5:49 PM
Bauhaus I commented on Meanwhile in Vancouver.
Bauhaus I commented on Meanwhile in Vancouver.
The reusable bags work for me, but the quality of new ones has deteriorated over the past few years. Used to be made of canvas. Now they're some polyester-meshy thing that tears and unravels after repeated use - particularly when they're stuffed with heavier stuff.
Hope you're enjoying Van, Dan.
Hope you're enjoying Van, Dan.
3:17 PM
Bauhaus I commented on The Democrats Have 60 Votes in the Senate for Health Care Reform.
Bauhaus I commented on The Democrats Have 60 Votes in the Senate for Health Care Reform.
@10:
I don't think the American people see something that some senators don't. But some senators do see huge, huge, huge contributions from insurance and medical corporations that we, the American people, do not.
Basically, those senators are simply doing what they are paid to do. Bravo, BTW, to Al Franken this morning. His address ROCKED!
I don't think the American people see something that some senators don't. But some senators do see huge, huge, huge contributions from insurance and medical corporations that we, the American people, do not.
Basically, those senators are simply doing what they are paid to do. Bravo, BTW, to Al Franken this morning. His address ROCKED!
3:00 PM yesterday
Bauhaus I commented on Today in Progress: Tuscan Herb Gardens-and-Sassy Wrasslers Edition.
Bauhaus I commented on Today in Progress: Tuscan Herb Gardens-and-Sassy Wrasslers Edition.
@4: Jon Stewart has always been hot. He was as a younger guy. He is as middle-aged man. Smart. Classy. Schooled. Uniquely funny. Genuinely self-deprecating. Even if he weren't that cute, I'd be crazy about a guy like that.
I know Jon and his writers deserve a break now and then, but I always hate the breaks because I love the show so much. Next week is TG break for them.
And BTW, for the next few months, I am having to watch TDS on DirectTV which only has the eastern Comedy Central feed. I have to watch TDS at 8 PM PDT. It's weird. The show is over and there's still so much of the evening left.
I know Jon and his writers deserve a break now and then, but I always hate the breaks because I love the show so much. Next week is TG break for them.
And BTW, for the next few months, I am having to watch TDS on DirectTV which only has the eastern Comedy Central feed. I have to watch TDS at 8 PM PDT. It's weird. The show is over and there's still so much of the evening left.
Nov 18
Bauhaus I commented on Outing Catholic Priests.
Bauhaus I commented on Outing Catholic Priests.
Out the smug, duplicitous motherfuckers. In fact, send ritualistic Catholicism back to the Middle Ages where it belongs.
Nov 17
Bauhaus I commented on Feeling Sorry for Carrie Prejean.
Bauhaus I commented on Feeling Sorry for Carrie Prejean.
And she's pretty typical for Orange County: pretty (maybe), blond (definitely), a Fox News-watching airhead who sees no dichotomy in keeping with the Relgious Right's special brand of Fascism while flashing cleavage and coin slot even before lunch (not to mention 4 PM).
Nov 16
Bauhaus I commented on Dick Cheney/Sarah Palin 2012?.
Bauhaus I commented on Dick Cheney/Sarah Palin 2012?.
American voters - the ones who vote anyway - have no-longer-surprisingly short memories and are in large part extremely gullible. I'm sad to say it, but anything's possible in 2012.
Nov 12
Bauhaus I commented on Up in the Mountains.
Bauhaus I commented on Up in the Mountains.
Today's exchange rate:
Thursday, November 12, 2009
59 US Dollar = 61.80604 Canadian Dollar
59 Canadian Dollar (CAD) = 56.32136 US Dollar (USD)
So...it doesn't really matter. Essentially there's parity.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
59 US Dollar = 61.80604 Canadian Dollar
59 Canadian Dollar (CAD) = 56.32136 US Dollar (USD)
So...it doesn't really matter. Essentially there's parity.
Nov 10
Bauhaus I commented on Pyrrhic Olympic Victory: Chasing the Poor Out of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Bauhaus I commented on Pyrrhic Olympic Victory: Chasing the Poor Out of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
I adore Vancouver (it's my second home), and I love living there. But the downtown east side is - among other things - heartbreaking. It's upsetting to see such a concentration of people so void of hope and self-respect. But it's also a historic problem. A lot of money has been spent there in efforts to make a positive difference. To date, there has been little in the way of visible improvement. It is worse than Montreal or Toronto because the winters in Vancouver - rainy, cold, and dark as they are - are nothing like the winters back east. How do you make people start caring about themselves and their futures?
I love The Olympics, too, or at least the idea of The Olympics, but again, in almost every town where it has visited, the price of living increases wildly - rent gouging being the most noticeable side effect. Get rid of that elderly man who has paid $800/mo. for years in order to raise the rent for new tenants or rent out by the week at $400. It has happened before at other Olympics, and it's happening in Vancouver (check out Craigslist for "Olympic Rentals") right now.
I've come to southern California for the winter months this year. I'll head back to Vancouver next spring...after The Games. I guess the best place to watch them is on TV anyway. All the good tickets are long gone (which, BTW, is a bone of contention with many Vancouverites...all the good tickets, it is believed, went to officials and their families).
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I love The Olympics, too, or at least the idea of The Olympics, but again, in almost every town where it has visited, the price of living increases wildly - rent gouging being the most noticeable side effect. Get rid of that elderly man who has paid $800/mo. for years in order to raise the rent for new tenants or rent out by the week at $400. It has happened before at other Olympics, and it's happening in Vancouver (check out Craigslist for "Olympic Rentals") right now.
I've come to southern California for the winter months this year. I'll head back to Vancouver next spring...after The Games. I guess the best place to watch them is on TV anyway. All the good tickets are long gone (which, BTW, is a bone of contention with many Vancouverites...all the good tickets, it is believed, went to officials and their families).
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