Memoirs Of A Star

Temp. -10C/14F  Feels like -17C/1F It is supposed to be getting warmer this week.

I read  that in British Columbia prison inmates want to form a union. So does that mean, if they go on strike, they won't feed themselves.Can you just picture them, in their cells with placards? Will you people out there get a grip on it?   Here's a photo of me in Al Capone's cell in Alcatraz.   http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1231449.html

The big stink here is about garbage. I must say, I am sick and tired of hearing about garbage collection. Now they want to limit it to four bags instead of six. This is supposed to cut down on garbage. Are you out of your mind? The amount of garbage is what it is. Instead of six bags, you're supposed to stuff it in four bags. Now that makes a lot of sense. Not everyone has six bags. I have one garbage can. If I have more than six bags, because of a cleanup, my neighbours get the rest.   http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorials/1231398.html

Now Meredith Baxter has put out her memoirs. It seems that when they do this, there is always one part to tell how they were abused. They have all been abused, usually father and/or husband. It also says she is/was an alcholic. So maybe they got into arguements because she was drunk. But it's never the celebs fault, always someone else.   http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1231388.html

Charlie Sheen, Charlie Sheen. Will someone take him and stuff him in a hole somewhere. I think he just conning everyone for more money. Says he is going to write a book. Probably say he was abused. Maybe by his nanny.

Spin The Wheel

Ate a quarter of a cheese bagle this AM. Yuck! Darn cold out this morning. -14C/7F and windchill is -19C/-2F. And the sun is shining.

Here's something that may get some peoples goat. They stopped it in Dec, but prior to then, city employees had something they called a Birthday Wheel. On your birthday, you spin the wheel, and it stops at a present. All presents are worth $25.00. The important part of this story is, it came out of our taxes. So when taxes went up last year, it was necessary, because presents had to be bought for the staff.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1231196.html

I see the United Church put the okay on same sex marriages. Wonder what belief this comes from. Perhaps the belief that if we don't get more parishioners, we are going to go broke. They may look at this as an untapped resource. Which reminds me. Remember in the old days, when they told Catholic jokes? There was always a joke about bingo. I never hear those jokes any more. Of course Catholics don't have bingo games any more. The Masons have taken over that money maker. How come we never hear Mason bingo jokes?  http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1231290.html

Here's one from the "I Can't Believe It," file."Missing ashtray grounds Jazz Air flight." The Feb. 23 flight from Fredericton to Toronto was postponed after the crew noticed during pre-flight checks that the receptacle in the wall outside the lavatory door was missing. The plane couldn’t take off without such a bin. Jazz could have cancelled the flight, but instead, arrangements were made to have the piece flown in from Halifax that afternoon, but that got screwed up. So,the empty plane was flown from Fredericton to Halifax, where maintenance staff installed a new ashtray.The aircraft then travelled back to Fredericton, where the flight departed at 11:45 p.m. Some passengers were able to get on an earlier evening flight to Toronto. Passengers also had the option of rebooking their ticket without penalty. I like that one, without penalty.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1231255.html

Obesity Are Us And Them

Out on the lawn, there rose such a clatter,
I jumped from my bed, to see what was the matter.
And what to my wondering eyes did I see,
A snowplow!

This was 1 o'clock in the morning, over a road that doesn't have a flake of snow. I notice we get excellent service when there is no snow. Maybe he was looking for a freak snowpile. Although we had rain and snow yesterday, the amount of snow on the ground today, is the same as yesterday. Maybe we should call it ice now. Temp. is -2C/-28F. and it feels like -8C/21F.

The important article today is about obesity. 25% of Canadians are obese. Don't laugh Americans, because 36% of you are obese. I think we measured too many Chinese in our poll. That's what gave us the edge. The interesting thing is, most men are obese between 60 to 74 yrs. of age. It appears that's how they spend their retirement. For women, it's a sad story indeed. For them, it's 20 to 29 yrs. of age. A lot of them will not live long enough to get in the other bracket. Enough of that, I know how difficult it is to watch one's weight.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1231129.html

The Pope has a new book out. In it, he says the Jews are not responsible. I think everyone has been stupid for the last two thousand years. Of course the Jews didn't do it. The Romans did it. In other words the Italians. They just passed the buck.
"Hey, we didn't do it. the Jews did it. All those guys dressed like Romans? They're Jews."
http://thechronicleherald.ca/World/1231110.html

Saw this article about Subway. There is a store in the mall behind my house. They wanted to put an iron bar across the exit door, but the Fire Marshall said no. They say it is too easy for thieves to break in. This comes from a break-in last year. I am probably the only person who knows what happened after the robbery. Maybe the police know.

