Category Archives: The system

Law, government, corporate structures etc.

So you pissed it all away again…

Posted on Friday, 2016-Jan-1st by ralph

Oil is sitting at under $40 a barrel. If that has you worried about your job in Alberta, good – you should be worried as the longer this lasts, the higher the unemployment rate is going to go. If you … Continue reading →

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Shedding some light on Monday’s Canadian Federal election

Posted on Saturday, 2015-Oct-17th by ralph

My analysis of the federal parties, in light bulb jokes: How many Conservatives does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: None! We cut light bulbs from the last budget so you can save more taxes. How many … Continue reading →

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10 things I didn’t know about cell phone until I started supporting them for a living

Posted on Sunday, 2015-Jul-12th by ralph

My current job involves supporting “mobility devices” in the company I work for, which 99% of the time means cell phones. Now, I have been a bit behind the times in having the latest and greatest phone, but since I … Continue reading →

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KD like it’s 1999!

Posted on Wednesday, 2011-Apr-20th by ralph

Man, I never should have eaten that package of Kraft Dinner, about a month ago. It’s like getting back on drugs man, I’ve eaten two more boxes of the stuff since then! (Okay, not like drugs, but why would I … Continue reading →

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Do not support making the long form census optional

Posted on Tuesday, 2010-Jul-27th by ralph

The government wants to make the long form part of the census optional – an important enough issue that I sat down and wrote a letter to my MP, despite being at work late again. I’ll let the letter speak … Continue reading →

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If I was King of the World

Posted on Saturday, 2009-Mar-7th by ralph

So let’s pretend I was King of the World. One day, the people’s representative comes to me with a problem

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One of the better rants on the state of the music “business”

Posted on Sunday, 2007-Oct-28th by ralph

Highly recommended reading: When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide. I am not a huge music fan. I used to buy the occasional CD, occasional becoming even less … Continue reading →

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The headline for the Calgary Election should be “Dollars don’t buy you Votes”

Posted on Tuesday, 2007-Oct-16th by ralph

Another predicable boring election is over in Calgary – other than Helene Larocque being voted out of my former Ward, the rest of the results I mostly don’t care about. But there were some good signs – voter turnout up … Continue reading →

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Alnoor Kassam just lost any chance of getting my vote

Posted on Thursday, 2007-Sep-27th by ralph

Occasionally, a politician does something so monumentally stupid that with a single act, they kill any hope of their being elected. Sometimes they just do something to honk me off and permanently loose any chance of getting my vote. I … Continue reading →

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Shake that C Train

Posted on Monday, 2007-Sep-17th by ralph

Yet another post on the C Trains. Here I am yet again on a packed train and lo, what happens as we hit the zoo stop – another train problem. This is like the third time – I’m beginning to … Continue reading →

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