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There is an ATM in our building that I use when I’m short of cash and need to buy a lunch. It’s run by the little deli and it costs an extra $1.50 for each transaction. The closest bank is a hefty walk away so when it’s rainy or cold outside it makes more sense to just use this machine. The other day a coworker noted to me that there’s a sign over top of the ATM now. Yesterday I looked at the sign. It read:
This ATM is no longer secure. Please do not use it.
That lifted my spirits to lofty heights. An insecure ATM? My banking information potentially compromised? Hooray! Fortunately I haven’t had to use the machine in a number of weeks but still it would be nice to know how and for how long the machine has been compromised. I guess the walk to the bank will have to be in order now because there’s no way that I can trust the machine downstairs anymore.
We lost our cable today. The wire that we use to connect our cable to the television doesn’t have a proper connector and it’s been pure luck that it has worked at all up until this point. Tonight however the exposed wire was too fatigued and broke off. I tried stripping some of the remaining wire in the hopes that it would work but I couldn’t get it to reliably show a steady picture without static. My guess is that we’re going to have to feed a new wire (with proper connectors) down to the basement where the cable connection is. I’m hoping that it won’t be too much trouble and that the existing hole is big enough to fit a connector-filled wire. We’ll find out tomorrow!
Tags: cable, Television, tv, wires
We’re in election mode as of last night here in Canada. The campaigns will kick off today in what will prove to be a very long battle. The election probably won’t be until January 23rd also known as the Day of Champions around here. Naturally that’s because it’s my birthday so here’s hoping that the Natural Law Party will finally break through and take over the House of Commons with their “good vibes/positive energy/karma” platform.
I think we’ll probably see a more laidback campaign until after the Christmas holidays and then it’ll be a sprint for the last 3 weeks to get all of the negative ads and stump speeches in around the country. One positive thing that I heard last night was that they’re considering doing two sets of leaders’ debates. That’ll be interesting to watch if it does indeed take place.
My one main concern is that I don’t think I can vote for our current MP. He voted against the Civil Marriage Act which is entirely his right if he feels that those were the wishes of his constituency but I need to let him know that he doesn’t speak for me with his views. These are his comments:
I wish to make my position on this issue as clear as possible for my constituents. In June, 2000, Parliament, BY STATUTE, reaffirmed the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others. For me, there can be no other definition of this term. This has been my consistent public position since I entered public life in 1988, four elections ago. Since 1994, I have crisscrossed the country, trying to raise awareness amongst Canadians that the institution of marriage was under attack by the activist homosexual agenda. For the most part, my warning alarms fell on deaf ears, until now, by which time it is almost too late for those who share my definition of the term.For me, marriage is not a “human right”, but rather a privilege extended by society, on certain conditions. For example, two persons today DO NOT HAVE AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO MARRY. They must comply with societal rules, such as proper age, mental capacity, non-close relative and of course, for millennia, they must be of the opposite sex.
My position is firm and unalterable. I will do all I can, as an individual, to try to preserve and promote the only definition of marriage I know. I realize there are those who disagree and, in a democracy, that is one of our fundamental rights, to agree or disagree on public policy issues. On this issue, for those who hold an opposite view, let us respectfully agree to disagree, without rancour or pejorative name-calling.
I don’t know who the other candidates will be in our riding but I’m going to have to look long and hard at each of their qualifications in turn and then decide who would be best to serve our community. It’s going to be an interesting few weeks that we’ll be experiencing. Let’s hope that it stays relatively clean.
Tags: canada, civil-marriage-act, election, january-23, natural-law-party, Politics, tom-wappel
So far this fall has produced some really strange weather. From incredibly warm temperatures (relative to the normal fall temperatures) to snow storms and back again, each and every day can produce its own set of surprises. Today it is supposed to go up to 13 degrees and stay around that level for a couple of days and then it will fall back to “normal” temperatures on Wednesday. This cyclic action will probably trigger a few illnesses. I can already feel a quasi-cold coming on. Hopefully it doesn’t translate into the need to take more time off.
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