Behind our house there is a 7" metal fence. On the other side of the fence, behind my house is a very large tree. All the branches, from the ground, to the top of the fence, have been cleaned to make a rough ladder. The thieves went over the fence, landed in my nice soft garden, and went through my back yard. When I saw that, I took my chainsaw and cut off all those branches. Maybe they will rob it again, then get a surprise. They will have to walk the length to get out.

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♫ I couldn't sleep at all last night ♫ Tossing & turning ♫
A song based on fact rather than fiction.

Temp is -12C/10F windchill is -20C/-4F. I think Americans are the only ones who use Fahrenheit, stubborn aren't they?

"Warship off to Libya" All I have to ask is why? It's getting a bit crowded over there. Everybody and their dog is sending over a warship. They are acting like a bunch of Hyena around a dead carcass.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1230943.html

Here's a switch. WikiLeaks is one of the candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. Wouldn't that choke up a lot of people, if he won. Highly unlikely. I can't see where he did anything for peace. More likely a war of words.   http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1230821.html

When I was reading the TV guide this morning, because of the line in my glasses, instead of American Idol, I read American Fool. It's not that I have anything against the show. I don't care one way or the other. In fact, I don't give a shit. Now there's a button I would like to see on Facebook. They have" Like, Unlike and Comment. They should have one "I don't give a shit."

Here's a joke my brother sent

Three women die together in an accident. And go to heaven.
When they get there, St. Peter says,
"We only have one rule here in heaven: Don't step on the ducks! "
So they enter heaven, and sure enough, There are ducks all over the place.
It is almost impossible not to step on a duck ,and although they try their best to avoid them, the first woman accidentally steps on one.
Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw.He chains them together and says,
"Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to spend eternity chained to this ugly man!"
The next day, the second woman steps accidentally on a duck
And along comes St. Peter, who doesn't miss a thing.
With him is another extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same admonishment
as for the first woman.
The third woman has observed all this, and not wanting to be chained for all eternity to an ugly man, is very,
VERY careful where she steps.
She manages to go months without stepping on any ducks, but one day St.Peter comes up to her with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on.
Very tall, long eyelashes, muscular.
St. Peter chains them together without saying a word.
The happy woman says,
"I wonder what I did to deserve being chained to you for all of eternity? "
The guy says,
"I don't know about you,butI stepped on a Duck.

Mind Your own Business

Temp. is -2C/28F. After yesterday's snow and rain and wind, outside looks exactly as it did yesterday morning. Winter doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

Must be a slow news day or the newspaper doesn't know what news is important. The front page article. A guy is sueing the Casino because to got drunk and lost money. Here's the story. This guy is on some list he shouldn't be allowed to gamble. The casino lets him into the high stakes room and let him buy drinks. So he lost his money and now its the casino's fault. He wants back the money he lost. He went to an addiction clinic and wants that paid for plus travel expenses. He also wants one million dollars for his grief. I think he's been watching too much American TV. Here's the link. You decide if they should throw this guy in jail for being a nuisance. http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1230748.html

Here's something. A former member of the N.S. government had his house foreclosed on him. He was caught misusing his funds or something so now he sits as an Independent. Which really doesn't matter, he still gets paid. As far as money is concerned, he is a complete screw up, all the way around. He didn't pay his morgage. The house went up for auction and the Credit Union bought it for $150,000. The house is accessed at $223,900. Of course the assessed value is always less than selling price. So why didn't the morgage lender just take the house? They could have sold it.  http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1230722.html

Another coyote attack. A farmer, out shoveling in front of his barn, got jumped by a coyote. He beat him off and only suffered  ripped jacket and gloves. The farmer called a trapper and time will tell. Maybe we should have a hunting sesason on coyote. http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1230779.html

Charlie Sheen seems to be in the paper every day. I guess he is looking for a raise. What he needs is a good slap in the back of the head.

