In memory of Whitney Houston who died on February 11, 2012.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Wikis That I Have Been Working On
I have been working on two wikis by adding info and editing articles.
Music Video Wiki is a wiki that I have worked since October 2010 and I am an administrator for. It is devoted to music videos of all genres.
Another wiki called DVD Wikia is devoted DVD releases and includes cover art, booklets, discs, special features, etc.
Music Video Wiki is a wiki that I have worked since October 2010 and I am an administrator for. It is devoted to music videos of all genres.
Another wiki called DVD Wikia is devoted DVD releases and includes cover art, booklets, discs, special features, etc.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Women of Wrestling Review
My review of the television wrestling show Women of Wrestling, aka W.O.W., which aired in 2000-01.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Thursday, July 01, 2010
100 Canadian Music Videos From 100 Canadian Musical Artists
In celebration of Canada Day, here is a list of 100 music videos/songs from 100 Canadian musical artists (in no particular order):
- I'm Gonna Getcha Good - Shania Twain
- That's The Way It Is - Celine Dion
- Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
- 1 2 3 4 - Feist
- Romantic Traffic - The Spoons
- Gimme Sympathy - Metric
- Ironic - Alanis Morissette
- Complicated - Avril Lavigne
- Oh Canada - Classified
- Wavin' Flag - Young Artists For Haiti
- Sweet Surrender - Sarah McLachlan
- Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
- Wave Babies - Honeymoon Suite
- Pop Culture - Creature
- You're A Superstar - Love Inc.
- Lovin' Every Minute Of It - Loverboy
- Lovers In A Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies
- Big League - Tom Cochrane
- Supersexworld - One Ton
- The Darkest One - The Tragically Hip
- Subdivisions - Rush
- Beauty - Shaye
- Jerk - Kim Stockwood
- I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory - Kathleen Edwards
- If I Had A Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockburn
- Sea Of No Cares - Great Big Sea
- I Would Die For You - Jann Arden
- Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado
- I Love Myself Today - Bif Naked
- We R In Need Of Another Musical Revolution - Esthero
- Leaving On A Jet Plane - Chantal Kreviazuk
- The Ballard Of Peter Pumpkinhead - Crash Test Dummies
- Check The O.R. - Organized Rhyme
- High School Confidential - Rough Trade
- Rise up - The Parachute Club
- Let It Rain - Amanda Marshall
- Hasn't Hit Me Yet - Blue Rodeo
- If Today Was Your Last Day - Nickelback
- Let Your Backbone Slide - Maestro Fresh-Wes
- Snowbird - Anne Murray
- Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
- Tears Are Not Enough - Northern Lights
- Crying Over You - Platinum Blonde
- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
- Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
- Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone - Glass Tiger
- Constant Craving - k.d. lang
- The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
- Ageless Beauty - Stars
- Drive My Soul - Lights
- Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins
- If It Feels Good, Do It - Sloan
- Rock Myself To Sleep - April Wine
- Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
- Superman's Dead - Our Lady Peace
- Hundred Million - Treble Charger
- I Hear You Calling - Gob
- Brother Down - Sam Roberts
- Make Up Your Mind - Theory Of A Deadman
- Never - Heart
- Apparitions - Matthew Good Band
- Fantasy - Aldo Nova
- Not Ready To Go - The Trews
- Cha-Ching - Hedley
- I'm Just A Kid - Simple Plan
- What We're All About - Sum 41
- Steal My Sunshine - Len
- I Believe - Nikki Yanofsky
- Informer - Snow
- Ole Ole - 11:30
- Crabbuckit - K-os
- More Than Words Can Say - Alias
- Closer Together - The Box
- Make You A Believer - Sass Jordan
- My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chilliwack
- Don't It Make You Feel - Headpins
- Sometimes Wanna Die - Joydrop
- I'm Afraid Of Britney Spears - LiveonRelease
- Black, Black Heart - David Usher
- Sucks To Be You - Prozzak
- I'm An Adult Now - The Pursuit Of Happiness
- Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
- Makin' It Work - Doug And The Slugs
- Days Like That - Sugar Jones
- Nicotina - Big Sugar
- Your Daddy Don't Know - Toronto
- Raise A Little Hell - Trooper
- Stay With Me - Tu
- Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out) - Arcade Fire
- My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style - Dream Warriors
- Go For Soda - Kim Mitchell
- Somewhere Down The Crazy River - Robbie Robertson
- Breathe - Swollen Members
- People Gotta Move - Gino Vannelli
- Jealous Of Your Cigarette - Hawksley Workman
- Whatcha Do to My Body - Lee Aaron
- World Love - Lisa Lougheed
- How Many Rivers To Cross - Luba
- Let It Go - Melissa O'Neil
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Sleezy Pitch on Dragon's Den
Clip from the Canadian version of Dragon's Den that aired on January 13, 2010. It features a man claiming that slivered water will cure diseases and medical ailments.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Mark McGwire / A League Of Their Own Mashup
Video from CTV's Canada A.M. where they mixed in Mark McGwire's confession with using steroids to the movie "A League Of Their Own".
