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04 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

My Goals & Resolutions for 2010

As 2010 really begins for me, several days after the fact, I’ve given some thought about the resolutions and goals I would like to set. The resolutions are as follows: Curse less. It’s been brought to my attention that the amount of cursing I do at work bothers some of my colleagues. I’m going to [...]

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21 December 2009 ~ 6 Comments

I Wasn't Taught This in School

Image via Wikipedia Recently I went through my inbox looking at past issues of the newsletter I receive called Project GiftED. While I don’t always find myself in agreement with everything said in the newsletter or on the blog – mostly because the blog entries aren’t always about education – I do find myself intrigued [...]

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24 November 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Reaching Out to ATU Local 741 & the LTC

Earlier today, in an attempt to do something instead of simply sitting on the sidelines, I contacted both the ATU Local 741 and the LTC with an idea: Publish your offers on your websites. That way the public is informed, the media has access to it and the “other side” can’t distort your numbers because [...]

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22 November 2009 ~ 7 Comments

Unions Behaving Badly

This post has been a long time coming. The current strike by the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 741, which drive and operate the buses for the London Transit Commission (LTC) was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Lately it has been clear that the requirement and use of unions in the developed world [...]

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15 September 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Cell phone ban: What's next? [updated Oct 1, 2009]

My esteemed readers, I don’t know if you know this or not, based on reading past posts, but I quite enjoy my civil liberties. I like having a driver’s licence, I like being able to walk around town without constantly being watched (except for the areas of downtown London with surveillance cameras), I like that [...]

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