Oscar watchers down 10%. Guess I'm not the only one who didn't watch it.

The President of the Scotia Bank only got $10.7 Million last year. Sad, isn't it. Not for him, but for us, that we allow such crap. Bank profits were up 16%. But let's face the facts, he had very little to do with it. The people below him make this happen. He may have gotten the job because he is somebody's golf buddy. Most people think he actually works. Is that naive or dumb? Did you ever watch the show "The Boss"? I don't but I have caught a few parts like, "Before I took this job, I knew nothing about running a hotel chain, I was a V.P. in automotive." or something like that. On top of that, he always seems to be the worse employee. If he didn't have a golf buddy, he would be working at McDonalds, if they would hire him.

"U.S. tightens grip around Libya" Now there is a perfect example of not minding your own business. If you are for one side, then you're against the other. One will be a maybe friend, and the other will be an enemy. The enemy will blow up some hotel in New York. Then its, "why us?" Why? Because you didn't mind your own business.

Hey! I have a second follower. Hi Tony.

Seventy Virgins Or A Cruise.

I wonder who else writes a Blog at 7 A.M?  And it is darn cold outside. -15C/5F. Windchill makes it -19C/-2 F.

And the Oscars are over. Oh darn! I missed it.

Another thing over is the Canada Games. I hardly noticed them. If I had not seem the section in the newspaper every day, I would not have known about them. Not a mention on TV, that I saw.

On Libya this morning, I saw a photo of open graves, and guys laying in them. It is supposed to show their willingess to die for their country. I wonder if they know that if you die, you actually do die. It's not like on TV. Maybe they are thinking about the seventy virgins. Don't they realize, after the first time, they are no longer virgins. Now they are wives. Cranky wives who have to share with seventy-nine other women.

Van Dyks's Blueberry Juice. There was an article yesterday and another article today. It appears there was an article in The New York Times and now the bottles are flying off the shelf. Seems everyone wants it now. My wife buys it and it cost $9.95. She thinks the price will probably go up now. The owner is eighty years old, so I suspect it will be bought out by some big company. Then they will screw up the recipe to make more profit. 

Saw an ad yestersay from LumberMart. If you buy all the stuff for a new kitchen, you get a free Caribbean Cruise. (I'm glad my computer can spell.) But the cruise is only for one person. So the thing is, you can enjoy the cruise, and your. wife can enjoy the new kitchen.

Remember The Alamo

Kind of cool out there. Temp is -13C/9F. That's not counting the windchill. Used my snow blower yesterday. Should be the last time. Did mine and five of the neighbours.

Saw an article where they found a new dinosaur. They seem to do that ever so often, which is kind of weird. Maybe they have parts of different dinosaurs and putting them together. Not too far fetched. I remember a few years ago, they took one apart and put him back together differently. Said it was wrong the first time. The whole thing seems to be a maybe. They don't really know what they look like. We haven't built a time machine yet.

It doesn't appear to be a time machine in our future. We have never seen anyone come back. Unless they are invisible when they return. Nothing for me to worry about. They wouldn't be coming back to see me.

"Remember The Alamo." I bet the Mexacins do. "Two of every three Texas children are now non-Anglo and the trend line will become even more pronounced in the future." That's what they say. I think they want Texas back, along with California. After all, it was stolen from them. The way the States is going, it's only a matter of time. I wonder if they will still make the movies in English? Oh well, That's not tomorrow.

The Scotia Prince was a ferry that ran from Yarmouth to Portland, Maine. Stopped service in 2004. I see it popped up in the newspaper today. It will be ferrying Indians ( not the ones with tomahawks, the other ones) from Libya to somewhere. It didn't say where the ferry now lives, must be India. Didn't say it changed its name either. You would think it would be called Raja of Banalai or the like. Doesn't matter, I won't be going on that ship either.

Gadhafi is now handing out guns to civilians. That sounds like a good plan. Better give them lots of bullets. They love shooting them in the air. These bullets must fall to earth sometime. I wonder if anyone has ever been killed with a round in the top of their head?