Saturday, 30 June 2007

Blissful Ignorance Is Not An Entitlement.

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Last week, I received a call late in the evening. There was no water in the taps in the north-west corner of the town. The caller added peop...
Monday, 25 June 2007

Storm In A Paper Cup

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Council met in the evening of June 17th for the first time as an audit committee. Boring, eh?! It didn't turn out that way. Councillor M...
Friday, 15 June 2007

Writer's Block

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I have created my own blocks to my blog writing. I recently engaged in a discussion with someone who preferred to be anonymous. The issue wa...

An Old Morality Tale

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I said I would copy the exchange between myself and Councillor McEachern. I have not done so. I have mixed feelings about the merits of repr...
Saturday, 9 June 2007

The First in a Series of Emails

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June 8th 10.17 a.m Good Morning All, On Tuesday we spent time talking about the region coming up with a new way to collect toxic waste. In t...

On words and Up words

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Heather Sisman, she who finds or creates pictures and helps with format, does not like me to refer to the difference in our age. She passion...
Monday, 4 June 2007

Verisimilitude

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So, Vaughan is going to have an Integrity Commissioner. Aurora's Mayor is giving serious consideration to the idea. Newmarket is warm to...
Thursday, 31 May 2007

Another Pat on the Back

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HEATHER'S NOTE: Below is an email exchange between Evelyn and a young Aurora citizen. I thought this was definitely worth posting. I...
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Farewell to Cooky

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Cooky Ellis is a truly beautiful human being. Warm, friendly and completely competent in her job. In many instances, Cooky gave face to the ...
Tuesday, 29 May 2007

Newsflash!

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HEATHER'S NOTE: Spring is a time for change, rebirth, and rejuvenation. To that end, Evelyn and I are revamping both her website, and th...

Noah's Modern-Day Plight

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Thursday, May 17, 2007 In the year 2007, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in Canada, and said, "Once again...

A Promise Not Kept

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Thursday, April 26, 2007 Three years ago The Aurora Historical Society at their request, negotiated a legal agreement wit...

Sheppard's Fields

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Friday, April 20, 2007 I only had one concern about the decision to use artificial turf on the Sheppard's bush soccer ...

Intuition versus Cold Clammy Calculation

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Sunday, April 15, 2007 Bill Cosby was a guest on David Letterman’s program. Letterman was celebrating his sixtieth birthda...
Monday, 28 May 2007

Rationale for War - Or The Lack Thereof

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Friday, April 13, 2007 The anniversary of Vimy Ridge has kept my thoughts churning this week. All those young men who died...

A Cautionary Tale

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Monday, April 2, 2007 I have written two blogs about the Planning Act. They were too dry. Didn't make the point I want...

Don't Call Me Job

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Thursday, March 29, 2007 What am I supposed to do when patience is stretched to the limit? There were six or seven offici...

"There's a bigger audience in The Auroran, Buck Says"

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Nigel Keane deserves to be promptly pricked by a two-pronged prod in a prominent part of his an...

Bamboozled

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Sunday, March 25, 2007 I had a conversation with a highly educated nephew (40) during the last municipal election. He told...

Visitors from Far Away Places

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ORIGINALLY POSTED Thursday, March 22, 2007 Nobody from China has visited me today. Already the afternoon is half over. I have regular visito...