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The Things you Don't Expect to See

It's always interesting the sort of sights that normal human beings don't expect to see and are surprised by even while we know they must occur and frequently.

An example: in the underpopulated province of Manitoba there are, on average, between sixteen and seventeen weddings per day, (statcan.gc.ca), from the extravagant to two people and a justice of the peace. During the summer the number is much higher. Of course this means that on an average day conservatively there are sixteen or more vehicles ferrying prospective husbands and wives to and from wedding venues.

Why then am I so struck as I sit here in one of the several dozen coffeeshops in Winnipeg when from the corner of my eye I see a young lady in gown and tiara? Granted, the truck being a Ford Ranger whose thirty-something years in this world have taken a toll roughly equivalent to being run over by Grave Digger adds to the effect that I must have been hallucinating. Someone has obviously made an attempt to clean up the vehicle that no amount of paint or soap is going to make this vehicle anything more than some sort of an automotive Joan Rivers. I have to take a step back though, whoever said that every bride has to be, let alone can afford to be, chauffeured to her wedding in a limousine or horse drawn carriage?

This Just In: Pot Calls Kettle Black

Which is the greater evil, the people who post these photos online and taunt the parents, or the "news" station that exploits the situation and acts like they care? People who work in news, (a part of the entertainment business), know damn well that they are only causing more people to look for these crash photos. They didn't need to include any of the crash scene photos, but they show one anyway even though they know it only makes people more curious about the rest of the photos. They do it because it makes the show more exciting and brings in more viewers. At the end of the segment they even leave viewers with not too subtle instructions on how to find the photos:








If that isn't a dare for people to load up Google and search for "Catsouras," I don't know what is.

Do yourself a favor and don't search for the photos.

Red Light Cameras!

At least running a red light isn't going to be considered a violent crime simply because people have been harmed or injured by drivers who have run red lights.

The federal government continues to put itself on the level of pimps and drug dealers

Smokers feeling abused as federal tax hike hits

Every time I hear about state or federal governments exacting what amounts to a 'sin tax' on products they consider to be immoral or harmful, it drives me crazy. To publicly decry cigarettes or alcohol, then turn around and make money hand over fist off the sale of said items is indistinguishable from a pimp who is ostensibly a figurehead against prostitution or a drug dealer who is ostensibly a figurehead in the war on drugs. The only things worst than pimps and drug dealers are pimps and drug dealers who happen to be hypocrites.

Congratulations government, you continue to put yourself on the level of hypocritical pimps and drug dealers.

*I neither advocate nor oppose the use of cigarettes or alcohol*

Absolut Mango: Avoid at All Costs

There isn't really much more I have to say other than avoid the following bottle at all costs. Absolut Vodka is fantastic but their mango variation just doesn't cut it.