The Canadian Press: Apple's iPhone may have poisonous bite for consumers with its high rate plans

The Canadian Press: Apple's iPhone may have poisonous bite for consumers with its high rate plans:

"Telecom contracts have never had clear language."

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And that's (one of) the friggen' problem(s)...

Listening To:

The really annoying guy three cubes over who has no volume control whatsoever.

(I forgot my iPod at home today, *sigh*)

Canadians Stealing American Dream (Invasion plans being updated)

680News - ALL NEWS RADIO.:

"Canadians are stealing the American dream. A new study by Maclean's magazine found that over all we are just happier than our neighbours.

According to the study, the average Canadian is now 30 per cent wealthier than their southern neighbour.

Canadians are living longer, we have less diseases and we are more adventurous in bed.

We also drink more, take more vacations and spend more time with family, and on average our personal debt is under control"

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But, shoveling snow still suxxors, and we still get our @sses kicked at the summer Olympics.

Best Regards to my Yank friends,

Imp;)

And, Happy Canada Day (or, Peace, Order and Good Government)

Happy Canuckistan Day everyone!

It's that day where Canadians all over the world celebrate that which defines us as a nation.

Specifically; beer, hockey, and the fact that we are Not-Americans.

And come to think of it, we're quite happy that the Yanks took Celine Dion off our hands too. Thanx dudes; we owe you one for that.

In great measure, Canada became a nation to protect the remnants of the British North American colonies from American expansion, a definition of what it means to be 'Canadian' has always produced a great deal of hand-wringing up here, especially in media-circles. Not-American is just a negative value, it's not a positive.

The social (and socialism) experiments proposed and carried out under Pearson and Trudeau were in no small part an attempt to blend socialistic tendencies of academia and Europe with the liberal-capitalism of America. To what extent this has given rise to a Canadian 'identity' is debatable.

One thing even our most neo-fascist Canadians (in the States, they would be Democrats ;) can agree on; we're quite happy being Not-American, for the most part.

Other Generally Accepted Accoun... er, Canadianisms:

Universal Healthcare is seen as a social compact; it's not going to always be pretty, but it doesn't leave huge gaping wounds and open class-warfare in it's wake. If you have extra cash, or insurance, you can always make a run for the border if you need to short-stop the system. You can generally get access to good healthcare in a timely fashion, and not have to sell the house or bankrupt your children's future.

Guns are for the most part only for the Police and the Military. I personally do not hold to this view (I grew up very rural), however nor do I believe that the liberalization of gun-ownership to the extent that it is allowed in the US is the way to go. *Shrugs* I've seen too many morons up here that I wouldn't want to have easy access to firearms...

The Environment is Important™. But, nobody here wants to accept the reality that our ability to impact the world's environmental policies is negligible; get a grip peeps, we're only 30 million people... we're not going to dictate to China, India, US, et al. Do what you can locally, because you want to do it for yourself.

A good government is a Minority Government. :-) Don't let the Bastards have too much power... ;-)

Best Regards, and Go Drink a Beer,

Imp;)

PS, Given that my 'patch' is actually in the US, I'm working today... but taking the 4th off. Ah well.

Listening To:

Bowling For Soup.

iPhone & Rogers...

Go over and sign the petition... not that it will change anything.

Also interesting that the Vice-Chairman of the CRTC in charge of Telecommunications worked for Rogers for 17 years, eh?

Best Regards...

Imp;)

TheStar.com | Canada | 12 million bees escape after truck overturns

TheStar.com | Canada | 12 million bees escape after truck overturns:

"He says rain is keeping the bees under control, but an emergency call has been made to the Department of Agriculture for assistance."

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I suspect that the call that was made was a little more heated than the description above.

Probably something like "OMFG, I sooooo didn't get any training for this..."

And that being said, this is one event likely to keep the local community buzzing for some time to come...

;-)

Hmmm... probably true.

A recent study found the average Canadian walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found Canadians drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer a year.

That means, on average, Canadians get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind Of Makes You Proud To Be Canadian, Eh? ;-)

Rogers' new iPhone 3G plans anger some Canadians

Rogers' new iPhone 3G plans anger some Canadians:

"And, of course, there were multiple instances in which our Canadian friends compared Rogers' pricing structure to a certain form of sexual assault."

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Yep, that about sums it up. :-\

Happy B-Day Week out to Sheena...

As always, happy birthday wishes to Sheena, Queen of DOCS™.

Last year, Sheena declared a moratorium on single-day birthday celebrations and has now carved out an entire week from the calendar for Herself.

I first met Sheena in a ECM / DM class waaay back on May 25th, 1999. While I continue to lament her weird association/fascination with the Liberal Party, I have decided to overlook this flaw in view of her other redeeming qualities.

Reprising my top 10 list from last year, on the same occasion:

What I've learned from Sheena, over the years:

1) Lack of style is not a style in and of itself (life is too short to surround yourself with ugly shi... er, stuff).
2) High-end brand-name goods have their own unique charm and shouldn't be thrown away, even if they are broken and hidden in the back of your closet.
3) When you're going through a monetarily-challenged phase of your life, almost nobody will know that the stuff you pick up in a NYC alleyway is not real haute-couture.
4) Vegas and Glocks; not just for the police, anymore.
5) Friends don't let friends buy expensive sun-glasses, they get Harry Rosen to personally write you an email to berate your fashion sense.
6) Hong Kong on Remembrance Day... props girl... this alone would make you a minor-goddess, even if nothing else did.
7) Cult followings are a fashion accessory, use them accordingly.
8) You never can find too many uses for whole-roast suckling pig.
9) CN Rail and the dummy corporations used to track graffiti all over North America.
10) You can never go through too many cell-phones.

Happy Sheenaday; drop me a note when you're next in town and we'll open a d'Arenberg.

Best Regards,

Impious One.