Friday, July 25, 2008
Life is Speeding By!
However, in the midst of the meeting I was shocked to learn that Melissa is going for her N (driving) and is heading into grade 12 at Campbell River Christian School! It seems she was this shy 12 year old last week!
Our daughter Anika turns 10 tomorrow. I can remember holding her as we brought her home to our house on Larwood Rd. in Campbell River. Jess Campbell was babysitting Alexandra while I was at the hospital with Shanda. A tradition we began with Alexandra is that we take them out to their choice of dining on their 'double-digit' birthday. Anika has chose Avenue in Comox as one of her friend's family says it is wonderful. So off we will go.
The point of all this is that life just seems to be zooming by. I looked at a piece of paper today that had my age on it. It was kind of amazing to see my age as 37. I just got married last week, didn't I?
Alexandra is turning 12 in August. Anika is 10. Our youngest will be 8 in the fall. We have been married 16 years. We have lived on the Island for 13 years. 6 years in Courtenay.
I don't feel any older, but apparently I am! Soon I'll be sending a daughter off to college instead of youth group!
In light of the rapidity of aging, I post this list of "You know You're Getting Old When..."
Your back goes out more than you do.
The twinkle in your eye is only the reflection of the sun on your bifocals.
You finally got your head together, now your body is falling apart.
Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.
You don't care where your wife goes, just so you don't have to go along.
It takes twice as long to look half as good.
Many of your co-workers were born the same year that you got your last promotion.
People call at 9 PM and ask, "Did I wake you?"
The clothes you've put away until they come back in style... have come back in style.
You look forward to a dull evening.
Your mind makes contracts your body can't keep.
The pharmacist has become your new best friend.
There's nothing left to learn the hard way.
You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
Your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
You look for your glasses for half-an-hour, then find they've been on your head all the time.
You wake up, looking like your driver's license picture.
Happy hour is a nap.
You begin every other sentence with, "Nowadays..."
You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.
Your childhood toys are now in a museum.
You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.
You got cable for the weather channel. Old Folks MTV!
Your new easy chair has more options than your car.
You find yourself beginning to like accordion music.
You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine cabinet.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Government of Alberta Orders Pastor to Renounce His Faith.
Let's hope that this gets turned over... You can click on it to get the rest of the story.
Lindsay Blackett, the freshman Alberta MLA who is the Minister for Culture and Community Spirit (I'm not kidding), has finally responded to the avalanche of mail he received when his government sentenced Rev. Stephen Boissoin to a lifetime ban on preaching his Christianity. He supports the ban.
More than two months ago, Blackett's fellow Tory, Lori Andreachuk, was the human rights commissioner who issued a Stalinist order telling Rev. Boissoin that he not only was banned -- for life -- from criticizing homosexuality, even in sermons or private e-mails, but that he had to positively renounce his faith in the local newspaper.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Liberal Environment Plan is a Sham!
Mr. Dion spent four days in the West last week insisting it was not his intent to punish any one region for his environmental fantasies. But on Thursday, on an online news site for northwestern Ontario, Liberal MP Ken Boshcoff admitted that Green Shift was not an environmental proposal, but rather "the most aggressive anti-poverty program in 40 years," designed to "transfer wealth from the oil patch to the rest of the country."
The West is going to get ripped off - despite being the main thing that is holding the Canadian economy together. We can always clean up our act more on the environment. Ripping off one part of the country and saying it is fair and revenue neutral is lying. If you want to see the environment improve - this isn't the plan.
Monday, July 14, 2008
We Don't Have Much to Complain About...
The corrupt government of Robert Mugabe has caused the collapse of the economy. He is only held in power by gangs of youth and old war vets taht are paid to terrorize and brutalize people into submission. It's terrible. Not only are people living in real fear of death if they say anything or do anything but exactly what Mugabe wants, day to day living is next to impossible.
