

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Whatever the future may be, it will be digital. The present is a time of transition, when printed and digital modes of communication coexist and new technology soon becomes obsolete. Already we are witnessing the disappearance of familiar objects: the typewriter, now consigned to… Continue Reading “Book Notes: The Case for Books”

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Enbridge wants to destroy our province and our planet.

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

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I haven’t written about it here yet, but there is lots of anxiety around my work right now. You know, big layoffs coming but no one knows what that’s going to look like and in the meantime I am the union rep helping people… Continue Reading “Enbridge wants to destroy our province and our planet.”

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Prosthetic Gods

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

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Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs he is truly magnificent; but those organs have not grown on to him and they still give him much trouble at times. … Future ages… Continue Reading “Prosthetic Gods”

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