April 2012
8 posts
“For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in...”
– President Obama in North Carolina today on why Congress has to act to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling (via barackobama)
Clara Hughes explains how Cycling is a team sport. →
Clara Hughes is awesome. She inspired me to take up Speed Skating, and is also an amazing writer and an inspiring all-round person. When she puts up a piece of writing, I have high expectations, and they’re always met or surpassed.
This time, she blew my expectations away. When I say to people that cycling is a team sport, people often look at me like I have two heads. I try and...
“Fighting in hockey is for cowards. If you’re such a tough guy, get in a...”
– An Open Letter to NHL Owners From a Hockey Parent | GeekDad | Wired.com
I love lawyer humour. Dry as an Oakland Martini
I note parenthetically that the Court did not comment on who may have abducted the Lindbergh baby. However, silence on such an issue does not suggest that the City or the Court condones kidnapping.
“if you’re a developer who hasn’t been screwed over by some stuffed shirt, you...”
– OMGPOP’s CEO Dan Porter: Goofus or Gallant? — Global Nerdy
Great last 2 paras from @acoyne
His entire column is good, but the last 2 paragraphs are, or at least should be, a punch in the gut to anyone who thinks that Parliamentary processes are archaic niceties, or for that matter, that the Conservatives care about how taxpayer money is spent.
Had Parliament been given the costing information it demanded, we might have been in a better position to judge who was right, the government...
Gerlach sign shows civic pride, humor →
Gerlach-ians are awesome
