A 40-something Western Canadian who still thinks he's 24. Dreamer, thinker, photographer, traveler, entrepreneur, software developer. Adores women immensely but is still working hard at trying to understand them! :-)
This is my personal blog and primarily focuses on my photography & videography.
I've started listening to the weekday podcasts of Joe Scarborough, a talkshow host, TV personality, and past politician. He has solid conservative credentials but does not come across has arrogant & angry, which more than a few people perceive Rush Limbaugh to be.
He has a very important message for all Americans, especially Republicans. I hope they're listening.
My local Chapters store had these books in their side window. Written by one of Canada's biggest sycophants, look for them to be in the Discount Bin very soon.
In our wishy-washy era of compromised views (thanks to political correctness) there are very few heroes left in Canada. But Ezra Levant is one of mine.
When the "hate speech" provisions of ALL the "human rights" commissions are removed (as they should have been from the start) then I hope the government of the day gives Ezra the Order of Canada.
Mark Levin is an American talkshow host, author, and lawyer. He's rather abrasive to some but no reasonable person can deny that he is a brilliant intellectual. He has just published a new book entitled Liberty and Tyranny, which is the #1 most popular book on Amazon right now.
I have no dispute with their right to express their views. In fact, I strongly encourage it. But I find it disgusting and abhorrent that they're trying to silence Mr. Steyn from expressing his views. And then there's the whole issue of them trying to shake down Maclean's magazine.
Thankfully, their anti free speech views have now been exposed to the Canadian public and Canadians are rightfully appalled. While the three of them appear as well coiffed Yuppies, they are absolutely no different than the Thought Police George Orwell warned us about. While watching this video, don't ignore the fact that this trio are advocating that the Canadian Government be allowed to tell you and me what we're allowed to say and ultimately what we're allowed to think. Stop for a second to consider what this means. Potentially, one could use it to silence any blogger, any comment on any blog, any author, any journalist, and any writer of a letter to a periodical. If that doesn't scare the hell out of you then go and get some serious help!
I've actually read Steyn's book, America Alone, cover to cover. And in no way is what he wrote "hate speech". If you disagree then please give me the page and paragraph number of where I'm mistaken.
Mark Steyn's brilliant book, America Alone, is being released in paperback:
Did you notice the little gold star highlighting "Soon to Be Banned in Canada"? While this may indeed be true, I do applaud Steyn's attitude of making lemons out of lemonade!
"Pelalusa" is a glorious Spanish-sounding word that means ... well ... absolutely nothing! The word doesn't actually exist. But it sure sounds like it means something!!
While living in Mexico City in 1996/97 I would often ask my friends the meaning of this word and that. One day I asked what "pelalusa" meant, for it just 'sounded' like a word that would mean something en EspaƱol. But alas, it does not.
Am I hoping they'll make me a fortune? Hardly! Am I deliberately trying to annoy my readers? Never!
I've launched a new website called Pelalusa.com. Eventually it'll become a fully fledged social networking site but for now it's just a fun travel site, showcasing my journeys and photography. I hope you enjoy it and I always welcome suggestions to improve it.
This new site will be advertising sponsored. What's different about it though is that 50% of the profits (eventually increasing towards 100%) will be donated to philanthropic efforts such as BC Digital Divide. It'll be a global effort, with a particular focus on technology and education.
So I decided to also allow the ads on here too. Please know that I have no control over their content. If some ad does catch your interest, at least you know where the money will be going.
Day & Night
Favourite Quotes
When I was around 12 years old I wrote the following: "Too many get caught up in the noise of everyday life to hear the symphony of what life is really all about."
"The bigger the government grows, the smaller the individual becomes." -- Dennis Prager
"When you take away a person's need to provide for themselves, you take away their humanity." -- Damon Rexroad
"Life is a gift, not an obligation. So make the very best of every single day you're given!" - Donovan Campbell
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money to spend." -- Margaret Thatcher
"You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream-the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, "The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits." -- Ronald Reagan
Archive.org
If you'd like to see an amazing site that is full of old commercials, radio programs, and a host of other fascinating memorabilia then click here.
The Cluetrain Manifesto
The Internet is causing an amazing transition to occur about how individuals interact with the companies that they buy from and work for. Most companies are still in denial about even the presence of this change, much to their own peril.
Shown here are the 95 Theses' of the Cluetrain Manifesto:
This manifesto is free and available online. You can read it here.
I've collected together a number of my best flower photos. Each of them has more than sufficient resolution for printing, even as an enlargement. You can download a 46MB Zip file containing many photos by clicking on this image: