The Personal Blog Update for November 24, 2016
Today is an unnoteworthy day. No meetings at City Hall, which was a very nice change. Worked in my office for most of the day, went to ChangeCampX at McMaster’s Jackson Square campus this evening, and quickly checked out the ATU 107 rally. A good discussion at ChangeCampX…
The Personal Blog Update for November 23, 2016
It’s been a great day. The Public Record Radio Show went off without a major hitch this morning, finished IT consulting work before noon, lunch with a friend, a good afternoon of writing, launched my ThePublicRecord.ca microblog, covered Council, and didn’t go to sleep until I finished this…
A Funny Thing Happens When I Compliment HSR Operators to the Manager of Operations
About once every six weeks, I witness a HSR driver who exceeds my very high expectations of a civil servant. See, I don’t just expect good service, I expect great professional service. A funny thing sometimes happens – beyond me being impressed – I write an email to…
We Need to Commemorate the Centenary of Vimy Ridge at 5:30am on April 9, 2017
Tonight, TVO’s The Agenda aired a discussion with photographer Racheal McCaig who is creating the photo exhibit “Je Me Souviens: Vimy 100” to mark the centenary of the famous Battle of Vimy Ridge. [![ Canadian machine gunners dig themselves in, in shell holes on Vimy Ridge. This shows…
Deleted a Post
I’ve deleted a post from my personal website, the first time I’ve done this – and this blog started in 2004. I wrote a piece, about a friend who died, last week which I’m not happy with. I will memorialize her better in a new post. I’ve maintained…
I Have to Make My Personal Blog Feel Personal Again
I have to stop over analyzing my writing on my personal blog, I have to just write. I have to learn to not be too concerned with how the context of my words may be mistaken. I need to not let perfection stand in the way of completion.…
The End of Summer and Beginning of Fall 2016
September 21 is a date in the calendar, and while it says “Beginning of Autumn” on paper, I mark the start of fall when the weather feels a chilly cool at night and leafs start covering the ground. Most years, these events progress over the course of a…
Finding Peace With Others
Listening to music this morning at my desk, and a song which I associate with another person streams as part of the playlist. I pause, I immediately think of a person whom introduced me to the song and whose story the song sings to. This person and I…
Spiking A Column After Wasting Too Much Time on It
Being an independent journalist is a double-edged sword when it comes to being my own editor. There is the freedom to write stories without an editor assigning me to clickbait, but there the lack of guidance that an editor can provide when my desire to cover an issue…
No Smog Shield, So How Will We "Explain" The Weather
Hamilton’s “smog shield” doesn’t exist anymore. That that it existed in the first place, but it was the saying I and many others would use to explain when weather systems impacted north, west, and south of Hamilton but somehow we’d get no rain. Overnight, there was (slight) rain…