Canada AM demonstrated a new product yesterday, a toothbrush that plays music in your head while you're brushing your teeth. I'll admit that's kind of cool but this item is something you can only use for six months and then you throw it out. Bad, very bad. We live in a disposable world, it's shameful how much we throw out. The funny part to this was the very next segment on the show was about a garbage mass the size of Alberta that is currently sitting in the Pacific ocean somewhere between California and Hawaii. If the size of this thing isn't stunning enough, it kills everything in it's path, isn't that a disturbing thought.
Apparently there is a whirlpool effect in the ocean that draws garbage to it adding continually to the mass, more information can be found at OceanGybe.com.
We're going the wrong way, this is evident every time you go shopping. Why do we need so many disposable products? Is it society demanding these types of items or is it solely the idea of the big companies? Are these products necessary? I've heard the argument that they save time and are convenient. Saving time, my favourite, we buy products designed to save us time so we can go make more money so we can buy more stuff to save us more time, etc., etc.
With more awareness globally about the environment and the damage we are doing to it, the big companies need to be challenged to produce more environmentally friendly products. Consumers should demand it and the companies should want it, we all benefit by producing less garbage. The all-mighty dollar can't be the most important bottom line anymore, this planet needs to be. Products like Swiffer, the money is in the disposable cloths used with it, I know, I use it myself, for convenience but in my own defense I am confined to a wheelchair, anything with a reach makes my life much easier. I would not mind in the least using a reusable, washable cloth with it, actually I would prefer it and have improvised on a number of occasions, with the Magic Reach as well.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The last good-bye
On Easter weekend Private Kevin Kennedy and 5 other young men were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Kevin was from St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, the community next to ours. I drove through St. Lawrence a couple of days ago, there is such an air of sorrow, it's like that in a small community though, tragedy is felt by everyone.
I didn't know Kevin, he was only 20 years old, there's an online memorial, yellow ribbons and flags, Canadian and Newfoundland are proudly displayed not only in St. Lawrence but here as well, the two communities are intertwined in many ways.
Thank you Kevin, thank you to all of those trying to make the world a better place.
I didn't know Kevin, he was only 20 years old, there's an online memorial, yellow ribbons and flags, Canadian and Newfoundland are proudly displayed not only in St. Lawrence but here as well, the two communities are intertwined in many ways.
Thank you Kevin, thank you to all of those trying to make the world a better place.
Tragedy at Virginia Tech
Students and teachers alike were afraid of him, it was brought to the attention of the local authorities but because he never actually did anything, there was nothing they could do. He killed 32 people, injured another 17 and took his own life.
A loner, he stalked women, on line and in person.
Laws need to be changed, I'm not talking about gun laws, if you're determined to commit murder, you'll get a gun no matter how good the gun laws are. They need some kind of prevention law where professionals can assess the mental stability of someone in question. Would society accept this kind of intervention in an effort to make the world a little safer or would it be rejected as an infringement on basic human rights?
It'll be interesting to see what kind of information about the shooter becomes available, maybe we'll be able to see what made him so angry.
A loner, he stalked women, on line and in person.
Laws need to be changed, I'm not talking about gun laws, if you're determined to commit murder, you'll get a gun no matter how good the gun laws are. They need some kind of prevention law where professionals can assess the mental stability of someone in question. Would society accept this kind of intervention in an effort to make the world a little safer or would it be rejected as an infringement on basic human rights?
It'll be interesting to see what kind of information about the shooter becomes available, maybe we'll be able to see what made him so angry.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Great Big Sea in Boston
So many times I've had a thought come to me but no one around to share it with at that very moment, this is why I started a blog, you never know, someone might want to read it. :-)
A friend of mine went to the Great Big Sea concert last night in Boston at the Orpheum, a good sized theatre for a band from Newfoundland but they earned it, they have toured relentlessly in the States for many years slowly gaining a following. My friend did enjoy the show but her reaction isn't the same as it used to be, we've been fans of the band for a very long time now, seen them through a lot, good and bad, you change as a fan after time, especially if you get to know the band as people, not just performers there for your entertainment.
We don't often see the behind the scenes struggles someone in the public eye can go through but sometimes you hear about. I know about the stalking, especially the one that causes so much grief. It's not something I enjoy knowing but it was obvious when this person came on to the scene that she would do what she wants, when she wants and how she wants, regardless of anyone else, including the band.
If you're told to f***-off by someone, on more than one occasion, you'd think they'd get the message but nope, there she is attending almost every single concert, up front as much as she can be. For anyone who doesn't know the story, this person is obsessed with Alan Doyle and follows him everywhere and I do mean everywhere. The man has no peace, not even at home because she stalks him there too when they're off the road, hanging out at places Alan's been known to go, hanging out on the street that he lives. It's sick and it's very sad. It's one thing for the occasional fan to take a trip to St. John's for a week or whatever but this woman spends more time in St.John's than she does in her own city, she's from Seattle. We know she's married, I've even met the fellow but what kind of a marriage do you have when your spouse spends all of her time following around another man she lusts after?
