Who Are The 99 Percent?
We are. The idea was put forth by Occupy Wall St.: Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: politics
We are all celebrities now
Like most people between 15 and 50, I share a lot online. Some, like this blog, is shared very consciously; some, like my Flickr stream, are more cumulative — one Continue Reading →
A Beacon Dimmed
Monday mornings are always tough but for those of us who saw Jack Layton as a beacon of hope in Canadian politics, this morning was much tougher as news of Continue Reading →
Twitter Tornado
I stumbled/jumped into a Twitter-tornado last night as prompted by a blog post by Maggie Murphy (@HeartAGlow). In it, Murphy shares the conversation (both public *and* private) that she had with Continue Reading →
Mixed Emotions
As much as I was yee-haw-ing all over the place about Iggy and Duceppe being defeated in their own ridings as their parties both tanked in the wake of the Continue Reading →
Screen by Screen on a Significant Sunday Night
It’s a Sunday evening, on the tail end of a pleasant weekend (which would have been much more pleasant had I been sans sinus cold) and the eve of yet-another-election Continue Reading →
word soup
Word soup is what my mother told me would happen if I kept talking so fast words jumbled up like a game of pickup sticks but more difficult to Continue Reading →
Flotsam & Jetsam Podcast Episode 5
Here’s my latest rambling post — this time about the political landscape in Canada. Flotsam-Jetsam-5 (Wow. When that plugin said “minimalist” they meant it! Haiku Minimalist audio player plugin) Music Continue Reading →
Suddenly Vegetarian
Not me (I’m still very much an omnivore) but my daughter, who declared as much on Wednesday though in reality, she’s been shades of vegetarian for a long, long while.. Continue Reading →
Where Few Women Venture
Many times in my life, I have found myself in circles with few other women — just one of the guys. The most notable of these situations was the pre-apprenticeship Continue Reading →