Friday, January 01, 2010
Canada Wiki
Canada Wiki is a dedicated to all that is Canadian, and contains information, jokes and references to Canada and Canadians. Originally a travel wiki, I have added several articles on references from the t.v. shows, The Family Guy, The Simpsons and South Park.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Internet Archive
There is a web site called the Internet Archive is a digital archive of web sites using the WayBack Machine to visit past sites. Here is what Yahoo! looked like when it debuted in October 1996. Yahoo! Canada did not debut until July 1997.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wal-Mart Finally Coming
Wal-Mart could be open in Woolwich by the end of the year. This is a letter to the editor from 1998 that I wrote after a town meeting on Wal-Mart being built in Woolwich Township near the St. Jacobs Market.
I believe that a Wal-Mart in Woolwich township will smarten up other businesses in “Enterprising Elmira” to compete with Wal-Mart, Conestoga Mall and other businesses in the city of Waterloo. I believe in freedom of enterprise which is a democratic right.
I was at the meeting held on July 14, and there were some conflicting stories about other towns with a Wal-Mart. According to the Citizen’s Committee for Quality of Life in Woolwich, a Wal-Mart was responsible for a closure of a school in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. According to Milo Shantz’s son, Marcus, the school was closed because it was run by white supremacists.
It is no surprise to me when politicians, such as Bill Strauss, mislead the public, but it is when the Citizen’s Committee did. This group also says residents are not in support of the development. Eleven hundred people against Wal-Mart does not mean much in a population of 17,000. Maybe the other 15,000 plus do not care if Wal-Mart sets up shop in Woolwich or elsewhere.
I know Wal-Mart has had problems with sweat shops, but they are working with child labour organizations against this. Should we stop buying from a local company that had production problems? People got food poisoning from a Schneider’s LunchMate product, but the company has made sure that does not happen again.
Traffic should not be a problem since Highway was expanded to four lanes and on-ramps were added onto Regional Road 15.
Elmira businesses have been trounced by competition from Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge and Guelph that open at better hours.
A good example of this is that the Shopper’s Drug Mart in town is closed on Sundays. So, instead of shopping in Woolwich, I can go to Conestoga Mall in Waterloo and while I am there I can go to Zeller’s, buy groceries at Zehr’s and get the latest C.D. Soon, I will be able to see a movie.
This town lost Zehr’s, Canadian Tire and Brox’s. The town must decide if wants commercial for retail or tourism. Uptown Waterloo and downtown Kitchener have vacant buildings, but they are not crying foul from big box stores.
Big box stores are not a new thing. Fifteen years ago, the Zehr’s on Weber Street near Highway 8 was Hiway Market. It was a grocery store and a department store in one. I do not think Wal-Mart will close in a few years because it is in location where the land in being developed.
From what I have heard, a few businesses, that have been fighting the development on the edge of Waterloo, have deteriorated. They are wasting money making signs and T-shirts that could improve the downtown core. The Elmira B.I.A. tried to bribe a business for $5,000 to support their cause.
Downtown Elmira has failed to provide for the young people of the area that is major consumer population. They are the future and prefer to shop where there is everything they need and want.
We really need more proper information on the impact of a big store and plan that will satisfy everyone. Mennonites will continue shop in Woolwich if the township provides it. And downtown Elmira must have a plan in place to compete and provide the town with good service, fair prices and consistency of hours. The world does work seven days a week.
I believe that a Wal-Mart in Woolwich township will smarten up other businesses in “Enterprising Elmira” to compete with Wal-Mart, Conestoga Mall and other businesses in the city of Waterloo. I believe in freedom of enterprise which is a democratic right.