No borders can stop this woman, I know, why don't the band have a restraining order against her, she manages to stay this side of the law, so far, legally their hands are tied until she takes it further. Aside from telling her to f***-off on several occasions, they have sent threatening legal letters but to no avail.
I was watching Northern Mysteries the other day, this episode was about a stalking incident in Alberta, there were some pretty eerie similarities from following the victim to other countries, hiding in the shadows watching his every move to the desire to write a book about the victim.
How uncomfortable it must be to have someone you detest so much standing in front of you night after night, I don't know how they do it and now I hear she's hanging around the band's bus again, why we'll never know, they'll just tell her to f***-off again if she gets close enough to hear it. I think I can understand now why they haven't gone public with this, they've handled themselves admirably as most fans don't know about the stalking. From what I've heard, the fans that do know the story have been snubbing her, good for them I say, she hates that, attention is what she craves most, good or bad.
The best thing the band did was ban the stalker from the message board on their website, although she likes to say she left on her own accord. That's just it though, she spins so much she must be dizzy, the master manipulator I call her, she can twist anything to fit her own version of reality, one of the funniest things she does is to write in her blog about what other people do but really she's writing about herself. I'm amused that she is so bitter about the OKP (the message board at greatbigsea.com), to anyone reading her blog it should be pretty obvious she was banned, especially from what she says about other fans over there, it's really quite pathetic.
Why write about the stalker on my blog? Because I believe in balance, her sick writings are public so the truth should be as well.
Isn't it sad that when I think of Great Big Sea I can't help but to think about the stalker.
A friend of mine went to the Great Big Sea concert last night in Boston at the Orpheum, a good sized theatre for a band from Newfoundland but they earned it, they have toured relentlessly in the States for many years slowly gaining a following. My friend did enjoy the show but her reaction isn't the same as it used to be, we've been fans of the band for a very long time now, seen them through a lot, good and bad, you change as a fan after time, especially if you get to know the band as people, not just performers there for your entertainment.
We don't often see the behind the scenes struggles someone in the public eye can go through but sometimes you hear about. I know about the stalking, especially the one that causes so much grief. It's not something I enjoy knowing but it was obvious when this person came on to the scene that she would do what she wants, when she wants and how she wants, regardless of anyone else, including the band.
If you're told to f***-off by someone, on more than one occasion, you'd think they'd get the message but nope, there she is attending almost every single concert, up front as much as she can be. For anyone who doesn't know the story, this person is obsessed with Alan Doyle and follows him everywhere and I do mean everywhere. The man has no peace, not even at home because she stalks him there too when they're off the road, hanging out at places Alan's been known to go, hanging out on the street that he lives. It's sick and it's very sad. It's one thing for the occasional fan to take a trip to St. John's for a week or whatever but this woman spends more time in St.John's than she does in her own city, she's from Seattle. We know she's married, I've even met the fellow but what kind of a marriage do you have when your spouse spends all of her time following around another man she lusts after?
No borders can stop this woman, I know, why don't the band have a restraining order against her, she manages to stay this side of the law, so far, legally their hands are tied until she takes it further. Aside from telling her to f***-off on several occasions, they have sent threatening legal letters but to no avail.
I was watching Northern Mysteries the other day, this episode was about a stalking incident in Alberta, there were some pretty eerie similarities from following the victim to other countries, hiding in the shadows watching his every move to the desire to write a book about the victim.
How uncomfortable it must be to have someone you detest so much standing in front of you night after night, I don't know how they do it and now I hear she's hanging around the band's bus again, why we'll never know, they'll just tell her to f***-off again if she gets close enough to hear it. I think I can understand now why they haven't gone public with this, they've handled themselves admirably as most fans don't know about the stalking. From what I've heard, the fans that do know the story have been snubbing her, good for them I say, she hates that, attention is what she craves most, good or bad.
The best thing the band did was ban the stalker from the message board on their website, although she likes to say she left on her own accord. That's just it though, she spins so much she must be dizzy, the master manipulator I call her, she can twist anything to fit her own version of reality, one of the funniest things she does is to write in her blog about what other people do but really she's writing about herself. I'm amused that she is so bitter about the OKP (the message board at greatbigsea.com), to anyone reading her blog it should be pretty obvious she was banned, especially from what she says about other fans over there, it's really quite pathetic.
Why write about the stalker on my blog? Because I believe in balance, her sick writings are public so the truth should be as well.
Isn't it sad that when I think of Great Big Sea I can't help but to think about the stalker.
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