CRTC stands for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.  I think it really stands for Censors Run Telecommunications in Canada.  Now, according to the Globe and Mail, they are trying to tax us so that more Canadian content can be developed on the Internet.  The idea of su...

Just thought I'd share some shots with you on this beautiful but cold sunny morning in the Vancouver area.  Snow coming this weekend.  Great- snow in March and the daffodils are already about a foot high and ready to bloom. There is a big old dead tree not far from the house where 1 or 2 eagles pe...

Not my words, but rather a summation from the most recent rant by Vancouver Sun reporter Stephen Hume.  I introduced my readers who don't live in the Vancouver area to Mr. Hume by commenting on his rant against bloggers in late January.  I sent him an email about it but got no comment back.  I un...

I have used the TripAdvisor site a few times when looking for hotel accommodation.  I like the fact that hotels are rated by order of popularity based on travelers opinions of their stays.  Reading the comments on some of the hotels that made their "10 dirtiest hotels in America" article is downri...

Anyone over 50 who has had to apply for a job recently knows that age discrimination is alive and well.  Of course in most first world countries, it is illegal to not hire a job candidate simply because he or she is too old, just as it is illegal to not hire someone because of their race, religion,...

  Newscasters who say "coming up next" when in fact there will be at least 3 more commercials before it really comes up next. Politicians who answer a completely different question than the one they were asked, in other words, all politicians. The driver talking on a cell phone who sifts through st...

Phone slamming is a new term to me that I discovered on the CBC website about a telemarketer doing this to a 95 year old woman.  Be sure to read the article and if you are friends or children of seniors who may get confused from time to time, ask to look at their telephone bills to make sure some r...

Marian Salzman is the Chief Marketing Officer for a PR company. She decided to crap on early boomers in an article on CNN.Ms. Salzman used words to describe anyone born in this 8 year window as preening, strutting, chest-thumping, greedy,......

I find it hard to believe that anyone is gullible enough to fall for these obvious scams but here is living proof why it just takes one fish taking the bait to make it very profitable-$400,000 in this case....

I've always liked rock and to me, Foreigner is one of the best rock bands to come out of the 70's.  I remember often being surprised when I heard a new Foreigner song and not realizing it was Foreigner because all their hits really do have a unique sound.  They could rock out on songs like...