Lyricalocity 1

Have we passed the point of no return with our environment? Have we let the party go on too long without accountability? What's it going to take to make the masses understand we are likely on the path to extinction? Besides the obvious, what can an individual do? Until we figure out a way to make the "right" people some money, not much will change. Maybe we need to take a generation of children and teach them how to live, not only for today but tomorrow also.

Remember that strange, uneasy feeling you had during the 9/11 terror attacks? You knew something big was happening put it took some time to fully absorb the events unfolding. I'm afraid we may need an environmental disaster that has an immediate impact on the Average-Joe, like 9/11. Something big, that shakes the idea that our world will somehow recover from our colonization.

I used to have the idea that the earth is resilient enough to self repair itself no matter what we, as humans, throw at it. I no longer think this is the case. The earth is resilient, however, we humans have not been here long enough for the environment to adapt to our poisons. Anyway, here's a lyric that stills hit home. Let us not go gently - To the endless winter night

Red Tide
Nature has some new plague
To run in our streets
History some new wrinkle
We are doomed to repeat
Fugitives at the bedroom door
Lovers pause to find an open store
Rain is burning on the forest floor
And the red tide kisses the shore

THIS IS NOT A FALSE ALARM
THIS IS NOT A TEST

Stay out of the sun
It only burns my skin
Sky full of poison
And the atmosphere's too thin
Bless the sun, the rain no more
River running like an open sore
Black wind falling to the ocean floor
And the red tide washes ashore

THIS IS NOT A FALSE ALARM
THIS IS NOT A TEST

Nowhere we can fly away
Nowhere we can rest
The party is disrupted by
An uninvited guest

Deadline approaches
For the weary land
It used to be something
But we let it run down in our hands
Too late for debate, too bad to ignore
Quiet rebellion leads to open war
Bring a sea-change to the factory floor
As the red tide covers the shore

Now is the time to turn the tide
Now's the time to fight
Let us not go gently
To the endless winter night
Now's the time to make the time
While hope is still in sight
Let us not go gently
To the endless winter night

Neil Peart, 1989 (Artist: Rush - Album: Presto)

In Case of Emergence: ICE

Emergency professionals are recommending individuals put an entry into the address book of their cell phone under the Name ICE, ICE1, ICE2, etc. Each of these entries will be a "next of kin" number for emergency workers to easily notify your loved ones if you are involved in an accident.

According to a spokesperson of Vodafone "By adopting the ICE advice, your mobile will now also help the rescue services quickly contact a friend or relative - which could be vital in a life or death situation."

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Cape Breton; It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there

A man in Vancouver, BC decided to write a book about churches around the country. He started by flying to Calgary and worked east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued by a sign which read: "$10,000 a minute." Seeking out the Pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The Pastor explained that the golden phone was, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if he paid the price he could talk directly to God. The man thanked the Pastor and continued on his way.

As he continued to visit churches in Saskatoon, Toronto, Montreal, Fredericton, Halifax and all around Canada, he found more phones with the same sign and got the same answer from each Pastor.

Finally, he arrived in Sydney, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read: "Calls: 35 cents." Fascinated, he asked to talk to the Pastor. "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone. I have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but, in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads 35 cents. Why?"

The Pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Me son, you're in Cape Breton now... It's a local call."

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Cleanup in Aisle 4

More then the prices are dropping at WalMart!

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Peter Jennings, 1938 - 2005

Canadians lost a friend this week. The voice of ABC news passed away after a battle with lung cancer. Peter changed the way Americans, his adopted home, watched and thought about news. During crisis, most talking heads, covering the issues quickly run into a series of repeating sound bites. Peter stepped backed and challenged the viewer to view the events and how it affects the bigger picture. Nowhere was this more evident then Peter's unprecedented news covering during 9/11.

Peter was born in Toronto in 1938 and it was quickly evident he would follow his father in broadcast news. At 10 years old, Peter started his own Saturday radio show at CBC. He joined CTV and and in 1964 took a job with ABC, a year later he rose to the top to host ABC Evening News at the young age of 27.

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Unusual Homes

Some more strangeness from Seattle...Click Here

The urge to decorate and embellish one's dwelling is a commonand primal force. For some people, though, it becomes an obsession. For some, a hobby develops into a life's work, a quest to leave a uniqueand undeniable mark on the world which reflects their own inner vision. An attempt to create a genuine alternative reality for themselves, their very own earthly paradise.

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I'm not buying it...

After reading several articles about the crash of Air France Airbus A340 at Pearson Airport in Toronto, the term miracle has consistently been thrown out there. The fact that 309 people survived the crash is no miracle. The quick thinking and calm air crew deserve top marks for their professionalism in dealing with the unthinkable, that's the real story here.

The other story is the fact that airlines are learning valuable lessons from air disasters and applying what they learn to make it safe for all passengers. Recent changes to passenger jets probably helped save these people. Fire proofing in the cabin area and more visible floor lighting probably played a factor in keeping these folks alive. Both of these recent changes are a direct result of other crashes.



By definition, a miracle is "An event that is held to be supernatural or an act of god". If all the passengers and crew died and came back to life the next day then the media would be correct in calling it a miracle. By calling the events a miracle, it degrades the crews actions in saving the passengers and themselves. If it was a miracle, where was god before the plane got into trouble?

Based on what I've been reading lately, we better all get used to religious references in daily life. With the republicans in power in America, the media has no choice in pushing the extreme rights', religious agenda. Dominionism, a term we all should know.

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Ummm...Why?

I'll never understand peoples obsession with collecting odd items. This one just makes me say why?

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More "Food Porn" (Sort of)

Love coffee? Need help with your elaborate coffee orders? A truly obsessed individual has made ordering specialty coffee easier for you. Click here for the "HB Coffee Wheel".

Hmmm...I think I'll stick to Tim Hortons coffee, a "double double" is easier.

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Tie and Tie Again

How many possible ways are there to lace an average shoe? This simple question, when answered with mathematics, results in some surprisingly big numbers - on an average shoe with six pairs of eyelets, there are 1,961,990,553,600 ways to feed a shoelace though those 12 eyelets.

Thats almost 2 trillion!

Of course many of these are not "lacing methods" but click here to see countless ways to lace a pair shoes. My favorite is Ladder Lacing.

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Rubber Dolly

Some people have too much time on their hands. Checkout this twisted bit of Flash programming.

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