I was at the meeting held on July 14, and there were some conflicting stories about other towns with a Wal-Mart. According to the Citizen’s Committee for Quality of Life in Woolwich, a Wal-Mart was responsible for a closure of a school in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. According to Milo Shantz’s son, Marcus, the school was closed because it was run by white supremacists.
It is no surprise to me when politicians, such as Bill Strauss, mislead the public, but it is when the Citizen’s Committee did. This group also says residents are not in support of the development. Eleven hundred people against Wal-Mart does not mean much in a population of 17,000. Maybe the other 15,000 plus do not care if Wal-Mart sets up shop in Woolwich or elsewhere.
I know Wal-Mart has had problems with sweat shops, but they are working with child labour organizations against this. Should we stop buying from a local company that had production problems? People got food poisoning from a Schneider’s LunchMate product, but the company has made sure that does not happen again.
Traffic should not be a problem since Highway was expanded to four lanes and on-ramps were added onto Regional Road 15.
Elmira businesses have been trounced by competition from Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge and Guelph that open at better hours.
A good example of this is that the Shopper’s Drug Mart in town is closed on Sundays. So, instead of shopping in Woolwich, I can go to Conestoga Mall in Waterloo and while I am there I can go to Zeller’s, buy groceries at Zehr’s and get the latest C.D. Soon, I will be able to see a movie.
This town lost Zehr’s, Canadian Tire and Brox’s. The town must decide if wants commercial for retail or tourism. Uptown Waterloo and downtown Kitchener have vacant buildings, but they are not crying foul from big box stores.
Big box stores are not a new thing. Fifteen years ago, the Zehr’s on Weber Street near Highway 8 was Hiway Market. It was a grocery store and a department store in one. I do not think Wal-Mart will close in a few years because it is in location where the land in being developed.
From what I have heard, a few businesses, that have been fighting the development on the edge of Waterloo, have deteriorated. They are wasting money making signs and T-shirts that could improve the downtown core. The Elmira B.I.A. tried to bribe a business for $5,000 to support their cause.
Downtown Elmira has failed to provide for the young people of the area that is major consumer population. They are the future and prefer to shop where there is everything they need and want.
We really need more proper information on the impact of a big store and plan that will satisfy everyone. Mennonites will continue shop in Woolwich if the township provides it. And downtown Elmira must have a plan in place to compete and provide the town with good service, fair prices and consistency of hours. The world does work seven days a week.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Yahoo's News Page Error
This annoys me when people can make a simple error on whether it was Milt Romney or John McCain that says the other is not mainstream conservative.
From Yahoo's front page:
From the news article page:
From Yahoo's front page:
From the news article page:
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
First Letter To The Editor
This is my first letter to the editor, written about the Ontario bicycle helmet law in 1993.
A penny for a thought. Well, this one is worth $90, the same amount as the fine for not wearing a bicycle helmet when the law comes into effect on October 1, 1995.
I agree that children should wear bicycle helmets, but should we be forcing everyone to wear them? I don't think the Old Order Mennonites who ride bikes will wear helmets because it's against their religion to use modern conveniences.
I don't think there will be much enforcement in our small town. In fact, will the police enforce it all? Many people don't use hand signals and the police have a lot of other things to do such as stopping drunk driviers and getting rid of drugs on city streets.
There are probably just as many bicycle accidents as there are boat accidents. Maybe people should wear helmets on boats, ic case the boat hits something and they go flying and hit something themselves.
If people speak out, there could be a second vote on this law, as there was when Canadian senators tried to give themselves a $6,000 raise in expenses.
A penny for a thought. Well, this one is worth $90, the same amount as the fine for not wearing a bicycle helmet when the law comes into effect on October 1, 1995.
I agree that children should wear bicycle helmets, but should we be forcing everyone to wear them? I don't think the Old Order Mennonites who ride bikes will wear helmets because it's against their religion to use modern conveniences.
I don't think there will be much enforcement in our small town. In fact, will the police enforce it all? Many people don't use hand signals and the police have a lot of other things to do such as stopping drunk driviers and getting rid of drugs on city streets.
There are probably just as many bicycle accidents as there are boat accidents. Maybe people should wear helmets on boats, ic case the boat hits something and they go flying and hit something themselves.
If people speak out, there could be a second vote on this law, as there was when Canadian senators tried to give themselves a $6,000 raise in expenses.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
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