Photos of late
I have been practicing with a DSLR lately in order to become a better photographer. I have been taking pictures this week for The Silhouette of life on campus. It has been a hot week so I wanted a picture of the campus ice cream stand: People watching the Stanley Cup finals…
Emails and Comments
Alright, I clearly have to explain some simple points. First- comments should be on the post, not whatever has you pissed off today. I have been getting a lot of nasty comments. You do not like me, great, let me know… do not expect my newspaper article page…
Ontario announces new university in Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. will be getting its own independent university, the Ontario government announced Thursday. Algoma University College—which was established in 1965 as an affiliated college of Laurentian University in Sudbury—will soon become simply Algoma University. Currently, the institution offers bachelor’s degrees in the arts and sciences…
Merulla to run in Hamilton East
It is official, *The Speculator *reports, Sam Merulla is running for the NDP in Hamilton East – Stoney Creek. Personally, I do not think he will win it. He is too polarizing and does not have much popularity outside of his homebase. It is too bad, I believe that Hamilton East…
Union Station is quiet on Sunday Morning
I am presently waiting at Union Station for the first train to Hamilton. I took the overnight Greyhound bus out of Ottawa, so I have been traveling for 12 hours now including all the waiting I did in Ottawa to board the bus. The temperatures in Ottawa this week…
Hamilton East – Stoney Creek NDP Race
Dreschel wrote last week in the Speculator that Sam Merulla is considering running for the provincial NDP in the riding of Hamilton East Stoney Creek, this despite a promise made less than a year ago not to. Merulla made the promise when running for re-election as Ward 4…
Speculator Reports: Ticats win first exhibition game!
The Hamilton Speculator reports that the Hamilton Tiger Cats have won their first game of the exhibition schedule against the Loseipeg Blue Bombers! This is great news since I was not sure what to tell my bookie in advance of the game. It will be great to watch…
Update on CFS legal threats and some stuff
I posted back in the beginning of April about the Canadian Federation of Students sending a high priced lawyer after me for a post I did about a referendum at Concordia. In that post, I made clear to the CFS that all legal threats are to be put…
B.S. Thursday
That is what I am calling yesterday. Rarely does the antics of politicians actually bother me. I usually find the childish behaviour mildly entertaining, but today they have really pissed me off. The B.S. in Parliament with the Shane Doan affair and the blocking of Facebook at Queen’s Park.…
You know you're a geek when….
I am working back to back shifts at my job right now. I worked last night from 2:30pm – 11:30pm and today I will be working from 6:30am to 12:30pm or so. I just realized this means that I will get to watch Question Period! I am excited…