Browsing Archive: October, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Posted by on Monday, October 12, 2015, In : Holidays 
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian friends and family. We live in one of the greatest countries in the world, in one of the best eras in history. There truly is much for all of us to be thankful for this year!
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Good Message!

Posted by on Saturday, October 10, 2015,
A very good message to all of the Canadian voters. Whichever party you support, get out and vote and have your voice heard!


One of the best explanations for the importance of voting that I've ever heard. And I would have given kudos to Harper or Mulcair had they said it too.

Posted by Sandenn Killoran on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

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Political Exhaustion

Posted by on Wednesday, October 7, 2015,
I am really tired of this election. Not because of the politicians and the attack ads and the infestation of signs and the deluge of phone calls and the constant negativity in the news, but because it is causing non-stop fighting on social media. For the past two months I have had some family and friends constantly forwarding attack ads from left, and then others counter with attack ads from the right. Then someone will send a biased quiz so someone else starts a hate filled meme. And if you ...

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The Crisis of Caregiving

Posted by on Monday, October 5, 2015,
I don't normally post links to news items, but this article just needed to be commented on. It is about a mother who was a fulltime caregiver for her autistic son, and how she begged and pleaded with every branch of the government for some support or help of any form and was denied.

As someone who has been through a similar experience, being a fulltime unpaid caregiver for two or three mentally ill patients for seventeen years now, I can really empathize with her. I had hospital staff orderi...
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Chris Bird I am a theoretical physicist and mathematician, as well as an unpaid caregiver. In the past I have also been a computer programmer, roboticist, author, web designer, and countless other titles too numerous to list.

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