Here's an example of how fast prices are rising there:
Meanwhile, Mr. Mugabe lives in luxury - far removed from the sufferings of the people that he once liberated (1980). Here's a description of his mansion:
Someone once said, 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely'.And
the house? (it's cost could have built 4 hospitals)*Arab artists spent a year decorating the ceilings*
3 acres of accommodation
* estimated 26 million USD to build
* 25 en-suite bathrooms*
there are underground rooms reinforced with concrete
* it is 3 times the size of the State House.
* has 44 acres of landscaped grounds*
50 crack riot response police guard it on a 24 hour watch
Meanwhile it is estimated that 80% of Zimbabweans are unemployed and a quarter of the population has left the country any way they can to seek survival for themselves and their families elsewhere.
How true it is. This is a government that has got to go - and fast!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
His Sermons Has Bite!
:-) We've got nothing on him apparently.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Iphone killers? better and cheaper?!
Allow me, as a public service to present unto you some options that are being called 'iphone killers' that will allow your budget to survive.
First is the Samsung Omnia A bit of an Apple knock off but is running windows operating system to allow full interfacing with your office software, plus has Hi speed internet, mp3, camera, video, etc. etc. Coming in August apparently but not sure if it is only to the States. Cant seem to find info for sure though.
Also in the Samsung family Bell will be offering - the Samsung Instinct come August.
So relax. Forget the hype. You don't have to sell your car or cash in your kid's college fund. There will be lots of options to the I-phone that are affordable. Get a life. Get out of that line up and enjoy your summer.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Shopping Anyone?
Based on the historical relationship between the price of oil and the price of the
loonie, a more reasonable level for the currency would be as much as $1.10 US,
he said in an interview....
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Opposition Grows to Morgentaler's Appointment
"I get the feeling Dr. Morgentaler has a selective respect for the
rights of others. The rights of women who agree with his views are paramount. The rights of unborn children are non-existent. The beliefs of women who disagree with him are to be dismissed; any religion which advocates against his views is to be disregarded; the qualms of those Canadians appalled at the carnage that has flowed from his work are to be ignored. I suspect -— and I'm just guessing -— that what's important to Dr. Morgentaler is his beliefs alone. Others' beliefs are inconsequential. Maybe this callousness is what lets him so easily take life away from so many. " for the rest of the article, click here
End of an era
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
No Sundin?
80 MPG 1987 Ford Mustang
Maybe Ford should take a look at Doug Pelmear’s 1987 Ford Mustang before the 2010 Mustang rolls off the assembly line. According to him he has been able
to re-engineer his Mustangs engine to produce 400 Horsepower and 500 Torque while improving his gas mileage to an astounding 80 Miles per gallon. He created the car to compete in the $10 million Progressive Automotive X Prize which is a
“race” to find an affordable, marketable automobile that gets at least 100 miles per gallon, or its equivalentPretty amazing?! Hopefully it is true - you can check the rest of the story here.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Honouring Evil
The Bible talks about how when a nation is anti-God, there comes a point where it calls good evil and evil good. It was abundantly clear, but still shocking to learn today that Dr. Henry Morgentaler will be awarded the Order of Canada - the highest civilian award available in Canada. However, this is not for some great scientific discovery or humanitarian achievement. It is actually to recognize him for his work in promoting abortions and his efforts beginning in 1969 (successful in 1988) to have abortion legalized and completely unregulated in Canada.
Canada is one of the few nations in the world where a baby can be terminated right up to full term and it is still totally OK. Most nations with abortion legalization have some form of restriction. Now our nation is celebrating and honouring the man dedicated his life to a 'procedure' that now sees 100,000+ babies aborted every year in Canada.
canada.com had a story on it quoting our friend,
Faytene Kryskow, director of the non-partisan, non-denominational group Motivated Young People for a Strong Canada (also known as 4 My Canada) said "there is strong evidence that this man is not a hero in the eyes of many Canadians. "Why is it that there is such an aggressive push to honour (him) with the highest level of civilian honour in Canada, when the largest non-governmental event in the nation on Parliament Hill this year so far was the March for Life?" she asked.
For the rest of the story click here... God forgive us...
Thankfully not every mainstream media outlet agrees with this selection.